Maintenance Supervisor - Casting

Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc; Lewisport (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc. in Lewisport, KY is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead the Casting Maintenance & Engineering team. You will analyze maintenance needs, drive improvements, and organize work to maximize safety, reliability and productivity across 24/7 operations.

You will develop and coach a team, ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations, and coordinate with the Superintendent and production leadership on equipment issues and downtime priorities.

Qualifications

• At least 5+ years industrial electrical and/or mechanical work experience with leadership responsibility.
• Technically competent and capable of backfilling team members.
• Ability to read and interpret safety policies and procedures, HR policies, standard work documents, maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, charts etc.
• Ability to rotate shifts in a 24/7 operation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the casting maintenance team to support safety, reliability, production goals and cost targets.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste and variability in manufacturing processes.
• Participate in safety and production meetings and communicate across shifts about equipment issues.
• Ensure preventive maintenance is executed on time and coordinate with supervision and production.
• Provide coaching, feedback, and development to improve team performance and production results.

Skills

Leadership

Mechanical experience

Electrical experience

Shift rotations

Safety awareness

Education

High school diploma / GED

Vocational technical degree / apprenticeship

Job description

Commonwealth Rolled Products is a leading manufacturer of Aluminum rolled products for the Automotive, Commercial, and Industrial markets. The Company operates its production facility in Lewisport, KY with the support of an Automotive Innovation Center for R&D, Sales and Field Service in Madison Heights (DET), and Inside Sales in the Cleveland, OH area.

Our Company is seeking to add a talented Maintenance Supervisor to our Casting Maintenance & Engineering team. The purpose of this role is to analyze, recommend improvements, efficiently organize and manage the direction of maintenance area work teams and processes for the achievement of both short-term and long-term objectives in safety and compliance, equipment reliability, product quality and cost reduction. This position will monitor and keep production running with the task of maximizing productivity and quality; engage the team to drive a continuous improvement culture to eliminate waste, overburden and variability in manufacturing processes; act as a role model for safety by demonstrating behaviors that align with our safety principles and hold the team accountable for results; and provides leadership, direction, coaching and development to motivate and sustain high levels of employee performance.

Responsibilities Include

• Live and champion the Commonwealth Rolled Products Core Values: Safety Matters, One Team, Customer Focus and Own Excellence.

Health, Safety & Environmental

• Leverage the Commonwealth Rolled Products Safety System and Safety Principles to create a zero-injury culture.
• Support the implementation of processes (safety observations, pre-job minis, housekeeping audits, safety work orders, safety scorecard, etc.) that reveal safety hazards and develop sustainable corrective actions.
• Conduct daily safety crew briefings.
• Ensure that company policies and procedures are being executed by his/her team in order to ensure compliance with all health, safety and environmental regulations (zero EPA non-compliances).
• Ensure the team is being retrained on the relevant safety procedures in accordance with the HSE Department’s schedule.
• Investigate and document safety related incidents in the assigned area.

Operations

• Ensure that the daily production goals for throughput, quality, target date and cost are being supported by his or her team.
• Ensure that a safe job execution has priority over a quick job execution.
• Ensure maximum uptime performance of all production centers in the assigned area of accountability through efficient use of available resources and according to production planning priorities.
• Maintain awareness of all equipment issues in your assigned area. Develop plans and repair this equipment with a high sense of urgency.
• Participate in and conduct Safety and Production Meetings.
• Ensure communication across shifts occurs regarding equipment concerns, overtime, manning, status of work assignments or any other item that may impact production.
• Communicate and work closely with your Superintendent as well as Production regarding the status of equipment issues.
• Ensure deviations from the standard process are effectively communicated to the relevant people/functions.
• Conduct layered process audits (LPAs) to improve quality, reduce scrap and rework and reduced internal and external customer rejections.
• Ensure all preventive maintenance (PMs), work orders and other assigned tasks delegated, documented and completed on time.
• Drive consistent PED Steps for all outage, rebuild and repair events.
• Engage with his/her team to develop and implement standard work.
• Engage his/her team to drive a continuous improvement culture to eliminate waste, overburden and variability in manufacturing processes.
• Participate in productivity, safety and quality improvement projects through process adherence and the use of RCFA methodology.
• Support developing solutions for cost reduction and yield improvement.
• Implement the Reliability Roadmap objectives in your assigned area.

Management and Leadership

• Inspire employees to perform at high levels.
• Set and communicate clear performance standards and hold direct reports accountable for results.
• Conduct performance appraisals and maintain performance metrics to monitor employee results; identify and initiate improvements for development and/or training.
• Provide on-going coaching, feedback, and development to increase employee performance and production.
• Communicate effectively with direct reports and resolve conflicts within and between individual team members.
• Ensure employees are paid accurately and held accountable for time missed by tracking attendance and entering data in the timekeeping system.
• Ensure all vacancies are filled by managing and scheduling employees for overtime as needed.
• Adhere to all applicable rules in the Labor Agreement.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma / GED required.

At least 5+ years industrial electrical and/or mechanical work experience with leadership responsibility.

Is technically competent and capable of backfilling team members.

Has the ability to understand the manufacturing process and technical knowledge to ensure product quality and flow.

Has the ability to understand how activities impact cash conversion, EBITDA and other key financial metrics.

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety policies and procedures, HR policies, standard work documents, maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, charts etc.

• Ability to rotate shifts in a 24/7 operation.

Preferred

Vocational technical degree or completion of an apprentice program.

Commonwealth Rolled Products is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, religion, color, sex, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age (forty and over), national origin, disability (as defined by applicable law), veteran’s status, genetic information, marital status, height, weight or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Our HR team will reach out to applicants who meet the qualifications and most closely align with requirements of the position.

Qualifications

Education

Required

High School or better.

Experience

Required

5 years:

Related work experience with leadership responsibility

Equal Opportunity Employer

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