Maintenance Area Supervisor

Zobility; Kokomo (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Zobility in Kokomo, IN is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead skilled trades in a fast-paced manufacturing setting. You will drive safety, quality, delivery, and cost initiatives while coaching the team in problem solving and corrective action.

The role requires 2+ years in industrial automation with project management, strong communication, and the ability to manage multiple projects. Union environment experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Requires 2+ years of industrial automation experience with project management.
• Must be able to work any shift and overtime.
• Excellent organizational, written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to interface with employees from hourly to Senior Leadership.
• Ability to build relationships with plant leadership and customers.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting and problem solving experience.
• Goal oriented self-starter with leadership to guide teams.
• Ability to coach/mentor skilled trades employees.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Lead and direct skilled trades employees to meet maintenance objectives.
• Coordinate safety, quality, delivery, cost and morale initiatives.
• Drive throughput improvements and coordinate maintenance activities.
• Provide coaching and mentoring on problem solving and corrective action.
• Oversee TBM, CBM and DM maintenance concepts.
• Influence KPI, MTBF, MTTR improvements and equipment condition.
• Direct supervision of the Skilled Trades.
• Lead kaizen projects for OEE improvements and waste reduction.

Skills

Leadership

Problem solving

Coaching/Mentoring

Communication

Project management

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree (preferred)

Tools

PLC systems

SCADA

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 will 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 (KPI’s), 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 / processes 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

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum 2 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 Requirements

• 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.