Maintenance Supervisor

Summary

Oversee department specific operations to ensure quality and safety standards are met and the maintenance operations are efficient and organized.  Maintain facilities in highest level of compliance and cleanliness and ensure operating procedures and maintenance work orders are executed in accordance with all regulations.  Provide direct supervision and coaching to front line employees and promote open and collaborative work environment.  Provide daily expectations to employees and ensure all necessary resources are available for employees to perform at highest safety and quality levels.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive formal and informal leadership to promote a positive work environment and communicate overall business expectations to the plant working groups.
• Prepare and communicate operational objectives to achieve department strategy, specifically around quality, safety and operational efficiency.
• Review operating staff performance regularly and develop individuals within operating functions to continually enhance individual and overall work team performance.
• Establish consistent work instructions.
• Promote an open and collaborative work environment with all peers and subordinates. 
• Identify and implement continuous improvements such as, but not limited to, equipment reliability.
• Develop and provide periodic reports on operating metrics and improvement initiatives.
• Supervise assigned maintenance personnel as required to maintain and upgrade plants, equipment, offices and company grounds. 
• Follow maintenance work request procedure.  Provide Operations with pertinent information regarding method and scheduling of repairs.  Monitor reports of outstanding requests and set priorities on all pending requests and schedule work accordingly.
• Coordinate routine and emergency maintenance of building and equipment.  Maintain up to date schedule of all routine maintenance and descriptions of required work.  Ensure all maintenance is completed properly and on time and that a record of completion is kept.
• Requisition repair materials and equipment as required for the maintenance of facilities.  Compare supplier prices of frequently purchased items to ensure best price and delivery.  Monitor stock inventory of frequently used materials and spare parts to minimize delivery costs and avoid production downtime.
• Coordinate contacts/agreements for various contracted services. Periodically review agreements for best price and appropriateness of service and continuously monitor quality of work for lawn care, snow removal, trash collection, custodial services and others.
• Monitor completion of custodial duties.  Maintain current work list for custodial duties performed by the company or outside services.  Periodically review appropriateness of work list with department supervisors and continuously monitor proper performance of assigned duties.
• Work on problems of moderate scope in which analysis of situation or data requires a review of identifiable factors.  Exercise judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action.  Act as an advisor to a unit or sub-units, become actively involved as required to meet schedules and resolve problems.
• Receive assignments in the form of objectives with goals and processes to meet goals outlined.  Provide guidance to employees according to established policies and management guidance. 
• Administer company policies that directly affect subordinate employees.  Recommend changes to unit or sub-unit policies.
• Adhere to all cGMPs, compliance/regulatory mandates and quality requirements.
• Perform other related duties as assigned to meet departmental and Company objectives.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Thorough understanding of cGMP regulations and requirements and ability to translate to operational details and communicate to work staff.
• Knowledge of air conditioning, heating, plumbing, electricity, electronics, carpentry, electric motors, motor controls, welding, mechanical systems, boilers, painting, OSHA and Pharmaceutical cGMP regulations.
• Demonstrated leadership and coaching skills, including interpersonal and organizational skills with ability to coach and mentor personnel to consistently high standards.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills in identifying and resolving issues.
• Experienced in and/or knowledgeable of machine controls and PLC.
• PC proficiency using Microsoft Office suite.
• Familiarity with CMMS/CCMS (for PMs/calibrations, comfortable with equipment documentation, drawing updates, etc. to keep system current).
• Ability to execute tactical plans and maintain established timelines and budgets.
• Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with primary support functions.
• Ability to read, comprehend and execute Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and instruction documents written in English.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE 

• Associate's degree or Technical Certificate in related discipline or minimum three years' leadership and/or supervisory experience.
• Five years' manufacturing experience in production area of a pharmaceutical, chemical, food or other highly regulated industry.

Work environment

 The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the individual is required to:

1. Stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, stoop or crouch, kneel, reach, push, pull, grasp, feel, talk, and hear.

1. Have clarity of vision at 20 feet or more and 20 inches or less with the ability to judge distance and space relationships, bring object into sharp focus and see up and down or to the right or left while fixed on a point. Must also have the ability to identify and distinguish colors.

3. Exert an amount of force continuously and/or up to 5 pounds of force frequently and/or up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force rarely by utilizing a hand truck to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an individual encounters while performing the essential functions of this job:

1. Sufficient noise to occasionally cause the individual to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.

2. Individual is in a proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current and exposure to chemicals.
3. Atmospheric conditions sometimes expose individual to dust, for which protective      equipment is available.
4. Individual may be required to wear respiratory devices that include but are not limited      to: Air Purifying Respirators (APR) which include half-face and full-face negative pressure respirators, hooded powered air purifying respirators, or Supplied Air Respirators (SAR), which include hooded or full face supplied air respirators.

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