Maintenance Supervisor

Job Overview

We invite you to join the Maintenance and Reliability team as a Maintenance Front Line Supervisor at our La Porte, TX location. The role reports directly to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager and is responsible for leading the site maintenance team to support day‑to‑day plant operations and associated maintenance requirements.

• Lead the site maintenance team, supervising and prioritizing the shop floor mechanic team based on availability and site needs.
• Continuously improve daily maintenance activities, processes, and procedures.
• Work with Maintenance Planners and Coordinators to schedule and coordinate job plans to ensure high equipment reliability and safe plant operations.
• Assist the Maintenance Manager in managing Chemours and contract labor necessary for daily maintenance and shutdown schedule execution.
• Ensure an EHS&S focus by the maintenance team and contractors.
• Execute the daily maintenance schedule in support of plant operations.
• Utilize SAP (CMMS) for recurring predictive/preventive maintenance work, track equipment maintenance history, and review and prioritize work orders.
• Coordinate with Operations, plan and execute critical, unplanned maintenance work due to equipment failures.
• Coordinate maintenance activities with Planning, Safety and Operations; ensure proper priority communication and execution for all maintenance tasks.
• Update maintenance metrics and formulate action plans for negative trend items.
• Support Mechanical Integrity and “bad actor” investigation efforts.
• Assist with the collection and storage of maintenance equipment records.
• Maintain equipment in proper operating condition to preserve production and minimize downtime.
• Work with the Maintenance Manager to manage the site Maintenance and Repairs budget.
• Provide maintenance perspective on capital projects as appropriate to ensure site maintenance considerations are included.
• Participate in the identification of critical spare parts and appropriate maintenance store inventory levels.
• Implement and enforce good housekeeping practices within the maintenance department.
• Responsible for training, maintaining and enforcing safety and work rules among maintenance team.
• Utilize Kronos and good scheduling practices to maintain available workforce on a weekly basis.
• Conduct annual performance reviews for the Chemours maintenance team.
• Other work as assigned by appropriate management.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with the Asset Care Policy, including establishing policies and procedures, assigning responsibilities and tracking progress.

• High school diploma or equivalent; A.S. in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronic desired.
• Minimum of ten years of experience in the maintenance department of a chemical manufacturing plant or similar experience in a chemical manufacturing plant.
• Proven verbal and written communication skills.
• Good organizational and time‑management skills.
• Knowledge of reliability studies and principles.
• Proven team player with good peer, subordinate, and superior relationship skills.
• Investigate and recommend capital projects to improve plant reliability and reduce maintenance spending.
• Demonstrated ability in root‑cause failure analysis.
• Budgeting and accounting skills necessary to effectively manage project and maintenance costs.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent tasks and balance short‑ and long‑term plant needs.
• Regular and routine chemical dependency tests must be passed.
• Hands‑on skills including measuring and improving process performance, leading, instructing, and training others in those improvements.
• Physical ability to reach all work areas in the plant, climb ladders and negotiate catwalks, handle heights up to 50 feet, lift, twist and turn up to 50 lbs, and lead plant emergencies.
• Candidates must be able to perform all duties listed with or without accommodation.
• Immigration sponsorship is not currently available for this position.

• B.S. in Chemical, Mechanical or related Engineering field.
• Five or more years of leadership experience.
• Field experience in analyzing and determining needed corrective action in maintenance and project areas.
• Supervisor…