Maintenance Supervisor
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The Maintenance Supervisor reports to the Facilities & Maintenance Manager and supports continuous improvement of composite utility pole production. The role focuses on equipment uptime, safety, and team collaboration while handling work orders, vendor coordination, inventory, and budget planning in an industrial environment.
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Full job description
Overview: Reporting to the Manager, Facilities & Maintenance, the primary focus of the Maintenance Supervisor is to support and continuously improve all aspects relating to the production and processing of composite utility poles. As a member of the RS team, this position will support an organizational culture that cares for other's well-being through best practices in health and safety, in addition to the company's values of respect, integrity, quality, teamwork and professional growth. Responsibilities:
- Daily review and investigation of equipment performance issues from shift summaries and downtime database entries to coordinate repairs as needed
- Support skilled trades staff and Production Dept. daily to maintain equipment uptime
- Generate work orders and assist skilled trades in scheduling, component sourcing, completion and follow up communication
- Assist in troubleshooting machine issues
- Involvement in weekly Maintenance communication meetings
- Administrative duties including handling vacation bookings, shift changes, schedule extra shifts when needed and answering payroll questions, etc. for skilled trades staff
- Safety work orders-develop and coordinate completion and follow up
- Monitor wet-out box cleaning performance and schedule
- Lockout locks system administration
- Vendor coordination: bulk waste, yard maintenance, propane, janitorial, work clothes, snow maintenance, etc.
- Participate in weekly Production meetings as scheduled
- Participate in 5S and Lean activities
- Hazard and Corrective Action items - work on repairs/remediation of safety issues
- Building repairs - quote and schedule work with vendors or internal staff
- IT support - ethernet cables/equipment, material procurement and install, etc.
- Red Tag Event involvement and follow through
- JHSC member and meetings
- Shutdown planning and work orders scheduling
- Fire systems inspections and repairs
- Annual budget and capital project planning
- Act as backup to equipment PM system administrator
- Maintenance stock room inventory re-ordering and stock status monitoring
- Other duties as assigned
Training / Qualifications:
- Technical post-secondary school diploma/degree
- Minimum 2 years' experience within a manufacturing environment with duties that include coordinating work with skilled trades and CMMS use
- Ability to coordinate and follow up on multiple tasks at one time
Working Conditions:
- Industrial production environment
- Hot & humid areas within the plant
- Time critical support required
- Interaction with chemicals, heavy machinery, and moving equipment
- Overtime will be required as necessary
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