Supervisor, Mechanical Maintenance

Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor

We are looking for a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor to join our team in Midlothian, Texas. As a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor with Quikrete Heavy Construction Materials, you will play a vital role within the company and will contribute to the overall success and improved operations within our cement plant in Midlothian, Texas. The ideal candidate will have mechanical and technical aptitude, analyzing trends and monitoring equipment conditions to determine the appropriate maintenance interventions, both preventative and reactive. Supporting the reliability of mechanical, electrical, and mobile equipment, this role will increase reliability, performance, and life expectancy, at the lowest overall cost, while working to support and maintain production functions.

Why apply?

Competitive wages.

Company provided benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Company paid life and disability benefits, paid vacation, and 401K.

About the Role

Responsibilities:

• The safety of all crew members.
• Remain active and knowledgeable in current safety regulations and guidelines, promoting overall plant safety.
• Initiating appropriate work orders when warranted.
• Initiate the work directly performed by the execution group and ensure quality and efficient work is performed.
• Ensuring the maintenance shop and vehicles are safe, inspected and clean.
• Perform regular equipment inspections using Advanced Detection Techniques (Vibration Analysis, Oil Analysis, NDT, Ultra Sonic, and Thermal Imaging).
• Perform follow-up inspections post repair and/or new installations of equipment.
• Along with the Planner and Inspector, the requirement for inspection of off-site rebuilds may be required.
• Provide technical expertise in specific areas of the cement plant, communicating effectively to various levels.
• Interact directly and regularly with production personnel regarding operating procedures that have impact on equipment.
• Participate in the budgeting process, providing advice in planning and scheduling of major of more costly maintenance activities.
• Remain current in concerns to advances in reliability technology and equipment through participation in the Continental network and maintaining relationships with other practitioners and suppliers.
• Utilize to manage activities and the generate maintenance KPI which measure the effectiveness of the maintenance roles.
• When assigning and supervising maintenance and repair tasks, make full use of existing Agreement language within the context of its intent to maximize productivity and reduce department costs.
• Ensuring crew members track and submit hours worked accurately and timely and ensure timecards are approved and tracking follows the plants attendance policy.
• Complying with all company purchasing and requisitioning policies and procedures.
• Planning and scheduling maintenance work and engage with procurement and department team members to ensure all necessary parts, materials, equipment and or services for impending maintenance work are available.
• Covering on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis as schedule.
• Coordinating and overseeing activities of contractors to ensure reliable completion of their projects on time and on budget.
• Working closely with the Maintenance Planner/Inspector during the development of weekly, monthly and major outage plans
• Meeting plant budgeted clinker, cement and manufacturing targets.
• Meeting or exceeding targeted reliability goals for the major pieces of equipment.
• Managing department overtime to budget.
• Assists in annual plant outage planning.
• Preventative maintenance work planning.
• Participating in Overall Equipment Efficiency review meetings and root cause failure investigation to help determine solutions and improvements to processes, policies, tasks, equipment designs, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

About You

We Require:

• Previous cement experience with cement equipment maintenance preferred;
• Mining & Heavy Industry experience;
• Technician Development experience

About Us

Each day brings new challenges, and we make sure you are prepared for it all. Our dedication to continual improvement and hands-on training ensures you are ready for the many new experiences and challenges that you will face. We offer:

A friendly and team-oriented work environment, with a supportive management team.

Hands-on training for our employees and opportunities for advancement.

A company dedicated to continuous improvement.