Production Maintenance Supervisor

An educational platform on tribology — the science of friction, wear and lubrication

Who is it for

Engineers, researchers, students and industry professionals

Position: Maintenance Supervisor / Reliability Specialist

Job Type: On-site (100%)

Reports to: Facility Manager

Department: North American Operations

Position

Purpose:

This position will provide ongoing analytical support to the maintenance team that creates visibility of the overall equipment reliability strategy and drives assets to best-in-class standards. The role will help create the link that supports continuous knowledge transfer between maintenance and production units to minimize the potential of repeat and/or similar issues occurring, while increasing the discipline to use best practices.

Demonstrates advanced knowledge in multi craft fields and several years of experience with Mechatronics or Industrial Maintenance Degree.

• Demonstrates the values and business principles of Leadec.
• Works safely at all times.
• Arrive on the job, ready to work every day according to the work plan and schedule.
• Additional technical responsibilities as assigned.
• Apply Asset Management processes and best practices to ensure reliability and maintainability of plant equipment.
• Works with on-site leadership team to define, develop, and monitor:
• Value-added preventive maintenance tasks and PM optimization.
• Precision preventive maintenance standard work plans.
• Effective utilization of condition-based methodologies to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems and interpret predictive data.
• E.g. Infrared Thermography, Tribology, Vibration analysis, Ultrasonic, and Motor Circuit Analysis.
• Proper operation and care of equipment — Total Productive Maintenance.
• Inspections, adjustments, replacements, overhauls of selected equipment.
• Technical specification and standardization of maintenance tasks.
• Develop maintenance strategies for new equipment.
• Help develop solutions to repetitive failures utilizing Root Cause Analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, and other Reliability modeling and prediction — implement permanent countermeasures.
• Coordinates with maintenance planning/scheduling to ensure maintenance tasks are performed when due.
• Works with Maintenance, Engineering, and Production to perform analyses of assets including:
• Equipment Operational Availability.
• Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
• Mean Time Between Failures.
• Mean Time to Repair.
• Provides technical support and maintenance team supervision for maintenance and production.
• Ensures accurate data and associated comments are entered into equipment availability and maintenance management systems.
• Assists Maintenance and Engineering with spares management plan and critical spares analysis.
• Assists Maintenance and Engineering with long-range maintenance planning and major spending.
• Adhering to and supporting all EHS and Quality objectives, in accordance with ISO 14001, 45001 and 9001 respectively.
• All other duties as assigned by Leadec manager.
• Managing Tasks
• Provide leadership and guidance of maintenance team
• Open Communication
• Self-Management
• Motivating & Developing People

• Communication Skills – Ability to communicate with all levels of Leadec and customer employees.
• Language Ability – Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge in all aspects of maintenance skill sets and technologies.
• Problem Solving – Defining problems and bring about viable solutions.
• Arrive on the job, ready to work every day according to the work plan and schedule.
• Perform quick analysis and repair both mechanical and electrical issues on equipment.
• Work from mechanical and / or electrical schematic, sketches, manuals, specifications, written or oral instructions.
• Capability to assist in the training of others on necessary skills to perform repairs.
• Develop ability to operate equipment in “Teach” mode from the HMI or Teach Pendant without assistance.
• Technically skilled to facilitate the recovery of at least 75% of equipment from a technical fault without assistance.
• Technical ability to demonstrate sound methodology in the execution of the mechanical and electrical…