Maintenance Supervisor

The Maintenance Supervisor provides frontline leadership for day-to-day maintenance execution at Syensqo’s Anaheim, CA composite materials manufacturing plant. This role is accountable for safe, compliant, and high-quality maintenance execution while supporting reliability, cost effectiveness, and continuous improvement objectives. The Maintenance Supervisor operates within the SAP (CMMS) work order lifecycle and places particular emphasis on break-in work and urgent priority work (P0/P1), including rapid coordination of spare parts and materials logistics required to execute these work orders effectively.

1) HSE, Compliance & Field Leadership

• ◆Ensure consistent application of all site safety rules and safe work practices; validate safe behaviors and work quality through active field presence.
• ◆Evaluate jobs to ensure work can be executed safely prior to and during execution (e.g., job walkdowns, hazard recognition, and required work controls).
• ◆Reinforce workplace excellence through coaching, accountability, and consistent application of standards.
• ◆Authorized signer under the plant's safe work permit system

2) Shift Leadership & Maintenance Execution (Swing Shift Focus)

• ◆Lead and coordinate daily maintenance execution primarily on 2nd/swing shift.
• ◆Provide coverage for other shifts and/or weekends as required to ensure continuity of maintenance support.
• ◆Drive maintenance sector performance through established KPIs and participation in regular performance and operational meetings.
• ◆Support technicians with technical and organizational guidance to enable timely and high-quality execution.

3) Work Management Excellence (SAP CMMS Focus, with Break-in/P0-P1 Priority)

• ◆Work closely within the SAP (CMMS) work order lifecycle, supporting strong discipline in:
• ◆Work order execution readiness and coordination
• ◆Timely close-out and accurate maintenance history capture
• ◆Effective communication of execution status and constraints
• ◆Execute strong coordination and decision-making for urgent break-in work and P0/P1 work orders, ensuring safety, speed, and work quality.

4) Break-in / P0-P1 Spares, Materials & Logistics Support

• ◆Support spare parts and materials logistics for break-in and P0/P1 work orders, including:
• ◆Identifying parts/material needs early and coordinating sourcing/availability
• ◆Securing necessary parts to execute urgent work
• ◆Staging and/or kitting parts where practical to accelerate execution
• ◆Communicating alternatives or constraints to the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler and Maintenance Manager

5) Maintenance Best Practices, Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• ◆Ensure consistent and widespread use of maintenance best practices across the roster/sector.
• ◆Identify opportunities to enhance the maintenance work process and improve cost effectiveness and efficiency.
• ◆Participate in reliability and continuous improvement meetings or actions.

6) Planning/Scheduling Support (Planner/Scheduler Interface)

• ◆Support the Maintenance Planner/Scheduler by:
• ◆Walking down jobs and developing scope of work
• ◆Developing bills of materials for job scopes
• ◆Securing necessary parts to execute jobs
• ◆Staging and/or kitting parts for jobs
• ◆Estimating manpower needs
• ◆Oversee and coordinate planning and scheduling readiness for turnaround/shutdown work within the assigned sector as required.

7) People Leadership, Coaching & Capability Building

• ◆Identify competency

and training needs.

• ✓Coach and develop maintenance personnel and hold them accountable for delivery of results.
• ✓Maintain effective working relationships with Production/Operations and constructively challenge priorities when required.

8) Budget Contribution

• ✓Contribute to the sector annual budgeting process and monitor performance versus budget; take actions within scope to achieve committed results.

Scope / Equipment Environment

The Anaheim plant includes, but is not limited to, the following equipment and systems:

• ✓Mixers
• ✓Ovens and thermal processing equipment
• ✓Utilities (e.g., air, steam, chilled water, vacuum, process water, LV/MV electrical etc.)
• ✓Dust collection systems
• ✓Prepreg machines
• ✓Hot melt systems
• ✓Solution dip systems
• ✓Related supporting infrastructure and controls

• ✓Education: High School Diploma or GED
• ✓Experience: Working knowledge of chemical/process plant equipment (pumps, piping, heat exchangers, vessels, instrumentation, etc.) along with a background in maintenance and repair of this equipment. This knowledge is typically gained through 5+ years of industrial experience in a chemical plant or related industry, including 3+ years in maintenance.
• ✓Systems/Tools: Good computer and written communication skills. Working knowledge of SAP (CMMS) a