Supervisor Maintenance - RLD

Maintenance Supervisor

Responsible for overseeing the repair and maintenance of machinery, equipment, building, physical structures, and plumbing and electrical systems in a high volume industrial atmosphere by performing the following duties:

Essential Duties and Accountabilities:

• Ensure all local, state, and federal regulations concerning safety and environmental measures are followed during maintenance activity and maintained for all production and related equipment.
• Guide maintenance associates in proper troubleshooting techniques, repair methods and quality of work to ensure production equipment and facilities are maintained to acceptable standards.
• Maintain a training plan for associates of all skill levels in effort to continuously improve response to production machine downtime.
• Effectively execute planned projects, improvements, modifications and preventive maintenance schedules to be completed with minimal overtime and reasonable material costs.
• Continually monitor and expand the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance system.
• Maintain maintenance performance boards showing maintenance downtime vs. target, safety concerns and actions, individual shop downtime reports, preventive maintenance schedules and performance, and maintenance improvement items.
• Monitor the usage of machine spare parts, ensure defective parts are handled correctly (for repair or disposal), and follow-up on lack of spare parts for proper registration and/or ordering.
• Promptly report excessive downtime issues to management.
• Schedules and estimates man-hour requirements for completion of assigned tasks.
• Interprets and enforces company policies, rules and procedures to direct reports.
• Support 5-S, Kaizen Team and Koyo Production System, TS16949 and ISO 14001 efforts throughout the plant.
• Directs, coordinates and supervises the day to day work assignments of Maintenance Associates.
• Maintains time and attendance records, manpower, etc. for Maintenance Department.
• Must adapt to changes in shifts, working hours, and sudden priority changes in scheduled/unscheduled work according to the company's requirements or customer demand.
• Being receptive to call in work hours day, night, weekends, and holidays.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Direct reports: Maintenance associates Hourly

Job Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Should have either mechanical or electrical experience in both repair and installation of equipment and a good knowledge of equipment.
• Ability to train and assist others
• Should have a good computer skills; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must be able to effective and efficiently plan labor and material to execute projects and/or maintenance repair work.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in science or Industrial Engineering from a four-year college or university; and three to five years related experience and/or training; or Associate's degree in science or Industrial Engineering from a two-year college, and five to seven years related experience and/or training

Work Environment/Physical Demands:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• The performance of this position may occasionally require exposure to manufacturing areas which require the use of personal protective equipment such as safety glasses with side shields and mandatory hearing protection.
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
• Employee may perform other duties as requested, directed or assigned.

JTEKT North America Corporation