Our client is looking for a Maintenance Area Supervisor in Detroit, MI!
This is a contract role with potential to go to direct hire and offers a starting pay rate of $35.86/hour (benefits are available).
The Maintenance Supervisor plays a critical leadership role in advising on technical matters, directing skilled trades personnel within a fast-paced, high-volume, unionized manufacturing environment. This position is responsible for ensuring the maintenance department meets its objectives in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate both professional and breakdown maintenance activities to support production goals.
- Drive improvements in equipment throughput, reliability, and uptime.
- Provide coaching and mentoring to hourly and supervisory team members in applying company methodologies, including problem-solving and corrective action implementation.
- Supervise and support Skilled Trades employees in daily operations and continuous improvement efforts.
- Collaborate with the Professional Maintenance Specialist (PMS) to address equipment-related issues, including downtime, run-to-run variability, and throughput challenges.
- Champion waste reduction initiatives through company pillars: Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Professional Maintenance (PM), Quality Maintenance (QM), Focused Improvement (FI), and People Development (PD).
- Lead and participate in Kaizen activities focused on enhancing Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) and identifying cost-saving opportunities.
Requirements:
- Solid technical understanding of maintenance strategies, including Time-Based Maintenance (TBM), Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM), and Dynamic Maintenance (DM).
- Ability to influence key performance indicators such as Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and equipment condition standards.
- Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
- Proven ability to foster a culture of continuous improvement and team development.
Basic Qualifications:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Minimum 3 years of industrial automation experience with project management experience
- Ability to work any shift and overtime as required
- Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with various levels of employees within all areas of the Plant from hourly represented employees to Senior Leadership as required
- Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated troubleshooting problem solving experience
- Goal oriented self-starter with ability to lead teams
- Ability to coach/mentor/develop skilled trade employees
- Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering field
- Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing
- Experience leading maintenance teams in a union environment
- Green Belt/Red X/Six Sigma training
- Experience with controls, robotics, drives and system level communication systems, sealing systems, glass cell systems, various conveyance systems, welding - all types, paint process and associated systems, vision systems and sensors use and application
- Familiar with World Class Manufacturing pillar methodology and implementation
- Good working knowledge of Google Suite software programs
Apply today or email your resume directly to Steve Olzark at solzark@xfiregroup.com for immediate review!