What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Supervisor position at Synthomer?
Overview
This role reports directly to the Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability Manager and is responsible for leading/directing a multiple skilled, flexible work team to ensure; safe permit compliant, efficient and effective maintenance of operational equipment at a twenty-four hour/day continuously operated facility.
Job Responsibilities
We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.
We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.
We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.
This role reports directly to the Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability Manager and is responsible for leading/directing a multiple skilled, flexible work team to ensure; safe permit compliant, efficient and effective maintenance of operational equipment at a twenty-four hour/day continuously operated facility.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead a maintenance team and ensure adherence to safe and environmentally correct work practices, a proactive approach to teamwork, continuous improvement and cost reduction.
- Accountable for safety goals and Critical Success Factors for safety performance by active participation and leadership in solving safety issues and coordinating safety and housekeeping programs
- Plan as required, coordinate and monitor the activities of maintenance team to ensure production targets, maintenance goals, and quality specifications are met safely and efficiently in accordance to company/plant polices procedures and work instructions.
- Coordinate Maintenance activities with Production Maintenance Coordinator, Maintenance Planner, Maintenance Superintendent and other personnel as appropriate.
- Manage the performance and development of personnel through on-going feedback, annual performance reviews, coaching, counseling, and recognition.
- Ensure group obtains business knowledge required to work effectively.
- Monitor cost to help ensure compliance with budgets. Report potential variances.
- Maintain and encourage collaborative resolutions and communications of work issues among employees, departments and various work groups.
- Establish and share maintenance best practices.
- Co-ordinate and supervise the work of contractors.
- Complete reports and documentation as required.
- Perform other duties as required or assigned.
- High School Diploma/GED
- 3-5 years of experience in plant maintenance experience
- Strong knowledge of work management processes, labor estimating and resource balancing
- Strong working knowledge of plant / facilities equipment
- Strong understanding of skilled crafts such a mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation
- Strong computer and communication skills
- Leadership Competency requirements: Demonstrate a working proficiency level in the Competencies of Driving Improvement in Others, Driving and Managing Teamwork, and Communication Effectiveness.
- Core Competency requirements: Customer Orientation, Results Orientation, Technological Orientation, Teamwork
- Strong verbal and written skills.
- Coaching, meeting management and facilitation skills.
- Lead by example/team involvement.
- Safety Awareness, PPE and safe practices knowledge.
- 2-3 years of experience of supervisory experience preferably in a maintenance environment
- 1-3 years’ experience with CMMS systems, preferably SAP
- Experience in a union environment
- Mechanical Journeyman’s Card or License
- Basic Chemistry and Physics
- Basic Welding Skills
- Process Safety Management (PSM) familiarity
- Demonstrated experience around key Working Relationships and Accountabilities with: Production, Maintenance, Engineering Departments and Supervision of vendors and outside contracts.
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written.
- Possible afternoon or rotating shift schedule.
- Must be able to come in on the off shifts as needed.
- This is a salary exempt position with on call responsibilities.
- Weekend duty and shift work is required as needed.
- Travel as required 10% or less.
- This position may be called at home for advice and information as required to support the needs of the plant.
We are ambitious!
We have grown significantly – both organically and inorganically. We are a FTSE 250 listed company, 22% of our revenue comes from newly commercialized products, and we’re recognized in the top-quartile for chemicals manufacturing safety.
We believe in high challenge, high support!
We are keen to let you contribute in real roles from day 1. We expect a lot, but offer a lot, too. This includes onboarding, induction and learning events, networking opportunities, mentoring and personal development planning. So, be up for an inspiring long-term career adventure.
We personalize our approach to development!
At Synthomer, you won't find generic career tracks or development programs but rather a one-size-fits-one approach to employee development. We'll partner with you to ensure you have the right experiences that build your capabilities and accelerate your career growth.
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