The Maintenance Supervisor: directly supervises a team of Maintenance Technicians, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation skill sets; drives Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives as set by site-specific and  MTI objectives; supports, trains, and develops Maintenance Technicians and Production Operators to utilize TPM tools; and ensures an overall increase in mechanical availability of the plant’s wide-ranging operational process and utility equipment and instrumentation. Static equipment includes hoppers, aspirator,  holding vessels, silos, process vessels, mixers/agitators, filters, valves, elevators, conveyors, and more. Rotating equipment includes compressors, gear boxes, motors and more.

The Maintenance Supervisor also supports the roles of: process engineering and project management in identifying and executing critical asset capital appropriation and funding projects; quality management in investigating equipment failure, including mechanical and technical root cause analysis.

This is a full-time position located in Dyersburg, TN :

• Pertaining to cat litter production systems utilizing clays and limestone as fillers.
• With potential to optimize and change administrative site processes to maximize production capacity, safeguards, and quality in a rapidly growing business environment.

Administrative support will be provided as needed to increase success probability.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Actively contribute to the safe operation of the site, participating and leading group efforts in safety engagement programs such as 5S, Gemba, Near Miss reporting, Non-Routine Task Review (NRTR), Job Observation, risk assessment by Residual Risk Reduction (R3) and Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) methods, and ergonomic best practices
• Manage the execution of safe work permits as required by company safety procedures; utilize site’s employee accountability program for the safety, accuracy and thoroughness of team’s work performed
• Supervise daily/weekly workloads of Maintenance Techs, monitoring Work Order throughput for all reactive, preventive, and calibration maintenance scheduled
• Train and coach plant staff on proper operation and maintenance of equipment
• Work closely with Maintenance Techs and Production Operators to troubleshoot equipment; drive continuous improvement and develop team’s troubleshooting capabilities
• Manage the maintenance budget; control spending of maintenance activities, equipment/replacement parts purchases, and contract maintenance work; meet the requirements of budgeted targets related to maintenance repairs and related operational expenses; ability to adjust and re-prioritize when necessary
• Evaluate mechanical deviation, from minor to critical failure events; provide technical guidance in the repair and improvement of equipment
• Support quality management in executing equipment change control procedures as required; pertains to equipment replacement, redesign, and upgrades of systems impacting production processes of products in pharmaceutical scope
• Drive to implement an electronic equipment database containing manufacturers’ operating manuals, technical drawings, design specifications, plant operating procedures, and historical data/summaries of Preventive Maintenance (PM) templates & executed forms, executed calibrations, and overall historical reliability condition
• Drive creation and revision of Visual Standard Work (VSW) as needed; ensure all standard work procedures and manuals are current by periodic auditing
• Perform root cause failure analysis of equipment breakdown; assist investigation team when necessary with root cause determination of other types of system/process failures, communicating best of knowledge of engineering and industry standards
  • Lead investigation team in identifying effective corrective and preventive action plans for improvement and sustainability
  • Develop permanent solutions to equipment and system problems; develop timelines and milestones, define deliverables, and establish & monitor performance metrics, field implementation, and follow-up
• Support manufacturing and continuous improvement through reliability centered initiatives aimed at improving mechanical availability and efficiency through TPM program
• Monitor mechanical downtime; conduct gap analyses
  • Use data to determine effectiveness of Preventive Maintenance (PM) program and identify areas of improvement
  • Use data to launch Predictive Maintenance (PdM) program
• Work closely with personnel to interpret equipment and predictive maintenance data to design a reliability program that aims to increase mechanical availability and decrease costs
• Determine equipment failure analysis by measuring mean time between failures (MTBF) and mean time to failure (MTTF); maintain data and utilize metrics to predict normal operation of repairable

The requirements listed in the sections that follow are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required to perform the duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions (primary duties) of the job.

Education:        Preferred – Associate Degree in Reliability or Mechanical Engineering

Experience:

• Highly preferred – 7+ years’ experience in maintenance supervision and reliability maintenance in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Broad knowledge of reliability and/or mechanical engineering principles
• Strong understanding of repairable parts maintenance (RPM)
• Demonstrated strengths in achieving results, reducing downtime, and improving equipment reliability
• Demonstrated knowledge of root cause failure analysis and problem-solving
• Preferred – Strong understanding of various plant functions, well-developed business understanding, and proven working knowledge of customer requirements.

Safety Training:

• Preferred – Knowledgeable in fatality prevention industry standards and practices, including fall protection, mobile equipment separation, LOTOTO, confined space entry, stairway safety, and combustible dust.
• Preferred – Knowledgeable in general OSHA safety regulations
• Actively participate as trainer and trainee respective to all government, company, and job specific safety policies/procedures; attend, accurately interpret, and practice all required training.

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Willingness to work as part of a cross-functional team in a manufacturing setting in Lafayette, LA
• Must pass a background check, pre-employment physical, and drug screen
• Excellent interpersonal and ability to work in a team environment
• Strong facilitation, leadership, coaching, and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Skillful in employee relations; ability to work within a diverse work environment
• Organizational credibility; able to influence business area and staff managers in decision-making process, using judgment, creativity, and negotiation when necessary
• Must have a demonstrated willingness to challenge conventional ideas
• Analyze information and situations as needed; exhibit a balance between analytical and creative thinking
• Ability to identify/judge the urgency of a situation
• Strong computer skills:
  • High proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams)
  • Preferred – Experience in Oracle and Power BI
• Capability to effectively manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks accordingly, applying time management strategies
• Expected to be adaptable/flexible to shifting of work assignments, whether related to scope or priority
• Action-oriented for delivering results; must be a self-starter
• Must be able to work effectively and thrive with minimal direction
• Ability to handle high pressure situations.

Operational Excellence (OE):

• Utilize and implement OE tools to drive continuous improvement and efficiency
• Maintain daily management controls to provide progress/status of work orders and projects
• Meet OE/Lean objectives outlined in annual company goals/objectives.

Conduct:

• High ethical standards; unwilling to compromise on worker safety and regulatory compliance requirements
• Prioritize “Zero is achievable” safety policy in words and actions