Maintenance Supervisor

J.-Rettenmaier-; Urbana (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

J.-Rettenmaier- in Urbana, Ohio is seeking a Maintenance Department Leader to guide a busy maintenance team in a manufacturing setting. The role focuses on planning, reliability, and cost-effective maintenance to minimize downtime.

The ideal candidate has strong mechanical skills, at least five years of supervisory experience, and a proven ability to coordinate preventative and corrective maintenance with Operations, while managing spare parts inventory and a CMMS system.

Qualifications

• Progressive maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• At least 5 years’ supervisory experience.
• Exceptional mechanical skills and aptitude.
• Formal training or education in engineering, process control, or reliability preferred.
• Strong sense of urgency and leadership across all levels.
• Experience with equipment servicing, maintenance planning, and automation/instrumentation.
• Experience with project management, cost analysis, and employee relations.
• Strong interpersonal communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance Department with sound judgment, planning and mechanical aptitude.
• Provide leadership to the maintenance organization to meet stated goals.
• Coordinate preventative maintenance and repairs with Operations to minimize downtime.
• Manage spare parts inventory using CMMS, including parts procurement from domestic & international vendors.
• Oversee maintenance budget and direct, hands-on supervision and technical direction.
• Role includes management of equipment and maintenance, supporting capital projects as needed.
• Support predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance programs and reliability initiatives.
• Develop training plans for hourly maintenance staff and promote ownership and accountability in the team.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Supervisory experience

Mechanical aptitude

Planning & scheduling

Root-cause analysis

CMMS familiarity

Communication skills

Project management

Industrial engineering basics

Education

High school diploma

Tools

CMMS Maintimizer

Job description

• Employee Type FT Non-Exempt
• Required Degree High school

Description

Job Responsibilities & Duties

• Use sound judgement, planning skills & mechanical aptitude to lead Maintenance Department.
• Provide leadership in maintenance organization to achieve stated goals.
• Work with Operations Dept. to coordinate preventative maintenance & repair work to minimize downtime.
• Maintain spare parts inventory utilizing CMMS system, including ordering parts from domestic & international vendors.
• Manage maintenance budget.
• Provide direct, hands on supervision, technical direction, administrative management, and leadership in maintenance.
• Responsible for the management of equipment and maintenance.
• Supports maintenance and capital projects, maximizing asset reliability, uptime, and cost effectiveness with available resources.
• Provides support for the facility and equipment needs, including capital and major repairs.
• Supports predictive, preventative and corrective maintenance programs.
• Uses other maintenance disciplines in the development and application of reliability engineering, root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of equipment and processes.
• Coaches and develops training plans for hourly maintenance employees.
• Model, for the maintenance department, a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Establishes spare parts requirements, and maintain inventory levels utilizing CMMS software.
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Background illustrates progressive maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Must have at least 5 years’ experience in a supervisory role.
• Exceptional mechanical skills / aptitude.
• Formal training or education in related field such as engineering, process control or reliability preferred
• Strong sense of urgency.
• Must be a leader with very goodcommunication and organizational skills and the ability to communicate with all levels of the organization.
• A strong working knowledge needed in equipment servicing as well as maintenance planning/scheduling in an industrial environment with a high level of automation and instrumentation.
• A solid /working knowledge is required in project management, industrial engineering, cost analysis and employee relations.
• Strong interpersonal communications such as recommending, directing, and influencing.
• Computer Maintenance Management Systems use and implementation (Maintimizer a plus).