Maintenance Supervisor

Westlake Global Compounds; Prairie (MS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake is seeking a senior maintenance leader to direct and coordinate repair, maintenance, and installation activities for machines, buildings, and utility systems at the Prairie Plant.

The role involves managing a team of skilled workers, participating in senior management meetings, and developing preventative maintenance programs in collaboration with reliability engineering. Strong communication and SAP proficiency required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; completion of an Instrument/Electrical course or equivalent field experience.
• 8+ years of plant experience.
• Proven supervisory/administrative skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication is mandatory.
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows; knowledge of SAP (S/4).

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate activities of workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools and equipment, and in maintenance of buildings, grounds and utility systems.
• Develop and implement preventative maintenance programs with reliability engineering and maintenance staff.
• Write AFE's and support Capex efforts annually.
• Supervise maintenance department and related staff; ensure timecards, material requisitions, and schedules are accurate.
• Review backlog and set priorities for planning; ensure storeroom is neat and orderly.

Skills

Supervisory/administrative skills

Communication skills

Strong leadership

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Instrument/Electrical course

Tools

SAP (S/4)

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Windows

Job description

Summary

Direct and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools and equipment, and in maintenance of buildings, grounds and utility systems of included in the Prairie Plant by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Duties And Responsibilities

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

Safety, Environment

• Support and drive, accident prevention and environmental excellence.
• Inspect operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.
• Confers with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve safety issues and maintenance problems and recommends measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.

Supply Chain

• Reviews equipment spares inventories and ensures that critical spares are procured.

Production

• Plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials.
• Reviews new product plans and discusses equipment needs and modification with project engineer.

Control

• Manages and coordinates activities of a team of skilled workers engaged in maintaining and repairing equipment, structures, utility systems, buildings, and grounds.
• As a member of the senior management team at the Prairie facility, participates in team meetings, strategic planning and PIP.
• Develops preventative maintenance program in conjunction with reliability engineering and maintenance staff.
• Writes AFE's and supports Capex efforts annually.

Quality

• Directly supervises the reliability engineer, maintenance supervisor, and maintenance planner ensuring that metrics and goals are achieved within each contributor's purview.
• Directly supervises the maintenance department; oversees the performance management, attendance and training functions.
• Coordinates activities of workers fabricating or modifying machines, tools, or equipment to manufacture new products or improve existing products.
• Review backlog of new Work Orders with maintenance supervisor & maintenance planner weekly to confirm priorities for planning.
• Ensures storeroom is neat and orderly.
• Evaluate and assure accurate timecards, material requisitions, work plans, and schedules are being utilized.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience And Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required, plus completion of an approved Instrument/Electrical course or equivalent field experience and 8+ years plant experience.
• Good working knowledge of equipment, materials, techniques, and safeguards in respective discipline for maintenance and construction of a compounding plant.
• Proven supervisory/administrative skills.
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written is mandatory.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Windows and knowledge of SAP (S/4).
• Must be able to communicate to all levels of local management and to other departments to explain problems and proposed solutions. Ability to impact and influence, and to persuade others to a particular course of action.

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.