Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description

Maintenance Supervisor – Des Moines, IA
This is a full-time, exempt level position.
 
Job Summary:
This position supervises maintenance and contract employees to ensure a reliable and safe Maintenance program for the facility. This position leads a team of approximately 3 full time hourly colleagues. Drives continuous improvement through effective feedback and process documentation. They will take an active role in coaching employees to reach their fullest potential by providing feedback in a manner that is effective, consistent and fair. Leads maintenance technicians to ensure quality work is completed safely and efficiently.
 
Essential Job Functions:

• Supervises the day to day activities of maintenance technicians.
• Insures that all safety and GMP rules are being followed while work is being performed
• Coaches employees in the areas of job performance, attendance, safety and other related appraisal criteria
• Maintain records and files essential to meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance information
• Monitor work accomplished for quantity, quality, safe work practices, and GMPs against accepted department and company standards
• Support and comply with all food safety, quality, and legality requirements
• Other similar duties as assigned

• Must be able to establish expectations for safety, reliability, quality, service and productivity
• Good decision making ability and problem solving skills
• Excellent organization skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Products and Computerized Maintenance Management Software
• Demonstrated supervisory, leadership experience and ability to work in a team environment
• Must be customer focused and be proactive in dealing with conflict, influencing others, listening, management of priorities, organization & planning, partnering, and utilizing a proactive approach to reliability

• Minimum of a high school diploma/GED, engineering degree, or apprentice training 
• Associates Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Instrumentation related field is preferred

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Manufacturing environment
• Strong demonstrated expertise in either mechanical maintenance, with in-depth exposure to the other areas (packaging, automation, hydraulics)
• Previous leadership/supervisory experience preferred
• Leads the Operation of the Plant to maintain personnel and process safety:
  • Maintains an environment in which personal safety is the top priority
  • Ensures the team works safe and the department maintains compliance of all health and safety regulations
  • Ensures the operation of the site is carried out with all regulatory permits, laws & regulations and best practices
  • Aligns department goals with site goals and communicates the direction and priorities to the department leveraging a structured management system.
  • Coordinates operation of the plant to insure adherence to established product, environmental, safety, housekeeping & quality guidelines set by the company
  • Demonstrates ADM Core Values in decision making and actions.
  • Collaborates with work groups across the organization to develop a strategic vision for the department that is put into action through the department deployment plan.
  • Supports Quality and the Food Safety Management Systems, may be a member of the Food Safety Team
  • Acts as a key stakeholder to the plant leadership team.

• Models the way of the Performance Excellence Journey:
  • Leads and Coaches the team to leverage continuous improvement tools to achieve department and plant KPI's.
  • Conducts Daily Review and Response and works closely with the Plant manager and steering team to adjust and adapt and to escalate situations that arise
  • Ensures that deviations from KPIs and incidents are driven to Root Cause elimination by team
  • Demonstrate commitment to improving safety, processes and efficiency of the plant by delivering the department deployment plan in both ‘what’ (metrics) and ‘how’ (means).
  • Work in collaboration with Centers of Excellence to improve technology and reliability of the operations.
• Is an Effective Communicator:
  • Demonstrate strong communication skills in both face to face and written communication.
  • Interprets and ensures consistent application of organizational policies and procedures
  • Performs Colleague Performance Reviews and meets with Colleagues on a regular basis to re