Maintenance Supervisor (TDI)

Now hiring! Maintenance Supervisor (TDI)

 

Geismar, LA

Annual bonus

 

We are looking for a Maintenance Supervisor to join our Monomers team in Geismar, LA.

 

Come create chemistry with us!

 

BASF Monomers is a leading supplier of isocyanates, inorganics, polyamides, and ammonia. Our products are used in many downstream applications including the production of foams, adhesives, textiles, automobiles, food production, paper, packaging, wire, cable, clothing, and so much more. Monomers go into the production of countless household and industrial goods and make a positive impact on people's lives every day. As an essential business in BASF’s overall Verbund (interconnected value chain) system, Team Monomers is committed to help our customers reach their sustainability targets by expanding our portfolio of lower CO2 footprint products and circular solutions.

 

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the safe, quality, and cost-effective execution of maintenance work in all maintenance areas. They will direct the activities of BASF and Contract employees while removing barriers to facilitate work execution productivity, for Routine, Turnaround, and Outage maintenance. This position provides expertise to support maintenance, operations, and capital project activities. 

 

As a Maintenance Supervisor (TDI), you create chemistry by...

 

• Partnering with key stakeholders to develop goals for staff and execution teams which support department objectives. Drive implementation, monitor effectiveness, track team performance for success (KPIs / Metrics and take necessary actions to meet objectives. You will also support the development of reliability targets, consistent with business needs, and recommend necessary actions to achieve committed results.
• Providing coaching and direction to ensure that the team successfully meets targets, including coaching the Daily Support Team (DST) and advance mutually agreed upon development needs and training opportunities. Conduct job assignments considering developmental opportunities. This includes ensuring the safe execution of work through the application of all safety rules and promotion of safety programs and behaviors/practices.
• Facilitating first-time repair quality in an accurate, efficient, and effective manner to eliminate rework. You will participate in or lead Root Cause Analyses, function as the repair expert for critical maintenance and provide expert direction and guidance to crafts on critical maintenance items, repairs, and tasks. Perform quality checks of executed work and utilize continuous feedback and guidance for all the team, including Planners, Schedulers, and Gatekeepers to optimize the overall maintenance processes. 
• Facilitating the execution of the maintenance work processes and activities including routine, turnaround, and outage maintenance, while ensuring productivity as measured by Time-on-Tools, ensuring compliance to weekly schedule and assisting area stakeholders to define and confirm prioritization considering resource balancing. You will also update the maintenance schedule and adjust maintenance staffing as needed.
• Providing daily communications, on the status of maintenance in the area, including job status information, incident/safety topics, production area information, best practices, and feedback. You will also progress work orders, issue purchase requisitions, plan Priority 1 & 2 (Breaker) work orders and coordinate the activities of third-party contractors .

 

If you have...

 

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or other technical degree or 10+ years of maintenance work experience in lieu of a degree. 
• 3+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Advanced knowledge and experience with various types of mechanical systems (pumps, valves, piping, agitators, gear boxes)
• SAP knowledge of maintenance work processes
• Experience troubleshooting/rebuilding Rotating Equipment
• Working knowledge of all maintenance crafts skills/expertise located within a Chemical/Petrochemical/Refining manufacturing complex.
• Ability to deal effectively with the unknown and unexpected and possess the ability to handle non-routine and emergency activities (e.g., schedule breakers, plant shutdowns, s