EI&C Supervisor

General Position Description

While keeping safety at the forefront – oversees EI & C Shop operation to ensure efficient coordination of installations, maintenance, and troubleshooting / repairs of all mill equipment while following established procedures and mill policies. Continually upgrade employee skills to meet the demands of new technology and electrical safety. Provide for the effective and timely completion of maintenance work through coordination with other Maintenance Department leaders, Planners, and production departments.

Role and Responsibilities

• Champions Safety in Every Aspect of the Position
• Ensure Completion of all Incident (Substandard Conditions, Near Miss, Injuries, Observations, etc.) Investigations
• Ensure a high level of awareness and employee compliance for Pixelle’s Electrical Safety Policy
• Ensure Environmental Systems Process Awareness and Compliance
• Understands and Administers Company Policy
• Responsible for identifying / executing Reliability Roadmap Action Items
• Consistently apply documented processes (Pixelle Playbook) to proactively drive tasks, follow established workflows, and support team members to achieve measurable outcomes.
• Responsible for next level conflict resolution
• Supports Apprenticeship Program by Auditing the Process
• Must Demonstrate Good Communication Skills Throughout the Organization
• Responsible for Employee On-boarding
• Responsible for Succession Planning
• Must maintain effective working relationships with operations, other Maintenance personnel, vendors, contractors, and engineers
• Work closely with Engineering, production, and other departments, at all levels of supervision, throughout the plant in making estimates, determining priorities, scheduling, and managing shop personnel
• Maintain Awareness of Work Order Backlog – Indentify Deficiencies and Improvement Opportunities.
• Monitors Daily/Weekly Progress of Scheduled Work (DCC)
• Evaluates and Manages the Collection of Job Feedback to Improve Future Work
• Is accountable to review and approve all discretionary spending in the shops along with purchase requisitions, shipping requisitions, authority to stock, etc.
• Writes and reviews purchase requisitions, reviews and approves job invoices, audits invoices and VMI activities and manages spend in the maintenance department within approved budgets
• • Input to Capital Budgeting process along with recommending replacements, upgrades, and/or the addition of equipment to minimize maintenance costs and downtime
  • Input to all Outages
  • Serves in the On-Call Supervisor Rotation
  • Demonstrates Forward Thinking
  • Must be able to handle deadlines, variable workloads and be on call 24 hours when needed
  • Proactive in driving continuous improvement through Scheduling, PM/PdM (Reliability Improvement) and 6S
  • Ensure Shop Equipment Continually Meets ISO Standards
  • Participates in RCFA process and drives reliability into the business.
  Qualifications and Education Requirements
  • Journeyman level certification in a state recognized apprentice program or equivalent work experience is desired
  • Must have the ability to manage people
  • Minimum of five (5) years experience in an industrial environment
  • Must have above average communication skills, both written and oral
  • Above average computer skills including a working knowledge of Microsoft Office products
  • SAP, SAP-PM or other software experience is required
  • Ability to work both independently and as a team member
  • Knowledge of safety hazards and appropriate precautions applicable to work assignments
  • Ability to wear respirator safety equipment
  • Ability to wear protective clothing as required by prevailing conditions
  • Ability to perform mathematical computations for design, layouts, drawings, tolerances, fabrication, estimating and purchasing
  • Ability to read, interpret and apply information from files, drawings, catalogs, reports, and manuals.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license
  • While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk or hear; taste or smell; the employee is frequently required to sit; the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus and the ability to wear appropriate vision protection. The noise level in the work environment requires the use of appropriate hearing protection

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