Facilities Engineering Supervisor

Location: Hodges


Job Description:

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Job Category:
Engineering - Industrial / Manufacturing

Job Title:
Facilities Engineering Supervisor

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Important Position Information

• Position is located in Hodges, SC.
• Domestic relocation is available for this position.
• To be considered for the role, please apply by 1/17/2024 at 11:59pm.
• The incumbent will have 15-25 direct reports across a three-shift operation.

Role Definition:

The Maintenance Engineer Manager leads team supporting operations and manufacturing processes, tooling and tool design, and equipment needed to produce assigned parts/products successfully and economically in accordance with engineering specifications.

What you will do:
Facilitates the safe and effective preventative and unplanned maintenance of production and facility equipment and infrastructure.

• Maintain the workflow process (work identification, PM and repair planning, scheduling, execution, and auditing).
• Monitor, coordinate, and track maintenance compliance items such as precision instruments and PPE in adherence to safety and quality requirements.
• Investigate and source parts, technical documentation to repair machinery and equipment; work with machinery vendors to resolve maintenance items.
• Provide leadership and support to personnel through mentoring and shared problem solving and RCCA's.

Degree/ Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required, but an Engineering discipline (Metallurgical, Manufacturing, Industrial, etc.) is preferred.
• 15 years of experience in an industrial maintenance position (tactical maintenance)

Skills you will need to be successful:

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Judgment and Decision Making
:
Knowledge of the decision-making process; ability to carefully evaluate the impact of emerging business situations and choose the best path forward communicating actions and activities that maximize organizational performance.

Level Extensive

Experience:

• Seeks input from multiple sources to generate diverse ideas for decision making.
• Sustains organization strategies over time by accurately analyzing tradeoffs in changing direction or staying the course.
• Makes decisions that remain defensible beyond the short term.
• Communicates decisions confidently and resolutely.
• Remains steadfast in championing others' decisions that later come under scrutiny.
• Coaches others to improve judgment and confidence in decision making skills.

Capacity Planning & Management - MFG: Knowledge of tools, approaches, and practices for determining production demand and ability to manage resources needed to provide satisfactory levels of service.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Documents major considerations of product promotions and analyzes their effect on production and required capacity.
• Provides management reports on actual and projected capacity requirements.
• Uses available tools to interpret forecasts and work out required capacity.
• Participates in developing short-term capacity requirements for a specific product or plant.
• Collects and collates key elements of demand chain used in developing capacity requirements.

Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of the philosophy, principles, and implementation approaches of lean manufacturing; ability to integrate and implement lean manufacturing philosophy into existing production and management processes.

Level Extensive

Experience:

• Manages the adoption of lean manufacturing principles across the organization.
• Teaches others about how lean approach integrates operations, customers, logistics and product development.
• Consults on work cell design and plan layout in support of lean principles.
• Consults on the use of lean approaches across multiple functions.
• Trains others on key lean measurements and tools and techniques for measuring performance.
• Participates in detailed planning for implementing and monitoring lean manufacturing.

Manufacturing Equipment: Knowledge of the electrical, mechanical and logistics equipment used in manufacturing; ability to safely operate, maintain, update and store them.

Level Working Knowledge:

• Performs routine maintenance: cleaning, replacing defective or worn parts.
• Performs basic care and safety considerations for a specific type of manufacturing equipment.
• Participates in setting up new machines and testing according to manufacturer's specifications.
• Uses standard diagnostic tools and techniques;…