Supervisor, Equipment Maintenance - Night Shift

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X is looking for an experienced machine maintenance supervisor to oversee maintenance activities that support the Starlink program. The maintenance supervisor will be responsible for building the team and developing all the processes necessary to create a high‑performing maintenance department. This candidate should have strong leadership skills and extensive experience managing schedules and workflows while working in a fast‑paced environment.

• Build and lead a competent team of multi‑skilled technicians capable of dealing with the varying process equipment supporting the build process
• Create and update PM work plans and schedules for all assets
• Support the engineers/planner with establishing the type of corrective maintenance and requested completion date, based on the analyses of each asset in failure, in order to create the required PM schedule
• Partner with engineering team, keeping up to date with all new developing technology that could improve our production operations
• Build a spares inventory that supports the maintenance strategy for each equipment type
• Responsible for supporting the scheduler to assign technicians and contractors to complete all PM schedule
• Responsible for supervising the execution of all maintenance work including emergency breakdown situations and monitoring progress
• Troubleshoot as needed to ensure a timely completion
• Communicate progress to the stakeholders at any time during the work
• Develop and manage metrics like Uptime, OEE and mean time to repair that will steer the correct decision making in the department
• Verify all activities have been executed as planned and confirm that the asset is working again, according to required values
• Establish possible residual effects and take required action to prevent problems from reoccurring
• Prepare root cause analysis reports to feed learning and improvement opportunities to the maintenance engineers and asset owners to further improve maintenance performance
• Assign the correct skills to each situation and maintain a skills matrix for all technicians and identify their training needs
• Report and keep a daily log of activities, create major breakdown reports, and manage workforce shift utilization as well as absence requests

• Bachelor’s degree and 2+ years of professional experience in machining, maintenance, or production/manufacturing; OR 5+ years of professional experience in machining, maintenance, or production/manufacturing
• 2+ years of experience in a direct leadership role

• Degree in an engineering discipline
• Ability to effectively communicate (verbal and written) with engineering and production teams
• Ability to adapt to constant changing work assignments and a fast‑paced work environment
• Experience applying lean manufacturing principles, and efficiency methods

• Must be willing to work night shift:
  • C shift: 5:00pm – 5:00am, Sunday – Wednesday
  • D shift: 5:00pm – 5:00am, Wednesday – Saturday
• Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
• Ability to lift, stand, climb, bend, grasp, sit, pull, push, stoop, stretch, and carry as generally required to perform the functions of this position
• Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

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X is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.