Maintenance Superintendant

Our client's company is seeking a Maintenance Superintendent to join their Rolling Department. This division produces a wide range of aluminum parts that are rolled, milled, conditioned, heat treated, inspected, sometimes machined, packed, warehoused and shipped out of the Davenport Works facility and / or local vendors.

Along with the day-to-day responsibilities the Maintenance Superintendent will be accountable for

• Developing and updating long-term sustainability and reliability strategies on Rolling production equipment required to meet future business needs.
• Leading Maintenance department salaried staff and support staff.
• Developing resources to support the equipment tactical maintenance and long-term improvements.
• Development of behavioral competencies of direct reports and indirect salary reports. This is realized through technical expertise, guidance, support, coaching, counseling, and leadership in the day-to-day performance of maintenance planning activities.

In his / her area of responsibility, the Maintenance Superintendent sets expectations, audits performance, counsels’ planners, trains, acts as a role model, and influences policy and practices to exceed department goals.

This includes safety, quality, productivity, continuous improvement, and overall employee morale with the main objective of complete customer satisfaction along with responsible management of the department's spending and assets. Requirements :

• Ability to work in a matrix organization.
• Ability to lead a team.
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Excellent root cause problem solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Results-oriented.
• Strong logistics and planning skills.
• Ability to lead organizational change.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Ability to identify and implement cost reduction initiatives.

Responsibilities :

• Develop and monitor metrics to measure the effectiveness of the Rolling Department maintenance organization
• Ensuring that TPM, preventative and predictive maintenance activities are integrated across Rolling.
• Actively participate in TPM, Kaizen and EHS activities.
• Setting / reviewing annual development and performance objectives for the department and support for Maintenance and Engineering Department.
• Actively participating in the development and managing the department’s business planning objectives tool (i.e., A3, Hoshin, etc.)
• Setting, executing, and reporting 30-60-90-day plans in support of Rolling maintenance departmental A3.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with Area Manager, Lead Area Managers, Maintenance Superintendents, Maintenance Technical Leaders / General Supervisors.
• Manage Rolling department R&M budget.

Qualifications (Minimum Requirements) :

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Minimum of five years of experience in a manufacturing industry setting
• Minimum of eight years of maintenance experience
• Minimum of three years of experience managing high dollar department budgets
• Rolling mill experience (metals or paper) would be highly preferred
• Employees 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.