MAINTENANCE GROUP LEADER

MAINTENANCE GROUP LEADER 

Vidalia, LA 

Industry: Chemicals

EXP 2-5 yrs

RELO

Job Description

The Maintenance Supervisor leads, directs, and manages activities related to the maintenance of chemical and mineral processing equipment, buildings, utility systems and other property. Leads the mechanical and E/I maintenance groups, and leads continuous improvement efforts in maintenance areas.  

Principal Responsibilities:

Day-to-day supervision of mechanical and E/I maintenance activities

Day-to-day supervision of stores

Day-to-day assistance of planning, scheduling, coordination of manufacturing activities

Compliance with all environmental, safety, and health requirements, and fosters an injury-free work place by establishing high safety and housekeeping standards

Participate in and implement MOCs (Management of Change), PSSRs (Pre-Startup Safety Review), PHAs (Process Hazard Analysis), PSM (Process Safety Management), and ISO processes as required

Development and implementation of preventive and predictive maintenance programs and best practices for mechanical and E/I equipment

Root cause failure analysis of equipment failures and implements corrective actions

Coordination with operations to accomplish tasks while minimizing disruption to the production department

Leadership Core Responsibilities:

Coach and develop team members to reach their full potential

Support development assignments and movement of talent across units

Motivate and challenge to drive high performance

Commit to "hiring the best" internally and externally

Create an inclusive environment which embraces and derives value from diversity

Execute performance and career development discussions

Role model and enable development of competencies in others needed to implement our strategy

Establish and support a safety culture in which all accidents are preventable Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or technical field and 3+ years of experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment, OR an Associate’s Degree in a technical field and 5+ years of experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment in addition to 2+ years of experience in maintenance, OR 7+ years of experience in an industrial/manufacturing environment in addition to 5+ years of experience in maintenance and 2+ years of supervisory experience required

Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and E/I experience a plus

Ability to work independently under broad goals and objectives with minimal guidance

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills. Experience in a union environment a plus

Familiar with SAP, MS Office, AutoCAD, other CMMS and a plus

Experience with PSM program a plus

Experience with solids handling equipment preferred

Leadership Expectations: As a leader, you will play a key role in creating value for the company through people. Our top candidate will be expected to enable greater personal success among our employees through quality people development, coaching, and performance management. Leaders are role models to help employees develop the competencies needed to implement our strategy. Our expectation is that leaders will coach and develop team members to reach their full potential, and support relevant development assignments, opportunities and moves while motivating and challenging employees to drive high performance. Our leaders must be committed to "hiring the best" internally and externally at the same time they are creating an inclusive environment which embraces and derives value from diversity. Finally, a leader must establish and support our safety culture in which all accidents are preventable.