Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary

This position is responsible for all maintenance aspects of the shift to which assigned. This position is accountable for developing and following established procedures and processes to continually improve safety, reliability, quality, housekeeping, cost, and productivity results through ensuring equipment reliability. The supervisor will plan and execute preventative maintenance jobs to ensure a high degree of equipment reliability, proper and timely repairs, hold a high standard for the quality and quantity of work generated by the Craftsmen, ensure jobs are performed safely, and will work to continually develop Craftsmen skill and knowledge.

Essential Job Functions

Continually and diligently promotes safe work behaviors, practices, and conditions striving to improve plant safety culture, improve hazard awareness, and reduce risk tolerance thus reducing safety incidents and preventing serious and debilitating injuries.

Understands and continually strives to improve mill reliability, Craftsmen skill and knowledge, and quality and quantity of work. Develops and employs systems to improve and sustain the same. Documents thoroughly and uses documentation for training tools to improve results.

Develops safety systems, trains personnel, ensures understanding, holds personnel accountable for safety performance and adhering to safety systems. Reviews systems at least annually to ensure they remain relevant and complete.

Essential Job Functions cont.

Develops a sense of urgency and purpose in all maintenance personnel toward the quality and quantity of work and equipment reliability to support achieving the operational performance goals.

Holds personnel accountable for housekeeping and orderliness standards – job is not complete until cleanup is done, all guards are back in place, parts and componentry are disposed of or taken to Stores to be sent out for repair if required. Builds depth/bench strength for all positions to ensure success into the future..

Works closely with operations leadership to address and correct maintenance issues that negatively impact uptime, mill productivity, costs, and housekeeping.

Utilize downtime indicators/metrics to drive feedback and prioritization of maintenance work requests/planning/prioritization to continually improve performance, reduce cost, and improve safety.

Coordinates with operations leadership for support of planned maintenance work through housekeeping and orderliness standards required to ensure successful execution.

Leads by example, leads with integrity, holds self and reports accountable, ensures consistency in actions and results, continually drives for results.

Additional Functions and Responsibilities

Solicits input from all personnel for continual improvement of mill results.

Shares information and keeps personnel informed of business results and direction.

Educates personnel to help them grow in their roles, understand the part they play in the business, and increase their general knowledge of the business. Through knowledge and understanding comes the ability to generate better results.

Executes on and upholds Company policies and ensures consistency in application of the same.

Position Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: This position requires a High School diploma or GED and at least 5 years of experience, preferably in a wood products manufacturing environment, with progressive experience and responsibilities and at least 2 years of leadership experience. An associate’s or BS degree is preferred. An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered.

Additional Qualifications:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to develop people.

Competent with using a computer and typical office software (Word, Excel, etc.).

A safety and results-driven mindset.

A servant leader, customer-focused, with continuous improvement mentality.

Continually strives to improve personal knowledge and leadership capabilities.

The ability to plan, solve problems, and make good decisions.

The ability and leadership courage to drive change.

Working Conditions.

This position requires sitting, standing, walking (on level and unlevel surfaces), carrying, lifting (over 50 pounds, and in some cases over shoulder height), bending, climbing, working at heights, and working in tight and/or confined spaces. This position also requires working extended hours (beyond 40 hrs./week) and flexibility in schedule to support the business effectively.

Additionally, this position requires exposure to a manufacturing environment necessitating use of personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, hard hat, safety glasses, safety shoes, gloves, and the appropriate arc flash and arch blast PPE for electrical work. The primary manufacturing environment includes, but is not limited to, exposure to temperature extremes, wood dust, sharp objects, electricity, chemicals and lubricants, and high noise.

Equipment Used on Job

The person in this position will be able to use typical office equipment such as a computer and phone, in addition to having familiarity with the manufacturing equipment at a level supportive of being able to perform advanced troubleshooting and repairs and support Craftsmen in doing the same.

This Position Description is intended to outline the basic Roles and Responsibilities for the person in the Maintenance Supervisor role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive and all-encompassing list. The successful candidate will possess at least the minimum qualifications and leadership traits required to be successful and drive results. A formal performance appraisal and developmental feedback will be given annually (or more frequently as warranted) to ensure continued individual growth and results. These roles and responsibilities may be amended or added to as needed and deemed necessary by the Company.