Maintenance Supervisor - County Kildare

Maintenance Supervisor - County Kildare.

Purpose of the Role:
The Maintenance Supervisor is directly responsible for the assignment and co-ordination and/or execution of activities and works within the maintenance team to ensure a productive workforce that supports the plant. It is important that a transparent system that records all works is implemented in conjunction with the Maintenance Manager. This role will take responsibility for: 

• Day to day operations of the department in the respective area
• Taking ownership of planning and coordination of resources and tasks

• Weekly budget control
• Lean projects and process improvements
• Weekly maintenance downtime reports providing commentary and improvement initiatives to improve same
• Cost savings within the maintenance department
• Identifying critical spares and workshop spares and consumable parts

• Being audit ready and complying with customer requirements
• Ensuring that 24/7 maintenance cover is maintained in the plant at all times

• Holiday planning of staff
• Attending key weekly meetings in the plant
• In the absence of the Maintenance Manager, communicating all issues to the Plant Manager
• Recruitment of new technicians

• Shift and working hours reviews

The Maintenance Supervisor is required to achieve the best use of the technical staff and maintenance resources in their area of responsibility and to continually improve machine performance. In addition to regular maintenance technician duties, the Maintenance Supervisor shall have additional responsibilities as follows:

Team Management:

• Coordinate with the guidance of the Maintenance Manager, the maintenance team, playing a major role in short term and long-term planning activities, i.e. delegate work in the department, ensure all work is documented and completed weekly
• Coordinate PM's within the department and manage all work requests

• Ensure production lines start up on time each and every time.
• To ensure problems effecting line or asset performance are identified and closed out at the earliest opportunity.
• Ensure daily, weekly and monthly equipment checks are carried out and documented

• Ensure all follow up actions are recorded and managed in full
• Daily attendance at department morning production meeting
• Forwarding all staff issues in a timely manner to Maintenance Manager, HR Manager and/or EH&S Manager as appropriate
• To identify areas for improvement in assets, production lines and processes and set improvement projects per technicians/teams
• Monitor time and attendance of your team and address with Maintenance Manager

• Carry out minor disciplinary proceedings as required
• Mentor and coach senior technicians and technicians
• Implement other duties as directed by the Maintenance Manager

Paperwork and report Management
• Ensure all work is recorded on CMMS system
• Manage work statistics and report on same daily and weekly
• In conjunction with the Maintenance Manager, work to constantly achieve set KPIs

Communication
• Ensure effective and clear communication to your team, your Maintenance Manager and all other departments
• Completion of Toolbox talks with your team

Health & Safety
• Ensure that all machine services are carried out in a safe manner and documented, completing checks on same regularly
• Ensure environmental issues are managed appropriately and good housekeeping is kept at all times
• Coordinate and complete Department health and safety work lists as directed by the Plant Manager/Site Environmental Health and Safety Manager
• Understand your own and the technician’s role within the ERT (Emergency Response Team)

• Issuing permits to work or ensuring technicians fully comply with permit system for both themselves and contractors
• Conduct risk assessments on own teams work where appropriate

• Ensure full compliance with the company’s machine safety system

• Ensure the company’s Lock out Tag out system is fully adhered to

• Carrying out PPE audits to ensure full compliance

Standards

• Coordinate and complete Department works in a timely manner ensuring adherence to all safety, H&S and regulatory standards. All works to be completed against best practice ensuring controls are put in place to monitor same
• Ensure full adherence to SOP's by yourself and the technicians you lead

• Workshop is maintained to high standards of hygiene and safety.
• All staff in maintenance department adhere to all site policies on quality and safety, e.g. clean overalls, clean work boots, hair nets, hearing protection, hand washing, door closing etc.
• Adherence to policy directives on environmental issues, i.e. control and use of oils and greases, disposal of lights and batteries.
• Any other duties as assigned by management in line with business requirements

Skills & Qualifications requirements:
• Electrical or Mechanical trade / engineering qualified

• Minimum 5 years' post-qualification experience
• A sound, hands-on electrical and mechanical knowledge of equipment

• Previous experience of supervising or managing teams
• Previous experience of using preventive maintenance systems

• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Experience in process manufacturing industry (food, beverage or similar environment)
• Responsible and positive person who embraces change and takes ownership for the team and plant

The shifts for this position alternate, consisting of three shifts from 8am to 5pm and one shift from 6am to 2:30pm.