Industrial Maintenance Supervisor

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The Basics:

Location: El Dorado, KS

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM; hours may vary based on operational needs and may include weekend coverage as needed

Position Overview

The Industrial Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the overall maintenance strategy, reliability, execution, and performance of Savage's operations in El Dorado, Kansas. This position provides leadership for all fixed and mobile maintenance activities associated with rail switching operations, bulk material handling systems, conveyors, loading and unloading equipment, electrical systems, motors, gearboxes, hydraulic systems, and facility infrastructure.

This role serves as the site's maintenance leader and subject matter expert, ensuring safe, compliant, and reliable operation of all equipment while maximizing uptime and minimizing operational disruptions. A critical function of this position is ownership of the site's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability analysis, asset management, preventive maintenance development, spare parts management, and maintenance performance reporting.

What You'll Be Doing:

Leadership & Maintenance Management

• Lead, develop, and manage a team of maintenance technicians and contractors while promoting a strong culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• Establish maintenance priorities to support refinery service requirements, rail switching operations, and material handling system reliability.

• Provide technical leadership and troubleshooting support for mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and structural equipment.

• Manage maintenance budgets, labor resources, contractor performance, and capital improvement projects.

• Lead maintenance coordination meetings and communicate equipment health, risks, priorities, and resource requirements to operations and refinery stakeholders.

• Ensure all work activities are completed safely and in compliance with company, customer, OSHA, environmental, and refinery regulations.

CMMS Administration & Reliability Management

• Serve as the site owner and administrator for the CMMS system.

• Develop and maintain accurate asset hierarchies, preventive maintenance schedules, job plans, equipment history, and maintenance records.

• Drive CMMS compliance by ensuring timely work order creation, planning, scheduling, documentation, and closeout.

• Analyze maintenance KPIs including:

• PM compliance

• Schedule compliance

• Equipment downtime

• Work order backlog

• Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)

• Mean Time To Repair (MTTR)

• Labor utilization

• Develop corrective action plans based on maintenance data and equipment performance trends.

• Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) and reliability improvement initiatives for recurring equipment failures.

Mechanical & Conveyor System Reliability

• Provide oversight for maintenance and reliability of:

• Conveyor systems

• Belt cleaners and tracking systems

• Transfer points and chutes

• Bulk material handling equipment

• Loadout and unloading systems

• Crushers and screening equipment

• Bearings, couplings, drives, and rotating equipment

• Gearboxes and reducers

• Pumps and process support equipment

• Establish predictive and preventive maintenance programs that improve equipment life and reduce unplanned downtime.

• Coordinate major repairs, outages, and equipment rebuilds.

Electrical & Controls Systems

• Oversee maintenance and reliability efforts related to:

• Low- and medium-voltage electrical systems

• Motors and motor control centers (MCCs)

• Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs)

• PLC-based controls systems

• Instrumentation and sensors

• Electrical distribution equipment

• Conveyor control systems

• Rail switching support systems

• Coordinate troubleshooting and repairs with qualified electrical personnel and contractors.

• Ensure electrical systems are maintained in accordance with applicable safety standards and site requirements.

Rail Operations & Facility Support

• Support maintenance activities associated with locomotive and rail switching operations.

• Partner with operations to ensure safe and reliable railcar movement and unloading activities.

• Maintain facility infrastructure including buildings, lighting, utilities, fall protection systems, and general site assets.

• Coordinate contractor activities and verify compliance with site and refinery requirements.

Parts, Inventory & Contractor Management

• Manage maintenance inventory and critical spare parts programs.

• Maintain accurate parts information within the CMMS.

• Forecast inventory requirements based on equipment criticality and failure history.

• Solicit bids, develop scopes of work, and manage contractors performing maintenance and capital projects.

• Monitor contractor safety, quality, schedule performance, and costs.

Requirements to Be Successful:

• Strong expertise in industrial maintenance leadership within a refinery, terminal, chemical, mining, power generation, bulk material handling, or heavy industrial environment.

• Advanced CMMS experience required, including maintenance planning, scheduling, asset management, work order management, preventive maintenance development, reporting, and data analysis.

• Strong understanding of reliability-centered maintenance concepts and best practices.

• Proven experience maintaining conveyor systems, rotating equipment, motors, gearboxes, drives, hydraulic systems, and industrial mechanical equipment.

• Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, MCCs, VFDs, PLCs, instrumentation, and controls.

• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis capabilities.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence operational priorities.

• Exceptional organizational, planning, and project management skills.

• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and maintenance reporting tools.

• Demonstrated commitment to safety leadership and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a heavy industrial, refinery, chemical, terminal, rail, mining, or bulk material handling environment.

• Minimum of 5 years of maintenance leadership or management experience.

• Demonstrated experience leading CMMS implementation, administration, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Experience with preventive, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance programs.

• Experience supporting refinery, petroleum, chemical, or bulk material handling operations.

• Experience with rail switching operations and rail-served facilities.

• Experience managing maintenance budgets and capital improvement projects.

Physical Requirements :

• Must be willing to live in or relocate to the El Dorado, Kansas area.

• Ability to work in both office and industrial environments daily.

• Frequently walk long distances across refinery and terminal operations.

• Frequently climb ladders, stairs, elevated structures, and conveyor systems.

• Must be capable of entering and exiting equipment and accessing maintenance areas throughout the facility.

• Ability to work outdoors in extreme temperatures and varying weather conditions.

• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including respiratory protection when required.

• May occasionally lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.

• Must be available for after-hours support, emergency callouts, and outage activities as required in a 24/7 operation.

• Occasional travel may be required.

• Ability to meet pre-employment screening requirements including but not limited to criminal history background check, MVR, drug & alcohol testing, fitness for duty

Recruiter Contact Information:

Marisa Esparza, View email address on click.appcast.io

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• Team members may be eligible for a benefits package that is dependent on hours worked and position classification. This package may include medical, dental, and vision coverage; life, AD&D, and disability insurance; supplemental coverage options; health savings and flexible spending accounts; paid time off; profit sharing; and a 401(k) plan with company match. Benefits are subject to change. For more information visit