Foundry Maintenance Leader - Safety, Reliability & Growth

Mueller; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k with company match

ESPP

Job summary

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is seeking a Foundry Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance across shifts and drive reliability in a heavy manufacturing environment.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and HR to meet production goals while upholding safety and union requirements. The role emphasizes preventive and predictive maintenance programs, CMMS utilization, and staffing, budgeting, and talent development to sustain equipment availability and process

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
• Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience.
• Experience with preventive/predictive maintenance and CMMS.
• Strong knowledge of OSHA regulations and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise maintenance personnel across all shifts.
• Establish maintenance priorities to support safety, production, and reliability objectives.
• Coordinate emergency repairs, planned maintenance, shutdowns, and major repair activities.
• Foster collaboration between Maintenance and Operations teams.
• Ensure effective staffing, scheduling, performance management, and employee development.
• Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Drive efforts to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.
• Lead root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
• Support maintenance of foundry equipment, cranes, conveyors, furnaces, utilities, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, electrical systems, and facility assets.
• Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, and CMMS utilization.
• Administer maintenance activities in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.
• Partner with HR on employee relations, performance management, and workforce planning.
• Develop maintenance talent through training, coaching, and apprenticeship programs.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Industrial maintenance

CMMS experience

OSHA knowledge

Education

High school diploma

Associate's or Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Mueller Water Products, Inc. is seeking a Foundry Maintenance Superintendent to lead maintenance across shifts and drive reliability in a heavy manufacturing environment.

You will partner with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and HR to meet production goals while upholding safety and union requirements. The role emphasizes preventive and predictive maintenance programs, CMMS utilization, and staffing, budgeting, and talent development to sustain equipment availability and process