Foundry Maintenance Superintendent
Mueller Water Products · Chattanooga, TN
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 65+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Yesterday
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Mueller Water Products (industrial) in Chattanooga, TN. Foundry, metalworking, heavy manufacturing, or similar industrial experience strongly preferred.
- They ask for
- 65+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause, PLC, Automation, Welding, Casting, EHS / safety
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How this role compares
Against 41 other live reliability postings in Tennessee.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (65+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 52%
- ✓ PLC 48%
- ✓ EHS / safety 31%
- ✓ Root cause 29%
- ✓ Welding 29%
- Tooling 24%
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Stands out: this posting asks for Automation, Casting, Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Mueller Water Products in Chattanooga
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Full description from Mueller Water ProductsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Foundry Maintenance Superintendent Position Summary
The Foundry Maintenance Superintendent leads all maintenance activities to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of foundry equipment, utilities, and facility systems. This role oversees maintenance personnel across multiple shifts, drives equipment reliability, manages maintenance resources and priorities, and partners with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and HR to support production goals. The position operates within a unionized manufacturing environment and ensures compliance with company policies, safety standards, and collective bargaining agreements.
Qualifications
- ✓High school diploma required; Associate's or Bachelor's degree preferred.
- ✓5+ years of industrial maintenance experience.
- ✓Previous maintenance leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
- ✓Foundry, metalworking, heavy manufacturing, or similar industrial experience strongly preferred.
- ✓Knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, automation, and reliability systems.
- ✓Experience with preventive/predictive maintenance and CMMS systems.
- ✓Strong understanding of OSHA regulations, maintenance best practices, and continuous improvement methodologies.
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Who We Are
Thank you for your interest in Mueller Water Products, Inc.
For more than 165 years, Mueller Water Products, Inc. has been building the future of water infrastructure. From lifesaving fire protection to data intelligence, we are committed to developing products and solutions that help cities and utilities deliver clean, safe drinking water to hundreds of millions of people across North America.
Our purpose is to connect communities to water, life’s most essential resource, with exceptional, people solutions and products. Behind that purpose is a dedicated team, united by our shared values of respect, integrity, trust, inclusion and safety. With a vision to be the leader in water infrastructure solutions—solving challenges, enriching lives and safeguarding the future—we are making a positive impact that will last for generations.
By joining Mueller, you become part of a dynamic team dedicated to excellence and innovation, working collaboratively to achieve meaningful results. We champion our people because when they succeed, our communities thrive. We invite you to learn more about career opportunities with us and consider submitting your application.
Leadership & Operations
- •Lead and supervise maintenance personnel across all shifts.
- •Establish maintenance priorities to support safety, production, and reliability objectives.
- •Coordinate emergency repairs, planned maintenance, shutdowns, and major repair activities.
- •Foster collaboration between Maintenance and Operations teams.
- •Ensure effective staffing, scheduling, performance management, and employee development.
Reliability & Maintenance
- •Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- •Drive efforts to reduce downtime and improve equipment reliability.
- •Lead root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions.
- •Support maintenance of foundry equipment, cranes, conveyors, furnaces, utilities, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, electrical systems, and facility assets.
- •Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, and CMMS utilization.
Safety & Compliance
- •Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with OSHA, LOTO, environmental, and company requirements.
- •Conduct safety audits, investigations, and corrective actions.
- •Ensure safe work practices for employees and contractors.
Metrics, Budget & Resources
- •Monitor key maintenance KPIs including PM compliance, downtime, MTBF, MTTR, backlog, and maintenance costs.
- •Manage maintenance budgets, labor, overtime, contractors, and spare parts inventory.
- •Support capital projects, equipment upgrades, and long-term asset management strategies.
Labor Relations & Employee Development
- •Administer maintenance activities in accordance with collective bargaining agreements.
- •Partner with HR on employee relations, performance management, and workforce planning.
- •Develop maintenance talent through training, coaching, and apprenticeship programs.
Preferred Technical Skills
- +PLCs and automation
- +Industrial electrical systems
- +Hydraulics and pneumatics
- +Mechanical power transmission
- +Welding and fabrication
- +Cranes and hoists
- +Furnaces and thermal processes
- +Conveyors and material handling
- +Industrial utilities and compressed air systems
- +Reliability-centered maintenance and root cause analysis