Maintenance Supervisor - 1st shift - Hannibal, MO

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Hannibal Plant

General Mills Hannibal Plant makes food people love that directly supports the General Mills Supply Chain Snacks and Meals businesses. Hannibal produces consumer brands such as Nature Valley, Old El Paso, and Betty Crocker. The Hannibal Plant is also proud to be the single source producer for our Progresso Soup Brand. The Hannibal Plant operates production out of multiple buildings and supports a separate warehouse & distribution site near the plant. Hannibal is located just 90 minutes north of St. Louis, Missouri.

Position Overview

The Maintenance Supervisor provides front line safety and engagement-based technical leadership to achieve plant and platform results. The Maintenance Team Leader is responsible for direct leadership of the mechanic and maintenance capability specialists. They are responsible for building maintenance capability at all levels of the platform team. The Maintenance Supervisor works to eliminate losses following a rigorous daily process that is data driven and focused on root cause elimination. The Maintenance Supervisor is accountable to improve the reliability of their systems through leading their team in maintenance foundational systems, technical problem solving and continuous improvement tools.

This role will work Monday - Friday with core hours of 5am - 2:30pm.

• •Lead Food and Human Safety through Safety 2.0 leadership principles and standards.
• •Foster a culture that reduces risk to our people and communities by increasing capability to identify and control critical risk. Specifically, responsible for leading machine safety improvements by assessing HSE risks, prioritizing safeguarding plans to eliminate critical exposures, collaborating on incident analysis to understand risk exposure, and developing safeguarding solutions that enable team members to fail safely.
• •Cultivate Food Safety Culture that is committed to manufacturing safe food that is compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.

• •Manage and direct the work of the maintenance mechanics inclusive of staffing, performance management and onboarding.
• •Role model Engaging Leader behaviors
• •Develop and implement strategies to maximize team effectiveness (communication and collaboration).
• •Provide clear individual priorities and team goals to deliver platform priorities.
• •Cultivate a floor centric, positive and supportive team environment to foster employee engagement and retention.

• •Directly support the development and execution of the 90 Day action plan.
• •Responsible to lead portions of the daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly DDS meetings, including accuracy of performance metrics (defect found/fixed, breakdowns, and indicators of maintenance health). Coach and Support Shift DDS as appropriate.

• •Accountable for the overall effectiveness of the maintenance foundational systems for their platform
• •Accountable for the Defect Handling (DH) process standard across the platform. Help maintain and improve the documentation of standards and coaches the team through the identification, prioritization, and resolution of defects.
• •Accountable for the Breakdown Elimination (BE) process for their platform.
• •Responsible to partner with Maintenance Asset Care Leader on MP&S to ensure planning, scheduling, and work assignments are being prioritized correctly to deliver platform results.
• •Accountable for the maintenance budget by delivering spring plan Maintenance & Reliability Costs for the Line/Platform (Materials, Services, OT) - Budget Management Responsible for the overall effectiveness and execution of Maintenance Shutdowns.

• •Sound understanding of the production system and the product transformation process connected to the equipment on the line.
• •Deep understanding of daily management and process ownership interactions across the team (examples: MP&S, DH, CL, CIL, etc.).
• •Capable of utilizing Problem-Solving tools and processes
• •Responsible for maintaining and utilizing a training/skills matrix to identify skill gaps, develop training plans and track employee progress.

• •International relocation or international remote working arrangements outside of the U.S. will not be considered.
• •Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. General Mills will not sponsor applicants for work visas.
• •On-Site Position Located in Hannibal :This is an on-site role located in Hannibal remote work is not available for this position. Candidates must reside within commuting distance or be willing to relocate.