Maintenance Supervisor

Kids for the Future; Urbana (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Vision benefits

Dental benefits

Rx benefits

401k plan

Competitive pay

Job summary

J. Rettenmaier USA seeks an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to lead the maintenance department in a high-automation manufacturing setting. You will coordinate preventative maintenance, supervise hourly staff, and manage spare parts using a CMMS.

The role emphasizes reliability, safety, and cost-conscious operations. Required is at least five years in a supervisory capacity with strong mechanical skills and excellent communication.

Qualifications

• Progressive maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 5 years in a supervisory role.
• Excellent mechanical skills and aptitude.
• Strong communication and organizational abilities across all levels.
• Solid knowledge of maintenance planning/scheduling in automated environments.
• Familiarity with project management, cost analysis and employee relations.
• Experience with CMMS systems is a plus (Maintimizer).

Responsibilities

• Lead the Maintenance Department and drive safety, reliability, and efficiency.
• Coordinate preventative maintenance and repair work with Operations to minimize downtime.
• Manage maintenance budget and allocate resources effectively.
• Provide hands-on supervision and technical direction to hourly staff.
• Develop training plans and foster ownership and accountability within the team.
• Establish spare parts requirements and manage inventory using CMMS.
• Support capital projects and reliability initiatives across facilities.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Supervisory skills

CMMS knowledge

Budget management

Mechanical aptitude

Communication

Education

High school diploma

Tools

Maintimizer CMMS

Job description

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

About the Company:

If you are you looking to become a part of a team who’s on a mission to provide sustainable products to a number of industries around the world, J. Rettenmaier USA is the company for you! As the leading manufacturer of insoluble fibers, we take pride in our commitment to providing our employees with a comfortable and collaborative work environment, inclusive culture and the best training and development programs. To prove how much we value our employees’ health and wellbeing in and out of the workplace we offer exemplary health, vision and Rx benefits, premium free dental and a generous 401k plan. Not to mention our competitive pay and many more employee perks. With a total of 8 locations across the US, we are always welcoming individuals eager to learn and grow with our fiber family.

What We Manufacture:

Whether it be a US trend or an industry standard, JRS USA fibers offer solutions to help fit product needs across a number of industries, including pharmaceutical, pet, and food. Produced from sustainable raw materials such as grains, fruits, vegetables, seaweed and trees, upcycled post-consumer materials and recycled pre-consumer materials, the functional benefits of our fibers are favorable throughout all the industries we serve.

• 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).