Maintenance Supervisor

Overview

A Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for handling the production maintenance department. This includes a small team of skilled maintenance technicians and toolmakers in a union shop environment. This position directly reports to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager. This is a half supervisor role and half hands-on and technical troubleshooting role.

The supervisor role includes interfacing with the team about overtime, shift schedules, work to be performed, documentation, parts ordering, and contractor/project management. The other half of the role is maintaining & repairing the production equipment, Facility systems, and (on occasion) facility grounds. This role is in constant interaction with Manufacturing Engineers and Production Management to ensure that all work is performed on a timely basis and in an efficient and safe manner. This position will also be involved with improvement activities from capital projects to product launches, lean, and kaizen events.

Responsibilities

• Interface with the production team on the morning meeting about production needs and be a key problem solver with the Manufacturing Engineering team.

• Curiosity, a calm demeanor, and dependability are the top habits we are looking for.

• Help interview, onboard, and train new maintenance techs and guide them to elevate their capabilities and get them acquainted with their role

• Schedules, Maintains, and repairs various assembly and processing equipment (mostly highly automated PLC controlled assembly lines, others being hydraulic presses/kitting operations).

• Must have working understanding of mechanics and pneumatics with experience in basic fabrication and power tools.

• Must have experience using a computer; sending emails, and excel sheets

• Must be able to troubleshoot and read schematics for pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulic equipment.

• Responsible for communicating information on jobs performed either manually or electronically (i.e.- Preventative, Predictive maintenance).

• Helps plan and implement Safety/OEE/production related improvements

• Directs and performs preventive maintenance and troubleshoots machinery and equipment.

• Interfaces with all shifts when the need arises (Downtime scheduling, training, meetings, etc).

• Informs Supervisor/next shift of material needed to repair or maintain equipment.

• Checks work performed as required to insure that all quality standards are maintained.

• Requires some physical effort and handling of material occasionally up to 45 pounds.

• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma

• 4-7 years' experience in a manufacturing environment with 2 of those years being Maintenance experience. Some Supervisory/Team Lead experience is required.

• Computer skills

• Demonstrated problem solving habits

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive manufacturing environment helpful

• Preferred experience in 24V DC to 480V AC electrical systems.

• Machine builder experience highly helpful

• Understanding of how Safety circuits/interlocks work

• Troubleshooting high pressure hydraulic systems a plus

• Exposure using a Laptop to talk with PLC's and troubleshoot why a line is not running

• Exposure to Fanuc or collaborate robots

• Willingness to learn any of the above topics if not familiar (with external/internal training)

• Exposure to any ISO standards

• Exposure to a union shop environment

Physical/Mental Demands:

The physical and work environment requirements described herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential functions of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, lift, move, and handle products, materials, tools, and controls. The employee frequently is required to stand, periodically may sit, reach with hands and arms, walk or climb with legs and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, sit, walk, pull, bend, twist, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must routinely lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or more up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception. Good manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination are required. The physical and mental requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Working Environment:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; however, it can be loud for periods of time while working near equipment which is in operation. Hearing protection and safety glasses may be required. Employee must be able to hear fork truck horn. The employee must be able to work alone for extended periods of time. The employee must also be able to work with others as required. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position.

More about Us

Filtran is part of Filtration Group. Filtration Group is a global market-leading provider of filtration consumables that are designed to drive innovation and deliver solutions across a broad spectrum of applications and end-markets, with a focus on life sciences, indoor air quality and industrial technologies. With a global workforce of nearly 10,000 dedicated team members and a footprint that spans 27 countries, we are committed to partnering closely with our customers to further our mission to make the world safer, healthier and more productive. Cultivating Talent and building strong Teams are critical to our success. We know that fulfilling our mission is only possible when we foster an entrepreneurial culture built on a foundation of trust, in which our leaders exhibit a strong bias for action. Join us as we build a truly remarkable company that will long outlast us!

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This is a general description of the Duties, Responsibilities and Qualifications required for this position. Physical, mental, sensory, or environmental demands may be referenced to communicate the way this position traditionally is performed. Whenever necessary to provide individuals with disabilities an equal employment opportunity, Filtration Group will consider reasonable accommodations that might involve varying job requirements and/or changing the way this job is performed, provided that such accommodations do not pose an undue hardship.

Filtration Group is committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all team members, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetics, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe the work we do and the mission we spread is at it's best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.