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Supervisor - Maintenance

Westlake
Lake Charles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 2 Jul 2025

About the role

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.​

SUMMARY

Directs and supervises mechanical work force composed of company and contract employees in all routine maintenance and preventive maintenance projects in the plant facilities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

May include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • Support and drive accident prevention and environmental excellence.

  • Ensure all activities are conducted in a safe and environmentally sound manner while adhering to all company policies and procedures.

  • Pro-actively co-manages the operations maintenance controllable budget.

  • Promote quality job execution and scheduling adherence.

  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) for equipment: repair, technical specifications, job safety/environmental requirements, and Execution work flow process.

  • Ensure Work Order technical information is complete for work execution.

  • Create or edit Task lists when applicable for repetitive work.

  • Identify Bill of Materials updates and corrections to Planner.

  • Verify that all operations that were completed have been correctly confirmed and identified as complete in SAP.

  • Provide feedback to planner of any information that was not correctly identified in the job plan.

  • Work with OMC and Planner to remove any backlog work that needs to be canceled and removed from backlog.

  • Receive prioritized schedule back from Planner.

  • Provide accurate work center capacities.

  • Participate in schedule review with OMC, and Planner for final input of revisions for next week’s schedule.

  • Confirm finalized schedule for next week.

  • All changes after final schedule will be handled as break-ins.

  • Assign planned work orders/packages to maintenance crafts.

  • Assign emergency/break-in work to maintenance crafts.

  • Determine scope changes to all work and communicate to OMC and Planner.

  • Verify kitted materials are used or returned to Warehouse.

  • Review Orders to ensure all proper documentation and history has been filled out.

  • Ensure all operations have been completed and confirmed.

  • Technically complete Work Orders after all time has been charged and information has been confirmed in SAP.

  • Follow and support Work Management Process.

  • Field oversite of Contractors executing routine Maintenance overload work.

  • Support Turnaround Work Process Planning and Execution.

ADDITIONAL  DUTIES

  • Perform the primary thinking encompassed by this job description.

  • Comply with all Company policies and procedures.

  • Fully supports Company goals of continuous improvement and operational excellence at strategic and tactical levels including reviewing area of responsibility for improvement opportunities to initiate projects or communicate ideas to management as well as active participation on project teams.

  • Any additional responsibilities or tasks as assigned.

  • Perform duties in a manner that protects personal safety as well as the safety of others. Promptly report Safety, Health or Environmental issues or incidents to management.

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