Supervisor, Mechanical Maintenance

Quikrete Holdings Inc.; Midlothian (TX); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Company paid life and disability

Paid vacation

401K

Job summary

Quikrete Heavy Construction Materials is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor for our Midlothian, Texas cement plant. You will lead maintenance activities, ensure equipment reliability, and uphold safety standards for the crew, while coordinating with planning and procurement to meet production targets.

The role emphasizes preventative and reactive maintenance, analyzing equipment conditions and applying best practices to improve uptime and lifecycle costs.

Qualifications

• Cement plant maintenance experience preferred.
• Knowledge of safety regulations and practices.
• Ability to communicate with production teams and management.

Responsibilities

• The safety of all crew members.
• Initiating appropriate work orders and ensuring quality work.
• Perform regular equipment inspections using vibration, oil analysis, NDT, ultrasonic, and thermal imaging.
• Plan and schedule maintenance and outages with the team and contractors.
• Coordinate with planners, inspectors, and procurement to ensure parts and labor are available.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Technical aptitude

Analytical skills

Tools

Vibration Analysis

Oil Analysis

NDT

Ultrasonic Testing

Thermal Imaging

Job description

We are looking for aMechanical Maintenance Supervisor to join our team inMidlothian, Texas. As a Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor with Quikrete Heavy Construction Materials, you will play avital role within the company and will contribute to the overall success and improved operations within our Cement plant in Midlothian, Texas. The ideal candidate will have mechanical and technical aptitude, analyzing trends and monitoring equipment conditions to determine the appropriate maintenance interventions, both preventative and reactive. Supporting the reliability of mechanical, electrical, and mobile equipment, this role will increase reliability, performance, and life expectancy, at the lowest overall cost, while working to support and maintain production functions.

Why apply?

Competitive wages.

Company provided benefits:Medical, Dental, Vision, Company paid life and disability benefits, paid vacation, and 401K.

About the Role

Responsibilities:

• The safety of all crew members.
• Remain active and knowledgeable in current safety regulations and guidelines, promoting overall plant safety.
• Initiating appropriate work orders when warranted.
• Initiate the work directly performed by the execution group and ensure quality and efficient work is performed.
• Ensuring the maintenance shop and vehicles are safe, inspected and clean.
• Perform regular equipment inspections using Advanced Detection Techniques (Vibration Analysis, Oil Analysis, NDT, Ultra Sonic, and Thermal Imaging).
• Perform follow-up inspections post repair and/or new installations of equipment.
• Along with the Planner and Inspector, the requirement for inspection of off-site rebuilds may be required.
• Provide technical expertise in specific areas of the cement plant, communicating effectively to various levels.
• Interact directly and regularly with production personnel regarding operating procedures that have impact on equipment.
• Participate in the budgeting process, providing advice in planning and scheduling of major of more costly maintenance activities.
• Remain current in concerns to advances in reliability technology and equipment through participation in the Continental network and maintaining relationships with other practitioners and suppliers.
• Utilize to manage activities and the generate maintenance KPI which measure the effectiveness of the maintenance roles.
• When assigning and supervising maintenance and repair tasks, make full use of existing Agreement language within the context of its intent to maximize productivity and reduce department costs.
• Ensuring crew members track and submit hours worked accurately and timely and ensure timecards are approved and tracking follows the plantââ¬â¢s attendance policy.
• Complying with all company purchasing and requisitioning policies and procedures.
• Planning and scheduling maintenance work and engage with procurement and department team members to ensure all necessary parts, materials, equipment and or services for impending maintenance work are available.
• Covering on-call responsibilities on a rotating basis as schedule.
• Coordinating and overseeing activities of contractors to ensure reliable completion of their projects on time and on budget.
• Working closely with the Maintenance Planner/Inspector during the development of weekly, monthly and major outage plans
• Meeting plant budgeted clinker, cement and manufacturing targets.
• Meeting or exceeding targeted reliability goals for the major pieces of equipment.
• Managing department overtime to budget.
• Assists in annual plant outage planning.
• Preventative maintenance work planning.
• Participating in Overall Equipment Efficiency review meetings and root cause failure investigation to help determine solutions and improvements to processes, policies, tasks, equipment designs, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

About You

We Require:

• Previous cement experience with cement equipment maintenance preferred;
• Mining & Heavy Industry experience;
• Technician Development experience

About Us

Each day brings new challenges, and we make sure you are prepared for it all. Our dedication to continual improvement and hands-on training ensures you are ready for the many new experiences and challenges that you will face. We offer:

A friendly and team-oriented work environment, with a supportive management team.

Hands-on training for our employees and opportunities for advancement.

A company dedicated to continuous improvement.