General Foreman Maintenance​/Refractory

General Foreman
- Maintenance/Refractory

The General Foreman
- Maintenance/Refractory is responsible for the safe, reliable and cost-effective execution of maintenance and refractory activities across the Dunkirk facility. The position balances front-line leadership, technical oversight, work planning and administrative responsibilities to ensure equipment reliability, refractory integrity, regulatory compliance, effective use of labor and contractors, and coordination of maintenance work with plant operating requirements.

Specific primary responsibilities are defined by the following, but those listed are not all-inclusive:

• Safety and compliance:
  Make safety the first priority in all maintenance and refractory work. Ensure employees and contractors comply with all company safety rules, procedures and required PPE, and with applicable Safety & Health and Environmental requirements. Stop work when unsafe conditions or behaviors are identified and ensure hazards are corrected before work resumes.
• Safety leadership and field execution:
  Lead pre-job planning, job hazard analysis/risk assessment, toolbox discussions and field verification for maintenance and refractory work. Reinforce requirements for lockout/tagout, confined space, hot work, fall protection, line breaking, lifting/rigging, mobile equipment and other applicable high-risk work.
• Support the Maintenance Manager:
  Support the Maintenance Manager in the daily management of the department and fill in as necessary. Assist with priorities, resource allocation, outage planning, contractor coordination, cost control and execution of the maintenance strategy.
• Leadership and accountability:
  Lead through direction, delegation, follow-up and accountability. Assign work clearly to supervisors, skilled trades, refractory personnel and contractors; establish expectations for safety, quality, timing and results; and routinely follow up in the field to verify that assigned work is progressing and completed to standard. The General Foreman is expected to lead the team rather than routinely performing work that should be assigned to employees.
  
  Address performance, behavioral and execution issues promptly and directly, including difficult or confrontational situations, and hold individuals accountable when expectations are not met.
• Maintenance execution:
  Plan, coordinate and monitor corrective, preventive and predictive maintenance activities. Ensure work is properly scoped, scheduled, permitted, executed and closed out, with appropriate documentation and follow-up.
• Equipment reliability:
  Drive improvement in equipment availability, reliability and maintainability. Support root-cause problem solving for repeat failures and implement corrective actions that reduce downtime and emergency work.
• Refractory execution:
  Plan and oversee refractory inspection, repair, demolition, installation, dry-out and commissioning activities for furnaces and other refractory-lined equipment. Ensure work follows approved specifications, installation practices and required cure/dry-out procedures.
• Technical quality:
  Verify maintenance and refractory work meets drawings, specifications, OEM requirements and accepted industrial practices. Identify deficiencies, ensure proper repairs and maintain appropriate inspection and work records.
• Workforce and contractor coordination:
  Manage manpower schedules, work assignments and contractor activities to support plant priorities, planned outages and emergency repairs. Ensure contractors are properly oriented, qualified and held to the same safety and performance expectations as employees.
• Planning and materials:
  Coordinate required parts, tools, lifting equipment, consumables and refractory materials in advance of scheduled work. Identify critical spares and material risks that could affect equipment availability or outage execution.
• Cost and productivity:
  Control maintenance and refractory costs through effective planning, efficient use of labor and contractors, elimination of non-value-added work, and reduction of repeat failures and unplanned downtime.
• CMMS and documentation:
  Ensure maintenance work orders are properly…