Department Superintendent - Maintenance Excellence

Pay Competitive

Employment type

Full-Time

• Req#: 48892

Founded in 1920, Eastman is a global specialty materials company that produces a broad range of products found in items people use every day. With the purpose of enhancing the quality of life in a material way, Eastman works with customers to deliver innovative products and solutions while maintaining a commitment to safety and sustainability. The company’s innovation-driven growth model takes advantage of world-class technology platforms, deep customer engagement, and differentiated application development to grow its leading positions in attractive end-markets such as transportation, building and construction, and consumables.

As a globally inclusive and diverse company, Eastman employs approximately 14,500 people around the world and serves customers in more than 100 countries. The company had 2022 revenues of approximately $10.6 billion and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA. For more information, visit

Responsibilities

Join us and make a difference

As the Centralized Maintenance and Services (CM&S) Maintenance Excellence Superintendent, you’ll lead a team of second-level supervisors and professionals who are committed to safely and reliably supporting assets across Eastman’s Tennessee Operations (TNO) manufacturing. You will use your advanced leadership abilities to drive safety, productivity, reliability, team development, and quality. Through collaboration with cross-functional teams, you will prioritize team workload and drive continuous improvement.

You will manage the interface between departments and boundary organizations including, but not limited to, Operations, Maintenance, business organizations, administrative areas, and support services.

As a leader, you will coach your team members in leadership and behavioral competencies to deliver high-impact results. You will lead intentionally and continually build and improve organizational health to maximize employee engagement. You’ll serve as a member of the Eastman Management team and be an active member of CM&S Division Leadership Team.

How you’ll help us innovate to build a better world

• Promote and develop a Zero Incident Mindset work environment
• Deliver sustainable improvement in key result areas:
  Reliability (production loss, maintenance cost);
  Turnarounds (safety, cost and schedule performance, playbook adherence);
  Work execution (Break-in %, schedule attainment)
• Provide strategic and forward-looking insights to TNO site and CM&S division for resource and cost planning
• Collaborate with Global Centers of Excellence and other Eastman sites to develop, improve, and implement M&R best practices and standard tools
• Ensure compliance with regulations and company policy
• Manage costs and budget
• Champion efforts to improve safety and productivity while reducing cost
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop teams and direct reports (talent development)
• Exhibit high bias for action and drive for execution
• Establish priorities and objectives (with input from boundary organizations) and hold accountable to results.
• Responsible for driving the culture and health of the organization
• Develop strategy and ensure accountability for delivering departmental goals
Qualifications

We would love to hear from people with (Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Engineering
• Maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment, including supervisory or leadership experience
• Understanding of safe work practices; excellent safety history
• Leadership skills and experience, including safety awareness of staff, budget control, scheduling, prioritizing, goal setting, performance evaluations, and staff development
• General understanding of Engineering Standards and Specifications
• Knowledge of maintenance work practices (planning and scheduling, turnarounds, reliability, lubrication, work order handling, etc.)
• Excellent technical and problem-solving skills for mechanical design and failure analysis
• Excellent written & verbal communication skills
• Motivational skills, including the ability to influence and manage change and partner well with boundary…