Maintenance Supervisor

Reporting to the Site Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor is responsible to maintenance and perform all essential facility maintenance duties in accordance to customer’s scope or work and compliance with DFM’s Quality and Safety standards.

Primary Goals and Responsibilities:

• Supervise performance and take necessary steps to correct performance when indicated.
• Escalate issues and problems to plant management when appropriate.
• Leadership and ongoing management of the salary and hourly workforce that operates and maintains facility equipment in a 24/7 manufacturing environment.
• Supervision, scheduling and implementation of maintenance related activities.
• Supervise sub contracted services and plant projects.
• Ensure all PM’s are performed, work orders closed, time posted, etc.
• Work with customer to provide reports, develop project database and schedule repairs/installation.
• Use of root cause analyses, continuous improvement, and problem-solving activities.
• Direct contractors/vendors to correct problems that cannot be solved in house.
• Specifies and purchases equipment through purchase authorizations or plant process.
• Handles warranty issues with manufacturers.
• Maintain the team morale and promote activities for team building.
• Conduct team meetings, shift start meetings, and safety meetings.
• Prepare detailed budgets along with instructions for planned maintenance preventative, predictive, corrective) activities for customer.

• 4 year technical degree or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years’ experience in manufacturing equipment maintenance in a leadership capacity, preferably in a union environment.
• Battery manufacturing experience is preferred but not required.
• Working knowledge of coolant filtration, mist collection, hoists, HVAC, air compressors, chillers, electrical equipment, and PLC.
• EPA Certifications/Universal required.
• CFC recovery and tracking.
• Substation and Wastewater treatment knowledge.
• Experience in use of CMMS system for planning, documenting and closing work.
• Highly organized and structures management approach.
• Experienced in industrial safety practices.