Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor

This position supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in repairing physical structures of buildings, custodial and grounds, installing, inspecting, testing, repairing, adjusting, and calibrating instruments/machines responsible for the manufacturing of turbine blades and blade components.

Responsibilities:

• Development and implementation of preventive and predictive maintenance techniques

• Inspect and test shop equipment and new and repaired instruments to verify dimensions of parts and for conformance to quality control standards

• Disassemble, adjust, alter repair, calibrate, and reassemble damaged or defective instruments

• Assist workers in repair of instruments and machines

• Meet and negotiate with outside vendors to develop contracts and pricing agreements and maintains contacts

• Requisition tools, equipment, new parts, instruments and supplies

• Inspect completed work for conformance to blueprints, specifications, and standards

• Study production schedules and estimates worker hour requirements for completion of job assignment

• Interpret company policies to workers and enforce safety regulations

• Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules

• Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of work crew

• Analyze and resolve work problems, or assist workers in solving work problems

• Initiate or suggest plans to motivate workers to achieve work goals

• Maintain time and production records

• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments

• Perform activities of workers supervised

• Prepare work orders indicating malfunctions of instruments

• Advanced knowledge of shop tools and tool purchasing

• Interpret specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers, and assign duties

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  Recommend measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of product

• Suggest changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency of shop, department, or work crew.

Essential Functions:

• Solve problems analytically; search out relevant information & gauge its importance when making decisions
• Collaborative and effective team player
• Set a good example of personal integrity
• Take initiative, seek and act on opportunities to improve organization performance
• Ability to translate specific goals into action and follow through to achieve goals
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and data management software
• Demonstrates a safety mindset

Leadership and Direction

• Set an example as a Vestas ambassador and role model in terms of behaviors showing focus on Vestas core values in accountability, collaboration, simplicity and ownership; show high degree of honesty, initiative, integrity, drive, reliability and trustworthiness; foster a positive, harassment free work environment for all team members

• Foster participation, ownership and collaboration by encouraging area team members involvement, soliciting input on process improvements and utilizing team member ideas as much as possible

• Expected to translate goals set by leadership into tasks and drive completion of daily production schedule; responsible for team’s performance with regards to safety, quality, delivery, schedule adherence and continuous improvement.

• Provide clear communication; ensure open and transparent, bi-directional communication amongst team both laterally between team members but also to support groups, supplier groups, customer groups and management

• Ensure all team members have performance expectations set, 1:1 coaching and evaluations for performance, behaviors and development plans, coaching and development of Process Leads.

Safety

• Set an example, with regards to safe behavior, hazard recognition, and incident prevention; ensure they and other team members are safe and actively support an incident free culture and mindset

• Ensure team’s compliance of established safety rules, policies and practices of environmental, health and safety with specific attention to the Vestas Lifesaving Rules

• Responsible for conducting daily/monthly safety inspections in assigned area, correcting hazards identified, and ensure that employees are using proper PPE at all times

• Responsible to alert appropriate support function when encountering the need to execute non-standard processes, and lead/participate in creation of job hazard analysis prior to work being performed

• Investigating incidents and near misses in conjunction with the safety representative

• Take immediate action when tools or equipment are not being used safely or when tools are need of repair that are presenting safety risks

Training

• Ensure team member competency is current and regularly update on-process familiarization training, including line orientation and risk review, of all new team members or those transferring into the area

• Develop and mentor high potential employees and Maintenance lead

Other

• Responsible to maintain good housekeeping standards through 5S concepts and practices in assigned process area; responsible to teach and develop team’s adherence to factory 5S standards

• Demonstrate solid and practical understanding of and commitment toward the use of Lean tools and continuous improvement

• Support, incorporate, and audit to ensure first line preventative maintenance is being completed during daily activities

• Other duties as assigned