Maintenance Area Supervisor

Zobility; Kokomo (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Zobility in Kokomo, Indiana is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead skilled trades in a fast-paced, unionized manufacturing environment. You will coordinate safety and efficiency initiatives while driving throughput and continuous improvement.

Ideal candidates have 2+ years in industrial automation with project management experience, strong communication, and a proven ability to mentor and develop teams toward higher OEE and reduced downtime.

Qualifications

• 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

Responsibilities

• Lead skilled trades employees to meet maintenance objectives in a fast-paced facility.
• 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 regarding problem solving and corrective action implementation.
• Influence KPI's, MTBF, MTTR and maintain equipment at basic conditions with continuous improvements.
• Address throughput, run to run, and downtime related issues with equipment in a production environment.
• Direct supervision of the Skilled Trades.
• Work with Skilled Trades staff in driving waste reduction through AM/PM/QM/FI/PD methods.
• Actively participate and lead kaizen projects centered on OEE improvements and cost deployment.

Skills

Industrial automation experience

Project management

Leadership / team supervision

Problem solving / troubleshooting

Strong communication skills

Kaizen / continuous improvement

Interfacing with all levels of staff

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering field

Tools

Microsoft Office

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.


• 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

• 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

• 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.