Maintenance Supervisor Job
Armstrong World IndustriesAbout the role
Primary location: Hilliard, Ohio
Relocation offered: No
Employment status: Full Time
Travel: <10%
Non-compete: No
Pay grade: 9/10
Salary: $85,000 to $100,000 (based on skills and years of relevant experience)
What does it mean to work at Armstrong?
It means being immersed in a supportive culture that recognizes you as a key player in Armstrong's future. We are a large company with a local feel, where you will get to know and collaborate with leadership and your colleagues across the company.
Job Output: Under the direction of the Engineering and Maintenance Manager, this position is to be responsible for performing a variety of tasks critical to supporting the safe operation of the maintenance department in accordance with company guidelines and customer requirements. Performance of these tasks are critical to the Safety, Quality, Reliability and Cost of the plant production lines, paint mix area, environmental area, shipping area and general plant facilities. This position must work to identify and resolve any maintenance issue or problem along with collaboratively working with all different levels of the organization to resolve issues. This position will receive frequent direction and supervision from the plant Engineering and Maintenance Manager.
Key Process (Ownership/Participation) Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Ensure the Safe Operation of the Department
- Drives a strong safety focus and owns safety (above productivity) in the maintenance area by talking about safety in team meetings, identifying potential safety issues during the shift and mitigating those risks through coaching.
- Addresses any safety issues and takes corrective action as necessary.
- Conducts periodic safety walk-throughs of maintenance activities, visually checking to make sure employees are wearing proper PPE, identifying safety issues, and looking for anyone performing their job tasks in an at-risk manner.
- Helps safety committee representatives on their teams be successful by providing resources and support, removing road blocks and facilitating the execution of safety improvement ideas and work orders.
- Works in a safe manner, complying with and supporting safety policies and procedures and supports and actively participates in the Hilliard plant’s safety system processes (risk assessments, coaching, incident investigations, etc.).
Drive Daily Line/Area Performance
- Works with Engineering and Maintenance Manager, Plant Capital Project Engineers, Value Stream Managers and other team leads to set the strategy and priorities for the maintenance department
- Is a key owner and driver of daily “back to standard” issue resolution. Familiar with Quick Kaizen, 3C, 5 Why,5S, Gemba Walks, etc.
- Ensures safe and successful execution of base maintenance systems through others in the maintenance department (PM, PdM, Lubrication, WO, Stores)
- Owns team knowledge of maintenance SQDC metrics and drives understanding of these metrics through the maintenance group.
- Manage shift assignments, work order / PM scheduling, vacation schedule and attendance of the maintenance group.
- Provides leadership, development, coaching and offers constructive criticism to team members relative to deviations from standard work and acceptable levels of craftsmanship.
- Administer discipline as needed along with participation in high level investigations as needed.
- Uses data to identify and execute reliability process improvement opportunities within the maintenance department.
Support the Team Environment
- Drive team/area reliability commitments by providing the resources and support needed by teams, removing road blocks, and helping with process improvement ideas.
- Lead and/or facilitate quick process improvement initiatives for maintenance department as needed.
- Encourages team engagement and team contributions in decision making.
- Improves the work performance of others through coaching / mentoring.
- Recognizes people for their performance through either formal or informal processes.
- Sets the tone for work ethic on the team.
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