Machinery & Mechanical Superintendent

Carson, California

Full time

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The Marathon Los Angeles Refinery, located in Carson, California, is seeking a Machinery & Mechanical Superintendent to manage routine maintenance activities for the refinery’s rotating and fixed equipment and provide leadership for the Machine Shop and Machine Craft. This role reports to the Routine Maintenance, Craft Manager and is responsible for driving improvements in operational availability, optimizing equipment life-cycle costs, and achieving best-in-class equipment reliability.

The position leads a team of Maintenance Supervisors responsible for hourly field and shop machinists and oversee the safe, efficient, and reliable execution of routine mechanical maintenance work.

The available onsite schedule for the position is Monday
- Thursday - 10 hour days, after hours calls are required and support of TAR/outages as needed. Core Business hours are: 6 AM - 4:30 PM.

• Leads a team of supervisors responsible for execution of routine maintenance work for rotating and fixed equipment while managing resources within the Machine Shop.
• Promotes safely executing work according to Safe Work Practices and Refining Standard Practices, auditing work areas for adherence. Ensures that safety & environmental notifications are planned and executed within MPC guidelines.
• Balances manpower resources efficiently to execute weekly maintenance schedule in the Machine Shop. Leads craft assignments and contract hiring strategy for Routine Maintenance.
• Reviews the KPI metrics with the team to identify opportunities, drive continuous improvement initiatives and maximize MPC craft productivity.
• Manages the budget with recurring budget reviews, ensures scope items are properly allocated toward budget categories, and leads budget discussions with local refinery maintenance leadership team.
• Drives thorough preventative maintenance (PM) programs. Ensures that Mechanical Integrity PM’s are given priority within the scheduled work. Follows audit programs to ensure that all documentation is being filled out correctly.
• Improves reliability by ensuring that repairs focus on root cause elimination. Ensures that rotating equipment failures are properly investigated for root causes and resulting fixes are completed according to MPC specifications. Ensures accurate feedback is given to the Reliability group on repairs made on equipment per Refinery Standard Practices.
• Manages audits for outside shop repairs to ensure they are following OEM and MPC specifications. Audits all outside repair facilities per MPC Refining Standard Practices.
• Leads, coaches, and develops Maintenance Supervisors and Craft Personnel while promoting accountability, technical capability, and continuous professional development.
• Evaluates and supports craft training and upskilling activities.

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED.
• Must have eight (8) year of experience in maintenance of Rotating Equipment or Rotating Equipment Engineering experience with refinery or petrochemical equipment.
• Must have demonstrated experience in the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of rotating equipment.
• Must have an understanding of Management of Change requirements and processes.
• Must have working knowledge of applicable industry standards for maintenance of rotating equipment.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft 365:
  Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Must have strong communication skills with the…