Maintenance Supervisor

Omya Group; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Omya Group is seeking an experienced maintenance professional to lead preventive maintenance planning and standardization across global plants. The role involves contributing to the Group's knowledge base, coordinating with regional sites, and supporting equipment reliability initiatives.

Candidates should have a mechanical engineering degree and 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience, with willingness to travel to suppliers and sites worldwide.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in industrial sites with maintenance of equipment and machinery.
• Bachelor level degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills; good communication; willingness for global travel.

Responsibilities

• Design preventive maintenance plans for key equipment and establish standards.
• Develop Condition Monitoring Matrix for Omya critical equipment.
• Support Group Maintenance activities and standardization improvements across plants.
• Consolidate and adapt existing maintenance documents into the Group template.
• Organize the Group database for preventive maintenance plans.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Preventive maintenance

Technical support

Project coordination

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

University degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Key Accountabilities

Maintenance Guidelines and Standards Development Design preventive maintenance plans for some equipment.

Develop Condition Monitoring Matrix for all Omya critical equipment.

Support Process Competence Centre and Machine Technology development regarding standardization & improvement of existing machines & equipment.

Collect the existing maintenance documents in the plants and adapt it to the Group maintenance template.

Organize and structure the Group database for preventive maintenance plans.

Training and Development

Collect the existing training materials and adapt to the Group template.

Define a maintenance training catalogue for the Group.

Know-How Transfer and Knowledge Sharing

Prepare or improve standard templates for all 20 Key Maintenance Elements with Competence Centre Maintenance recommendations.

Communicate and share on the Group preventive maintenance database and training catalogue to operations worldwide.

Exchange and transfer information and know-how between plants.

Maintain and continuously improve the Maintenance database (preventive maintenance guidelines, Omya standards, execution job…) in Omya portal in order to share best practice and Know-How.

Maintenance Technical Support

Provide plants with specific machine support through ongoing Maintenance Project.

Technical support in supply of spare parts to plants.

Performance Measures

KPIs agreed in yearly MbO.

Other requirements

Good command of both oral and written local language and English are required. Good command of both oral and written additional language is beneficial. Travel needed to suppliers and industrial sites around the world when necessary.

Internal contacts

Regions and plants worldwide. All GOP Competence Centers. Proprietary Process & Machine Technology departments. Procurement.

External contacts

Equipment Suppliers.

Education

University degree in Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

5 years of relevant experience in industrial sites: maintenance of equipment and machinery in mineral processing. Good interpersonal and organizational skills. Good communication skills. Confidence with international exposure. Knowing Omya equipment is a plus.

Salary range

Salary range - $90k - $105k annually.

Omya is a leading global producer of industrial minerals and a worldwide distributor of specialty materials. Our company was founded 140 years ago and remains a privately-owned, independent company headquartered in Switzerland but with offices and plants in more than 50 countries. When you join Omya, you become part of a global team that uses its creativity, expertise and experience to make a difference to people's lives. Thinking of Tomorrow means focusing on the challenges of the future and how we can develop mineral products to solve them. This is a collaborative environment where people work towards common goals, with a common purpose Our purpose, combined with our values of modesty, courtesy, integrity and perseverance, is the foundation of our business. Our values are relevant to our lives, not just our work. All Omya employees, partners and suppliers are bound by a Code of Conduct which reflects our values and guides our behavior.