Senior Maintenance Leader — Plant Reliability & Safety

Compass Minerals, Inc.; Kansas; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Benefits starting Day 1

11 paid holidays + 1 floating holiday

PTO package

Job summary

Compass Minerals, Inc. in Lyons, Kansas, seeks a Maintenance Superintendent to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of maintenance at the Lyons evaporation and packaging plant.

You will drive safety, reliability and cost effectiveness through preventive and predictive maintenance, planning and scheduling, and continuous improvement, collaborating with operations to maximize equipment performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of progressive maintenance experience in manufacturing or heavy industrial settings.
• Experience with industrial equipment such as conveyors, pumps, piping, turbines and hydraulic systems.
• Experience leading supervisors and maintenance teams in a unionized environment.
• CMMS use for planning, execution and performance measurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the maintenance team to meet safety, reliability, cost and productivity goals.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, quality and operating standards.
• Drive maintenance metrics: planned vs unplanned work, backlog, and asset performance.
• Lead reliability improvements through root-cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Oversee maintenance planning, scheduling and work execution to maximize efficiency.
• Partner with operations to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Manage maintenance spending, labor, contractors and inventory.
• Develop supervisors through coaching and succession planning.
• Promote autonomous maintenance with production teams.
• Lead cost and productivity improvement initiatives and manage the budget.

Skills

Leadership

Safety culture

Maintenance planning

CMMS

Team supervision

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Compass Minerals, Inc. in Lyons, Kansas, seeks a Maintenance Superintendent to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of maintenance at the Lyons evaporation and packaging plant.

You will drive safety, reliability and cost effectiveness through preventive and predictive maintenance, planning and scheduling, and continuous improvement, collaborating with operations to maximize equipment performance.