Maintenance Supervisor: 1st Shift
Milliken · Salisbury, MA
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Milliken (industrial) in Salisbury, MA.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- Welding
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How this role compares
Against 35 other live reliability postings in Massachusetts.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 39%
- EHS / safety 31%
- PLC 28%
- ✓ Welding 22%
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Responsibilities
- ◆Tracks time and attendance daily and weekly. Manages vacation schedules
- ◆Manages associate counseling and record retention (PTO, disciplinary, etc.)
- ◆Effectively sorts and manages work orders/PM’s assuring priorities are followed
- ◆Able to comprehend and prepare high level reports on shift function
- ◆Capable of high-level communication via 2-way radio, text, email and phone
- ◆Treats associates and peers with dignity and respect and expects the same from direct reports
- ◆Able to effectively manage project components in the absence of the facilities engineer
- ◆Able to self-direct with the ability to balance priorities
- ◆Capable of executing and/or leading repairs and PMs in a fast-paced environment without sacrificing work quality
- ◆Allocates resources appropriately between repair and PM tasks
- ◆Ensures facility grounds are kept in working order during inclement weather events
- ◆Holds monthly one on one sessions with direct reports acting as a mentor to continued growth. Ensures each team member has a growth goal.
- ◆Attends and contributes to departmental meetings
- ◆Drives maintenance success through established KPI’s and corrective actions
- ◆Takes personal accountabilities for all direct reports and their actions
- ◆Active member in a safety or quality improvement team
- ◆Ensures team members are completing PJHA’s for tasks and all safety related policies are being followed- stops work until safety issues are corrected
- ◆Ensures work orders are completed correctly including time spent and materials used
- ◆Experience with a digital CMMS software suite desired
- ◆Other items as directed by the Facilities Manager
Qualifications
- ✓Minimum 3–5 years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- ✓Demonstrated experience leading, directing, or mentoring maintenance technicians or skilled trades associates.
- ✓Strong working knowledge of preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, repair practices, and maintenance safety procedures.
- ✓Ability to prioritize maintenance activities, assign work, and effectively respond to equipment breakdowns in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- ✓Ability to read and interpret equipment manuals, technical documentation, work orders, and preventive maintenance requirements.
- ✓Strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively across departments and levels of the organization.
- ✓Basic computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office and web-based applications.
- ✓Ability to meet the physical and environmental
requirements
of the position.
Preferred qualifications
- ✓Previous supervisory or formal leadership experience within an industrial or manufacturing maintenance environment.
- ✓Experience utilizing a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- ✓Experience tracking maintenance KPIs, work-order completion, preventive maintenance compliance, and corrective actions.
- ✓Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and/or controls systems.
- ✓Experience supporting facility infrastructure and building systems.
- ✓Experience coaching and developing maintenance technicians.
- ✓Technical degree, trade certification, apprenticeship, or equivalent maintenance-related training preferred.
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Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken’s curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook , Instagram and LinkedIn .
Position title / location
Maintenance Supervisor
Job classification
Supervisor of Technicians I-III
Position reports to
Senior Facilities Manager
Position overview
The Maintenance Supervisor role supports the overall success of the plant through support of the facilities manager to drive critical KPI’s. As a member of the management team daily activities include response to breakdowns, implementation of PM’s on the facilities equipment and infrastructure systems, and grounds maintenance. This is a direct supervisory role and will have between four and eight direct reports.
Authorized training time
2 weeks
Machines, tools and equipment used
- •Computer knowledge a must (Email, etc.)
- •Advanced level meters/instruments/heavy hand tools
- •Welder
Personal protective equipment used
- •Safety Eyewear
- •Steel Toe Safety Shoes
- •Hairnet or ballcap
- •Cut resistant gloves, chemical gloves, etc. as needed
Frequency, amount, or description
1. Standing : Ability to stand while working 75% of day
- •Sitting : Ability to sit down 25% of day
- •Moving : Ability to move throughout plant: 100% of day
- •Lifting: Ability to lift to 25 lbs. 10% of day
- •Ascending/Descending: Ability to walk upstairs, climb to top of range
(approx. 16 ft) 25% of day
- •Push/Pull/Reach: Ability to push/pull fabric rolls, A-frames (approx.
1500lbs) 1% of day
- •Bending: Ability to pick up objects from the floor 10% of day
- •Visual Acuity: Visual acuity adequate to perform job duties,
including reading information from printed sources and
computer screens. 25% of day
9. Cognitive: Alert. Able to make decisions, reason, and understand
information. 100% of day
