Maintenance & Facilities Supervisor

Tenneco Inc.; South Bend (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenneco Inc. in South Bend, Indiana, seeks a Maintenance & Facilities Supervisor to lead a team of maintenance technicians, ensuring daily readiness and a safe, efficient plant floor.

You will determine task assignments, stay on the floor with the crew, and uphold EHS policies to minimize impact and drive continuous improvement. The role emphasizes strong leadership, preventative maintenance planning, and ongoing development of personnel in a safety-first environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED; a Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• Experience in supervising and coaching employees to meet production needs.
• Competency in Statistical Process Control (SPC).

Responsibilities

• Articulates vision and develops actionable strategies for the team.
• Inclusive leader who communicates clearly and drives continuous improvement.
• Fosters courage and humility to explore ideas and improve processes.
• Executes with disciplined discussion, accountability, and follow-through.
• Reduces reactive work orders by promoting root-cause analysis.
• Monitors workflow and minimizes downtime for technicians.
• Schedules and completes planned preventative maintenance with the Maintenance Manager.
• Keeps abreast of technical changes by training and reading trade publications.
• Develops personnel in the maintenance department.
• Maintains weekly timekeeping, vacation, and attendance records.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Coaching

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

SPC

Job description

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At Tenneco, we don’t follow industry standards; we set them, and we don’t settle for being best-in-class because we hustle to be better than best-in-class. Whether it’s our Core Values – radical candor, simplify, organizational velocity, tenacious execution and win – or our Get Stuff Done (GSD) mindset, we’re determined to become the most trusted partner and best manufacturer and distributor to the transportation industry.

With a product portfolio as expansive as it is innovative, an obsessive commitment to quality and excellence, and a global presence, we’re all about getting stuff done, so we can win.

How do we make it happen?Through the Tenneco Way. Fueled by our Core Values, a winning mindset and a relentless commitment to excellence, the Tenneco Way is how we win. It’s what keeps Team Tenneco bold, driven, and unapologetically focused on pushing past limits and redefining success.

Here, you’ll work alongside a team of relentless problem-solvers who are committed to making a tangible impact. If you’re ready to break boundaries, deliver results, and enjoy the ride along the way, you’ll thrive here.

The Maintenance & Facilities Supervisor is r esponsible for leading, motivating, and ensuring that the Maintenance Technicians are ready to perform their job each day.This position determines the team members accountable for each maintenance task, spends the majority of the day on the floor with the technicians and is continually available to them throughout the day. This position is also responsible for contributing to a safe work place and minimizing negative impacts by complying with the EHS policies, procedures, work instructions outlined in the EHSMS Training Assessment for this position.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Articulates the vision clearly, develops clear strategies that are actionable and fosters team engagement.
• Inclusive leader who demonstrates effective two-way communication and values differing opinions for the purpose of shared achievements and continuous improvement.
• Fosters courage and humility in team environment that explores possibilities and ideas through modeled intellectual curiosity.
• Tenaciously executes through rigorous discussion of how’s and what’s, questioning, following through, and ensuring accountability of self and others.
• Reduces the number of reactive work orders for the plant by encouraging rootcause analysis and results.
• Monitors the workflow tablets, reducing downtime reaction time of the Techs.
• Completes weekly list of planned preventative work, by communicating with the Maintenance Manager & Planner to schedule and complete the work.
• Keep abreast of technical changes and improvements by being willing to participate in courses and seminars and/or by reading trade publications.
• Development of personnel in maintenance department.
• Responsible for the weekly timekeeping, vacation, and attendance records with the system.

GENERAL DUTIES

SAFETY EXPECTATIONS:

• Promotes and actively supports a safety-first workplace culture, identifies and reports unsafe conditions, and stops work when necessary to ensure safety.
• All team members abide by the location’s Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) policy which is enforced by the local leadership, complies with the legal and other requirements and operational controls established under its EHSMS, works towards achieving established objectives and targets, and conforms to procedures consistent with the ISO 14001 standard.
• All team members will understand all the environmental aspects of his/her job. An employee should report, and if necessary, stop any activity that does not conform to the policy or may injure himself/herself.

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS:

• Identifies and addresses non-conforming work, materials, or procedures within a timely manner
• Each team member has the authority to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of non-conformities relating to the product, process and quality system and has the authority to stop further work on non-conforming suspect product until the deficiency or conditions have been corrected.
• Takes ownership of work by demonstrating accountability for results and being honest and transparent when things do not go to plan.
• Follows 5S principles by maintaining, cleaning, organizing, and improving the areas. Also, by making suggestions to get to the next level of excellence and then doing it again.

CORE EXPECTATIONS:

• Consistently meets high standards of safety, quality, integrity, and performance.
• Demonstrates a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality.
• Demonstrates a willingness to hold tough conversations with others while seeking first to understand, speaking with respect, and with the purpose of making things better.
• Supports the leadership team as needed to meet the plant and business unit objectives.
• All other duties as assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS

EDUCATION:

High School Diploma or GED. Bachelor’s Degree preferred

EXPERIENCE:

• Work requires ability to delegate assignments, supervise & lead, train, and coach employees in order to meet production needs and deadlines.
• Good interpersonal skills, including tact and diplomacy, are necessary to supervise employees in a fair and consistent manner.
• Competency in Statistical Process Control (SPC)

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to lift, push, and/or pull up to 60 pounds occasionally.
• On a continuous basis must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to make o ccasional trips to manufacturing sites and customers by air and by automobile. Duration from one to five days.
• Able to be on call 24/7 for customer and manufacturing sites.
• Able and willing to work around fuel mixtures, moving parts, and electrical power.
• Able to mentally visualize and comprehend all aspects of manufacturing equipment and/or tooling problems and be attentive to detail.

Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities