Supervisor - Maintenance

This opening is with Howmet Aerospace – a world leader in investment casting of super-alloys, aluminum, and titanium primarily for jet aircraft and industrial gas turbine markets. For more information, visit www.howmet.com .

Howmet has challenging opportunities for individuals who are excited to engage with us in growing our business. Join us where you will be part of a dedicated team to manufacture high tech products, safely, accurately, and efficiently, you will perform a variety of hands-on operations in accordance with standardized processes within customer specifications.

Job Summary :

Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment, and in maintenance of buildings, grounds, and utilities, industrial plant, or other establishment by performing the following duties personally or through subordinate supervisors.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities :

• Follow Howmet’s Safety Regulations and Work Rules Handbook, along with all departmental specific safety regulations.
• Ensures all departmental/plant safety standards are met.
• Reviews job work orders to determine work priorities. Schedules repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production operations.
• Schedules and tracks department overtime utilizing a computerized system.
• Coordinates activities of workers fabricating or modifying machines, tools, or equipment to manufacture new products or improve existing products.
• Directs maintenance activities on utility systems to provide continuous supply of heat, cooling water, electric power, gas, or air required for operations.
• Develops and operates computerized maintenance management system in conjunction with engineering and maintenance staff.
• Reviews production, quality control, and maintenance reports and statistics to plan and modify maintenance activities.
• Inspects operating machines and equipment for conformance with operational standards.
• Plans, develops, and implements new methods and procedures designed to improve operations, minimize operating costs, and effect greater utilization of labor and materials.
• Reviews new product plans and discusses equipment needs and modifications with design engineers.
• Requisitions tools, equipment, components, and supplies required for operations.
• Directs training and indoctrination of workers to improve work performance and acquaint workers with company policies and procedures.
• Evaluates staff and recommend personnel actions as necessary.
• Confers with management, engineering, and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment.
• Prepares department budget and monitors expenditure of funds in budget.
• Recommends and monitors work performance of external contractors.
• Monitors specifications for plant concerning OSHA, EPA, and other governmental applicable codes and regulations.
• Must comply with all company attendance policies and guidelines; this includes, but is not limited to, regular attendance and occasional overtime.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities :

• Reads, analyzes, and interprets common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Responds to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts. Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts, and draw valid conclusions using analytical reasoning. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to use computer software systems such as Microsoft Office suite and relational databases. Power BI experience is preferred.

Physical Demands :

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to walk, occasionally required to stand, sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop or kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds with mechanical assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Equipment Used :

• Standard office equipment to include personal computers, copiers, fax machines, and other related equipment. Must have working knowledge of various testing equipment and hand-held tools.

Work Environment :

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts. The employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; extreme heat; risk of electrical shock; risk of radiation; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Education :

• This position requires a minimum of a High School diploma/G.E.D. and at least 10 years of Maintenace experience.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, Management, Business Administration, or equivalent from four-year college or technical school is preferred.

Experience :

• This position requires related experience and/or training in industrial maintenance. A minimum of 7 years of related experience and/or training in industrial maintenance is preferred.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• This position is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) which requires U.S. person status. ITAR defines U.S. person as an U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), Political Asylee, or Refugee.