Maintenance Supervisor
GF (Georg Fischer) · Shawnee, OK
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at GF (Georg Fischer) (industrial) in Shawnee, OK. Is responsible for leading and directing all maintenance team activities, development and adherence to preventative maintenance plans, managing departmental budget, and providing a collaborative approach to excellence in safety, regulatory compliance, and.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Lean, 5S, TPM, OEE, Root cause, ISO 9001
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How this role compares
Against 26 other live reliability postings in Oklahoma.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 63%
- ✓ PLC 30%
- Welding 30%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for TPM, OEE, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: GF (Georg Fischer) in Shawnee
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Job Summary
Responsible for all Plastics Business Unit maintenance related functions to support world-class plant operations. Is responsible for leading and directing all maintenance team activities, development and adherence to preventative maintenance plans, managing departmental budget, and providing a collaborative approach to excellence in safety, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence activities.
Primary
Qualifications
- ✓Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to motivate and manage teams, provides guidance, and fosters a positive work environment
- ✓Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel, as well as with key stakeholders
- ✓Strong 5S, housekeeping skills that align with world-class maintenance programs
- ✓Strong technical knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical systems
- ✓Ability to interpret blueprints, specifications, ladder diagrams, logic, and schematics
- ✓Strong problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues, analyze data, and make informed decisions
- ✓Budget management skills, including the ability to manage financial budgets, track project expenditures, and identify cost saving solutions
- ✓Provides a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing Maintenance Supervision role managing a multiple personnel team
- ✓Understands the principles and tools of Operational Excellence, previous experience preferred
- ✓Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), previous ERP experience preferred
- ✓Supports ISO 9001 Quality, ISO 14001 Environmental, and OSHA 18801 certification
requirements
- ✓Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-shift environment
- ✓Maintains strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- ✓Preferred experience with TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) condition and predictive failure monitoring, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) tools, and Operational Excellence (Lean) methodologies
- ✓Direct knowledge and experience with control software, including PLC logic programming
- ✓Direct knowledge and experience with electrical ladder logic (Development, Modification, Troubleshooting)
- ✓Direct knowledge and experience with electrical code
requirements
(NEC), including main electrical switchgear repair and arc flash requirements.
- ✓Working knowledge of Robotics (Servo / End Coders) is preferred
- ✓Committed to being a good steward of GFCP policies and values.
Requirements
- ✓Standing, walking, sitting, reaching, grasping, feeling, walking, and hearing
- ✓Requires some overhead lifting of up to 40 pounds objects (boxes, trash bags, odd shaped items, equipment components, etc.)
- ✓Required to lift 50 pounds and move odd-shaped objects (desks, tables, etc.)
Required to work a 40-hour work week, with overtime as required to support plant operations
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GF Industry and Infrastructure Flow Solutions, a division of GF, is the world's leading supplier of piping systems. We enable the safe and sustainable transport of fluids. Our business is driven by industry-leading sustainability levels, innovation through digital solutions and investment in a culture based on performance, learning and caring.
If you're passionate about technology, sustainability, and global collaboration — you’ll feel right at home with us.
include
- •Provides safety leadership within the maintenance team, including development of new safety policies and procedures to support world-class practices.
- •Supports defined safety regulations, ensuring compliance with relevant standards
- •Provides strong leadership and mentorship of the maintenance team, by striving for excellence.
- •Exhibits strong organizational skills and the ability to sustain
- •Assists in the hiring, training, and supervision of maintenance staff, providing guidance, and fosters a positive, employee-centric work environment
- •Supervises daily maintenance tasks, schedules repairs, and ensures all production equipment is in good working order
- •Creates and implements preventative maintenance programs to minimize downtime and extend the lifespan of assets
- •Responsible for diagnosing and resolving equipment malfunctions, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions.
- •Supports control of maintenance expenditures.
- •Controls and monitors critical component inventory for machinery in ERP system to minimize plant downtime, understands how to evaluate the need for on hand inventory.
- •Conducts risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department.
- •Troubleshoots and diagnoses a wide variety of machine malfunctions
- •Coordinates and provides oversight of maintenance work performed by outside contractors.
- •Supports facilities to ensure all company vehicles are clean, fueled and in proper working order.
- •Sources required parts and materials for repairs on projects and maintains positive relationships with suppliers.
Essential Skills and
Environmental / Atmospheric Conditions
- •Typical office/factory environment with exposure to ambient temperatures in un-conditioned production areas
- •Exposure to general production machine noise levels
- •Exposure to hazards such as electrical and moving mechanical parts
Working Conditions / Physical
Contact person
Angela Trotter
Generalist Human Resources
angela.trotter@georgfischer.com
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