Maintenance Supervisor

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

The Role

 

The Maintenance Supervisor in our Applied Sterilization Technologies (AST) Grand Prairie, TX facility oversees all the activities of maintenance personnel engaged in all facets of the operations function. The Maintenance Supervisor assumes authority for maintenance personnel actions and oversees day to day operations of professionals and/or skilled technical employees. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to troubleshoot, plan, and coordinate equipment repairs and upkeeping. Contributes to performance management of maintenance personnel through constant feedback and addresses issues pertaining to training, wages, hiring and terminating.

 

Maintenance Supervisor role aligns with experience supporting facilities with multiple modalities or campus environments with multiple buildings.

What You Will Do

• Ensures equipment planned/unplanned repairs and preventative maintenance activities are performed accurately; verifying maintenance personnel workmanship and addressing deficiencies as needed.
• Ensures reports, records, and/or work orders are submitted and completed immediately following the respective activities. Ensures initiation and completion of Change Control Evaluations are completed prior to performing changes. Emergency repairs/changes are an exception.
• Monitors and maintains activities associated with spare parts, part ordering, equipment downtime, work orders, preventative maintenance schedule and calibration schedule.
• Maintains a safe, clean and secure working environment by enforcing adherence to all safety procedures, rules and regulations; monitoring all safety and security systems and procedures on a basis; advising management of unsafe work practices and/or conditions; supporting plant safety 
• Provides timely status updates to the Maintenance Manager on projects, repairs, and/or tasks completion.
• Contributes in a team effort by performing in accordance with all STERIS policies, GMP, Lean principles and directives; supports the directives and decisions of higher-level management and performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensures compliance with Corporate QSRC and GMP procedures by monitoring established programs; monitoring training requirements and conducting in depth investigations on equipment difficulty related nonconformities.
• Communicates effectively and in a courteous and respectful manner; provides timely and accurate responses on the status of maintenance tasks.
• Ensures Customer service and satisfaction through professional and timely responses to internal and external Customer needs.

 

People Leadership

 

• Assigns and oversees daily tasks of the maintenance personnel and ensures performance of tasks are completed in a timely and high-quality manner.
• Provides team with guidance and support to ensure tasks are completed as scheduled; gets involved with repairs and/or preventative maintenance tasks when lacking resources to ensure meeting deadlines.
• Provides and coordinates maintenance support during off shift emergencies; communicates off shift activities to the management team.
• Coordinates with contractors for work being performed at the facilities.
• Leads staff through coaching, counseling, motivating, and disciplining as needed. Promotes teamwork through intra- and inter-department cooperation.
• Maintains mechanical and technical skills, knowledge, and abilities by attending workshops, r