Supervisor, Maintenance
NutrienAbout the role
Nutrien is a leading provider of crop inputs and services, and our business results make a positive impact on the world. Our purpose, Feeding the Future, is the reason we come to work each day. We’re guided by our culture of care and our core values: We put safety first. We act with integrity. We are stronger together. We deliver with excellence.
Through the collective expertise of our nearly 26,000 employees, we operate a world-class network of production, distribution, and ag retail facilities. We efficiently serve growers' needs and strive to provide a more profitable, sustainable, and secure future for all stakeholders. Help us raise the expectation of what an agriculture company can be and grow your career with Nutrien.
What You'll Do:
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- Lead and supervise daily maintenance activities across mechanical and electrical crews to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations.
- Effective leadership and direction of the maintenance team
- Meet with peers and subordinates to set schedule plans for the week and check daily progress.
- Maintain the technical expertise of their crew employees, monitoring their skill sets and development of training plans.
- Maintain the sustainability and reliability of all the plant systems and assures that the plant can meet business demands and schedules, for maximum profitability.
- Administer group safety meetings and shop safety inspections.
- Guide manpower requirements for business needs
- Assist with controlling budget costs.
- Evaluate and recommend capital needs for their group.
- Evaluate quality standards for area maintenance responsibility.
- Direct and coordinate the orderly and efficient operations of Maintenance crews, under their supervision while carrying out duties as required by General Supervisor/Superintendent and higher management.
- Resolve problems relating to, or interfering with, meeting maintenance schedules.
- Analyze and assess methods of improving and reducing Maintenance operations expenses.
- Analyze personnel needs according to production flow and operations condition.
- Communicate daily with General Supervisor/Superintendent and department engineer to stay abreast of work schedules, planning changes, and critical timing of major projects.
- Review and discuss discipline problems with General Supervisor/ Superintendent
- Generate, evaluate, and review improvement plan of assigned personnel.
- Provide training of personnel and monitor personnel performance.
- Communicate and support management goals and objectives to all employees.
- Must possess the strength and dexterity to personally inspect all areas of responsibility that may affect employee safety or environmental integrity.
- Manage spare parts for the area of responsibility.
- Drive a strong safety culture be enforcing compliance with all safety procedures.
- Plan, prioritize, and execute corrective, preventative (PM), predictive maintenance work along with understand and overseeing the PM Tech lubrication route.
- Coordinate closely with operations to identify, plan and schedule maintenance work, minimizing downtime and reactive work and optimizing equipment performance.
- Utilize Oracle to manage work orders, track labor and materials, document work completion, complete work orders along with PM check sheets to ensure high quality data for reliability analysis.
- Promote housekeeping standard and maintain organized, clean, and safe work areas across all maintenance shops and plant areas.
- Supervise and develop maintenance personnel by providing coaching, training, and performance feedback to build a highly capable team. Ensure quality of work through field presence, job observations, and verification of completed task.
What You'll Bring:
- High school diploma or equivalent required
- 3+ years of Industrial Maintenance experience, with strong knowledge in pumps, belts, alignments, conveyors, turbines, gearboxes, piping, valves, and bearings
- Experience with lubricating systems (preferred)
- Proficiency with basic computer software (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management Systems), Oracle preferred
- 2+ years of supervisory experience (preferred)
- Flexibility to work unscheduled hours as needed to support business operations
- Strong ability to apply proper direction and operational discipline to ensure the sustainability and reliability of systems involving people, materials, and equipment
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