Maintenance Area Supervisor

Stellantis; Kokomo (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellantis in Kokomo, Indiana is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead skilled trades employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Responsibilities include driving throughput improvements, coordinating maintenance activities, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of industrial automation experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects. This full-time position offers opportunities to engage in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing initiatives, fostering career growth within the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of industrial automation experience with project management.
• Ability to work any shift and overtime as required.
• Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers.
• Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct skilled trades employees to meet maintenance department objectives.
• Coordinate safety, quality, delivery, and cost initiatives.
• Participate and lead kaizen project activities centered on OEE improvements.
• Direct supervision of Skilled Trades.

Skills

Project management

Excellent communication skills

Troubleshooting problem-solving

Leadership and mentoring

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

The Maintenance Supervisor leads and directs skilled trades employees to meet the objectives of the maintenance department in a fast paced, high volume, unionized, manufacturing environment. The selected candidate will coordinate safety, quality, delivery, cost and morale initiatives. Drive throughput improvements and coordinate professional maintenance and breakdown maintenance activities. Provide coaching and mentoring to team members (both hourly and supervisory) regarding techniques for problem solving and corrective action implementation. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Possess a general level of technical understanding related to maintenance, time based maintenance (TBM), condition based maintenance (CBM), and dynamic maintenance (DM).
• Influence the key performance indicators (KPIs), mean time between failure (MTBF) of components and equipment in their area, mean time to repair (MTTR), as well as maintaining equipment at basic conditions and continuous improvements of the equipment in their area.
• Address throughput, run to run, and downtime related issues with equipment in a production environment, supported by the Professional Maintenance Specialist (PMS) where applicable.
• Direct supervision of the Skilled Trades.
• Work with Skilled Trades staff in driving waste reduction efforts through implementation of methods/process of Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Professional Maintenance (PM), Quality Maintenance (QM), Focus Improvement (FI) and People Development (PD).
• Actively participate and lead kaizen project activities centered on Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) improvements and waste reduction opportunities identified through cost deployment.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 3 years of industrial automation experience with project management experience.
• Ability to work any shift and overtime as required
• Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with various levels of employees within all areas of the plant from hourly represented employees to Senior Leadership as required
• Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrated troubleshooting problem solving experience
• Goal oriented self starter with ability to lead teams.
• Ability to coach/mentor/develop skilled trade employees
• Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering field
• Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing
• Experience leading maintenance teams in a union environment
• Experience with controls, robotics, drives and system level communication systems, various conveyance systems, welding, vision systems and sensor use and application

Location

3360 N US 931, Kokomo, Indiana 46901, United States

Employment Type

Full-time

Equal Opportunity Employer

We welcome applications from all people without regard to sex, age, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or any characteristic protected by law.