MECHANICAL MAINTENANCE SUPV

James Hardie Building Products Inc. is the North American leader in fiber cement home siding and exterior design solutions. Hardie products offer long lasting beauty and endless design possibilities with trusted protection and low maintenance. The company pioneered modern fiber cement building products and continues to invest in innovation to transform the industry. James Hardie is a high-performance organization, with an unwavering commitment to Zero Harm. The company proudly employs a diverse workforce of over 3,000 employees across operations in North America.

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Onsite from our Reno, NV plant

The Maintenance Supervisor provides direction, coordination, and support for the daily execution of the maintenance crew's operating plan. Working with the Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Engineer, Planner, Maintenance Technicians, Operations, and Safety, the Maintenance Supervisor drives department productivity and quality of workmanship for the purpose of increasing overall availability and reliability of equipment. As a leader of the Maintenance Department, the Maintenance Supervisor reports to the Maintenance Manager.

What You'll Do:

• Implements strategic vision for maintenance and reliability to correct, coordinate, and support plant maintenance functions by: (65%)

• Developing and implementing plans to reduce breakdowns, improve planned maintenance, optimize scheduled maintenance, and effectively execute down-day events;

• Maintaining the facility in a safe manner and to a standard level of equipment availability;

• Reviewing and observing the work of the maintenance employees and directing development/training requirements;

• Managing all maintenance wash up days;

• Participating in the wash up day planning, half-time, and follow-up meetings;

• Incorporating plant delay items into weekly wash ups;

• Maintaining close contact with Maintenance Manager to ensure maintenance activities occur with minimal disruption to production operations;

• Driving the analysis of all electrical and mechanical down time incidents to root cause;

• Communicating individual, department, plant, and corporate performance to the maintenance technicians;

• Recommending and implementing improvement in maintenance and operational procedures; and

• Touring the plant and all facilities to interact with production, quality, safety, and maintenance to help drive cultural change and to ensure appropriate work is being performed and customer's needs are being meet.

• Provides leadership to the Maintenance Technicians by driving the development, implementation, and sustainability of a predictive and preventative maintenance system by: (25%)

• Performing and maintaining the work flow process (work identification, planning, scheduling, execution, and auditing);

• Leading the continual improvement and integration of the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) into the maintenance and production work system;

• Capturing and recording necessary equipment and material history;

• Manages career development and training for the maintenance department by: (10%)

Ensuring technicians remain proficient with advancing technologies;

• Evaluating skill sets of technicians as compared to operational and maintenance needs of the plant; and

• Developing and completing action plans to eliminate any gaps.

• Reviewing previous days work packages to check for follow up work and to ensure work orders are correctly closed out;

• Providing accurate man-hours for each wash up day, by craft, to facilitate decision-making; and

• Working with storeroom personnel to ensure the Company has the right parts, at the right price, when the part is needed.

The position responsibilities outlined above are in no way to be construed as all encompassing. Other duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may be required and/or assigned as necessary.

What You'll Bring:

• Demonstrated advanced skills with the standard features of various personal computer word processing and spreadsheet software (Microsoft Word and Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Internet, and other proprietary software).

• Strong interpersonal and written/oral communication skills with the ability to relate well and cooperate with others to effectively coordinate activities and accomplish goals.

• Demonstrated ability to pay attention to detail and continual diligence about follow-up.

• Strong desire to learn.

• Well organized with the ability to multi-task.

• Must be able to lead and be a part of cross functional teams.

• Knowledgeable of root cause and fault tree analysis techniques.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Sound judgment, problem solving and critical thinking skills.

• Ability to manage the flow of all required information and documentation.

• Ability to deliver sustainable and superior results.

• Strong electrical and mechanical technical knowledge.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or technical certification - Preferred

• 3 or more years maintenance supervision experience in a continuous operating (24/7) manufacturing environment.

• 1 or more years of experience planning/scheduling through hands-on experience.

• Experience working with a CMMS.

What You'll Receive:

At James Hardie, we recognize that our success depends on our people. We've worked hard to build a generous and competitive benefits program that demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

• Comprehensive low-cost co-pay Health Insurance; medical, dental, prescription, and vision insurance benefits for every 30+ hour full-time employee. Insurance starts on day one!

• 401(k) Retirement plan that will match 100% of employees saved dollars up to the first 6% of your salary

• Paid holidays, paid vacation including Jury Duty and bereavement leave

• Wellness Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Parental Leave

• Community Involvement & Sustainable Solutions -