Maintenance Supervisor

At Nouryon, our global team of Changemakers takes positive action every day, to reach higher collectively and individually. We create innovative and sustainable solutions for our customers to answer society’s needs – today and in the future.

We are looking for team members who bring ideas forward, champion others and work together to do better. Does that sound like you?

In this role, you will manage contractor maintenance activities in a cost-effective manner while continuously driving improvements in contractor safety, maintenance quality, and operational efficiency.

• Ensure contractors comply with all safety rules, utilize safe work practices, and actively participate in required safety programs.
• Provide field supervision to maximize contractor productivity and achieve optimal wrench time.
• Review contractor performance scorecards and complete quarterly performance assessments for all core maintenance contractors.
• Develop, implement, and oversee contractor audit processes, including wrench time studies.
• Analyze performance data to identify key barriers to wrench time and develop action plans to eliminate them.
• Ensure all work is completed in accordance with agreed-upon scope, schedule, and quality standards.
• Approve contractor timesheets and verify accurate invoicing for hours worked.
• Ensure all worked hours and associated costs are accurately recorded in the CMMS to support invoice verification.
• Manage and resolve deficiencies related to scope, quality, schedule, and worked hours or costs.
• Act as a delegate for the Maintenance Manager during periods of absence, as required.
• Perform additional duties and assignments as directed by the Maintenance Manager.

• An associate degree in a technical discipline (preferred), along with a minimum of five (5) years of maintenance and/or production experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to read, write, and clearly communicate information.
• The ability to analyze and interpret procedures, regulations, and technical documentation.
• Confidence presenting information verbally to team members, contractors, vendors, suppliers, and management.
• Solid mathematical skills, with the ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions in practical work situations.
• Strong reasoning and troubleshooting abilities related to industrial equipment and maintenance processes.
• The ability to interpret instructions provided in written, verbal, diagrammatic, or schedule-based formats.

• This is a full-time position based in Columbus, MS and reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager.

Please apply via our online recruitment system. We will not accept applications via e-mail. Once it's with us we will review to see if we have a match between your skills and the role! For more information about our hiring process, visit:

We kindly ask our internal candidates to apply with your Nouryon email via Success Factors.

We’re looking for tomorrow’s Changemakers, today. If you’re looking for your next career move, apply today and join Nouryon’s worldwide team of Changemakers in providing essential solutions that our customers use to manufacture everyday products such as personal care, cleaning, paints and coatings, agriculture and food, pharmaceuticals, and building products. Our employees are driven by the wish to make an impact and actively drive positive change.

If that describes you, we will gladly make way for your ambitions. From day one we support you with your personal growth, through challenging positions and comprehensive learning and development opportunities, in a dynamic, international, diverse, and proactive working environment.

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Nouryon is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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