Superintendent Maintenance

Basic Function

Oversees and directs one or more aspects of the Maintenance Department. Manages and coordinates the activities of assigned staff, and resolves problems and issues as they arise.

• Directs day-to-day management of one or more aspects of the maintenance department, including providing maintenance and equipment reports, scheduling, procedures, materials, crafts, contractors, equipment, union issues, personnel issues, safety issues, and planning
• Ensures compliance of all routine maintenance employees with safety and code of conduct policies through company performance management tools and philosophy
• Ensure that Union related issues are handled at the correct level and in a timely manner according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement, including attendance at monthly Worker’s Committee Meetings
• Provides strategic plans for department improvements and leads efforts to drive continuous improvement for all crafts
• Ensures goals and targets are met by the group and reports project status to management on a regular basis; and is responsible for performance management including employee personal development and yearly performance evaluations
• Provides input for departmental planning, budget monitoring and preparation, preparing annual budget items for maintenance expenses
• Oversees the performance of all maintenance personnel including contractors which may include compliance with all federal, State, and Company policies and procedures
• Ensures efficient/effective use of resources through the use of an effective work planning/scheduling process and contracting strategy
• Ensures work performed is free of defects including development/implementation of maintenance best practices

May include some or all of the following:

• Plan and execute capital projects and turnarounds
• Be available nights and weekends as needed to support maintenance needs
• Develop works scopes and supervise various staff such as Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers, Warehouse Foremen, Pipe Fitter/Welders, Insulators, Instrument & Electrical crafts, Equipment Operator/Craft Helpers, and Yard Laborers
• Review applications for yard laborers or craft workers, conduct testing and facilitate paperwork for hiring
• Maintain contractor and vendor relationships
• Oversee maintenance of all electrical and instrumentation equipment in the plant, offices and maintenance shops
• Oversee electrical and instrument maintenance work and electrical wiring for motor controls for both AC & DC voltage, inputting and closing I&E and MDI work orders and generating requisitions
• Manage personnel and equipment efficiency to maintain maximum utilization of the refinery
• Oversee cost reporting to project managers: approve contractor timesheets; audit contractor timekeeping and work efficiency; and scope, review and approve contractor bids
• Establish and communicate contractor performance expectations, monitoring for compliance and identifying gaps for management intervention; meet with contractor management as needed, and improve efficiency of contractor performance

Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their manager, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion.

A minimum of 10 years of industrial maintenance/craft experience or equivalent engineering experience, with five years of supervision experience is required.

A minimum of a Bachelor Degree, preferably in a science or engineering related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience is required.

Ability to lead and direct a large workforce of maintenance foreman, planners, contractors and craftsmen or other associates. Strong organizational skills; good computer and multi-tasking skills; and ability to effectively communicate with others, both verbal and written communication, with basic reading and writing skills. Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations. May require working knowledge of various functions including maintenance supervision, maintenance planning/scheduling, maintenance field execution, turnarounds, maintenance reliability, contract administration, and project management.