Maintenance Supervisor

Bedford, Indiana Maintenance Supervisor #1062853

The energy at our company is contagious. We're driven by our immense passion, as we constantly seek out challenges and identify new opportunities. We work hard to connect with our customers and earn their loyalty for life. Bring your talent to our company - our opportunities for growth span the globe. We will give you the training and opportunities to unleash your ambition.

• Lead a team of skilled trades to safely maintain casting and machining equipment while meeting daily production, quality, and uptime targets.
• Own the Workplace Safety System for the area: ensure high-risk tasks are controlled, employee safety concerns (ESCs) are reported, closed on time, and feedback is provided to employees.
• Sustain Workplace Organization (WPO) standards and 5S: complete and review WPO audits, correct out-of-standard conditions, and drive a clean, organized maintenance work environment.
• Own Level 4/5 Business Plan Deployment (BPD) boards for the maintenance group: keep SPQRCE metrics current, write and follow up on countermeasures for red metrics, and lead regular board reviews with TLs and support staff.
• Lead problem solving using PPS and tools; use Andon/MTB/Maximo data to identify chronic issues, drive root-cause analysis, and verify effectiveness of implemented countermeasures.
• Plan and prioritize preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance using Maximo; coordinate opportunistic downtime with production to execute planned work and minimize unplanned stops.
• Ensure technical standardized work is in place and followed (GL STS, TIS/JES, PMP, TPM tasks); keep daily/weekly/monthly/yearly GL tasks up to date and audited.
• Verify training and qualification of trades and TLs through JIT and versatility/flex charts; perform monthly JIT checks and close training gaps.
• Protect product quality by ensuring proper handling of non-conforming material, adherence to PQS, support of error-proofing verification, and escalation of quality issues from maintenance activities.
• Manage spare parts and indirect materials processes (cribs, POU cabinets, min/max and FIFO) to support high equipment reliability at lowest total cost.
• Conduct performance evaluations, coaching, and recognition for team members; address low performance, support development plans, and reinforce Purpose & Values and the Bedford mission "Together We Cast Our Future."
• Effectively use systems (Maximo, Kronos, Cognos, Intelex, Teamcenter, SharePoint) and plant procedures (Go & See, incident investigation, Supervisor Handbook) to manage work, time, safety, and reporting.
• All of these duties are part of daily routine but are not limited to this.

High School Diploma required

at least 5 years of experience required

• Industrial or manufacturing environment - experience working in this environment
• Mechanical Altitude or background
• At least 5 years of leadership experience
• Soft skills - not afraid of confrontation, capable of managing people, safety is very important (aware and have a good knowledge of safety)

• Industrial or manufacturing environment experience
• Mechanical Altitude background/experience
• *** IMPORTANT
  * ** Someone that has some discipline and consistency - showing up to work on time and be ready to work, this is a current struggle in their department so need to make sure this is not an issue, this person needs to be reliable and dependable

At Fast Tek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!

Fast Tek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.

We’ve differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you’ve heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (Fast Tek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

Fast Tek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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