Maintenance Supervisor - Night Shift
UnileverAbout the role
ABOUT UNILEVER
With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centres around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.
JOB PURPOSE
Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. The Maintenance Supervisor position supports and reports to the Associate Manager - Maintenance. This position coordinates the team of maintenance technicians on their designated shift. This position is responsible for ensuring completion of all maintenance tasks in their assigned area and making sure the lead and manager are aware if there are any gaps. The position ensures the correct resources are being applied to each problem and escalates to the manager and lead when additional help is needed.
WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
- Continuously strive to increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment in their area of focus
- Communicate with all shifts of the maintenance team to ensure a consistent message and consistent application of all company policies, programs, rules and regulations.
- Support maintenance team in troubleshooting, finding/procuring parts, or escalating issues as required
- Carry out periodic audits to ensure depth of work order material is adequate and works with lead and planner to ensure gaps are addressed
- Ensure maintenance, quality and safety audits are carried out by the team to ensure compliance with internal requirements
- Work with the maintenance lead and planner to track breakdowns and develop countermeasures for repeat issues
- Review short and medium-term plans for equipment maintenance with the maintenance lead and planner and operations team. Develop long term plans with input from the managers, supervisors and operations team and ensure execution of the plans.
- Working as a team with Supervisors, Maintenance team members, and Operations to plan, procure and document activities for the enhancement of machines in the assigned area
- Contacting vendors and manufacturers as needed for support in resolving issues or deploying projects
- Participate in safety or quality reviews and ensure corrective actions are carried out
- Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies
WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED
Experiences, Qualifications and Skills
- 4 year degree in a technical field and at least two (2) years of experience as a maintenance supervisor/coordinator in fast paced manufacturing environment.
- Night/C Shift availability
- Strong troubleshooting skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to coordinate and communicate with teams working different shifts across a 24/7 schedule.
- Experience leading a team of maintenance technicians toward a common goal
- Must be capable of working independently and in a team environment
- Experience making reliability/maintenance decisions to meet needs
- Proven track record of implementing improvement ideas
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Megamation as a CMMS system
Controls/Automation experience with a strong preference to Allen Bradley controls
Leadership
- You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
- As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to in
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