Maintenance Supervisor

General Position Summary & Responsibilities:

The Maintenance Supervisor (MS) reports to the Maintenance Manager, Recycling Operations General Manager, Recycling Operations Regional General Manager, or the Asset Manager/Sr. Asset Manager. The MS has the primary responsibility for ensuring the environmentally sound, safe, cost effective, planned, and efficient operations of all mobile equipment including prioritizing and scheduling of work assignments, assessing repairs, and supervising and monitoring work quality, and managing direct reports. The MS is responsible for all maintenance and maintenance personnel within the assigned facility. The incumbent will need to challenge conventional thinking to obtain the most efficient solutions to issues that arise as well as utilize best practices, benchmarks, and metrics to improve the organization.

This position operates within somewhat flexible parameters. The primary goal of this position is to achieve excellence in all facets of the position. Providing the highest quality product safely, effectively, and efficiently decreases accidents and errors and increase profits.

Salary Wage: $130,000 - $150,000/annually

Essential Functions:

1) Environmental and Health & Safety (H&S)

a) Providing a safe environment for all employees, customers, and visitors.

2) Operational Performance & Best Business Practices

a) Responsible for determining schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment and skill of personnel.
b) Responsible for developing, monitoring, and evaluating maintenance policies and procedures, examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.
c) Responsible for compiling and reporting on operations and personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair and maintenance statistics, and test results via the use of Microsoft Office and Oracle EAM applications.
d) Coordinates processes to ensure internal and external customer satisfaction.
e) Daily collaboration and communication with other supervisors, managers, and staff members to formulate and implement policies, procedures or achieve goals and objectives.
f) Plans, organizes, and manages the work of direct reports to ensure that the optimal performance is achieved in a manner consistent with organizational requirements and business objectives and goals.

3) Budgeting & Forecasting

a) Responsible for continuously monitoring, negotiating, and adjusting, all contracts, leases, expenses, or agreements associated with the maintenance operations function.
b) Responsible for monitoring department spending to ensure that expenses are consistent with approved budgets.
c) Awareness of and strategic response to external influences, such as DOT and OSHA legislation is vital.

4) Administrative Management

a) Monitors and maintains exempt and and/or hourly staff at cost effective and competitive levels.
b) Monitors supervisory practices for self and direct reports to ensure compliance with HR policies and union contracts, as applicable.
c) Reviews performance of direct reports.
d) Interviews prospective management and/or production employees.
e) Works with Human Resources personnel to prepare job descriptions.

5) Special Projects

a) Performs special projects or other duties as needed or assigned.

Specific Other Responsibilities (regional, location, compliance, etc.):

Within this section and upon the hire or placement of an individual, the Direct Manager will include, if applicable, any additional Essential Functions specific to the region. If necessary, the writer can exclude a specific Essential Function that would not be expected to be performed.

Internal Control Responsibilities:

Support the Company’s Internal Control process which includes understanding, communicating, and complying with defined internal controls as well as suggesting and making modifications to the policies, procedures, and controls to better relate to the business.

Communicate upward problems in operations, noncompliance with the code of conduct, or other policy violations or illegal actions.

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position supervises electricians, welders, heavy equipment mechanics, truck mechanics, and other maintenance mechanics at their assigned facility.

See the Maintenance Organizational Chart for all direct and indirect reporting lines.

Job Conditions:

Workload is cyclical and can present significant time pressures when strict adherence to deadlines is critical. Workload is often reactive and cannot be anticipated or planned for. Often man