Technical (Maintenance) Supervisor

Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, this individual must be able to perform each job duty
satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or
ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential job functions. The Technical Supervisor essential job duties, but are not
limited to the following.

• Keeps all plant equipment in safe operating condition.
• Supervises all full time and temporary Associates assigned to the Technical department.
• Trains, coaches, evaluates, counsels, audits and reviews full time and temporary
  Associates assigned to the Technical department.
• Plans and coordinates all corrective and preventative maintenance with the appropriate
  plant personnel and the operations manager.
• Enforces extraordinary high quality repair standards.
• Takes leading role with regards to required EH&S dedicated programs.
• Proactively procures plant equipment, supplies and parts with the highest quality and
  lowest cost in mind.
• Persistently pursues the completion of company goals and objectives.
• Leads plant expansion and major process improvements activities.
• Maintains maintenance spending accounts to set budgets.
• Takes a leading role on plant food safety audits.
• Performs routine plant safety audits. Repairs any discrepancies expeditiously.
• Professionally confers with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within
  or between departments.
• Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or
  grievances. Ensures follow up is completed on all issues.
• Implement, follow and enforce safety and sanitation regulations.
• Implement, follow and enforce policies and procedures.
• Follow, comply with and model all company rules, policies and directives, including
  the Associate Handbook.
• Lead, manage and discipline Associates when appropriate in accordance with all policies.
• Ensure everyone is treated equally and consistently including timeliness.
• Confer with other supervisors to coordinate operations and activities within or between
  departments.
• Demonstrate equipment operations and work and safety procedures to new Associates, or
  assign Associates to experienced workers for training.
• Read and analyze charts, work orders, shipping schedules, and other records and reports
  to determine requirements and to evaluate current shipping needs.
• Support Operations Manager with day to day plant activities and responsibilities.
• Proactively communicate schedule changes to all parties possibly impacted.
• Purchase necessary supplies and inventory items for the department.
• Drive a CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT culture in every facet of company operations.
• Ensures the Plant Operations Manager is well informed in a timely manner on all plant
  activities, including but not limited to; Safety, Quality, Productivity, Training and ALL
  Human Resource issues.
• Attends work as scheduled, including 40 or more hours per week and weekends and
• evenings as required. Must also be able to also effectively respond to issues related to
• a 24-hour/7 days a week operation.
  This list of job duties is not all-encompassing. Associates will be expected to perform all other
  duties that will be assigned as necessary.
  Required Physical and Mental Abilities:
  The physical and mental abilities described here are representative of those that must be met by
  an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the Technical Supervisor position.
  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the
  essential functions.
   General Physical Requirements – The ability to stand, walk, hear, and smell. The ability to
  use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The associate is
  occasionally required to sit, climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
   Lifting – The ability to occasionally lift and or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and or
  move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 pounds.
   Vision and Hearing – Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision,
  distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust
  focus. In addition, good hearing is required.
   Manual Dexterity – The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your
  arm or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.
   Multi-limb Coordination – The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two
  arms, two legs, or one arm and one leg) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does
  not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.
   Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to
  understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting
  at inappropriate times.
   Trunk Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the
  observer).
   Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
   Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
   Selective Attention – The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without
  being distracted.
   Problem Sensitivity – The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
  It does not involve solving the problem only recognizing that there is a problem.
   Language Skills – Must be able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short
  correspondence, and memos in English as required for work and business related
  purposes. Must also be able to write and communicate in English in simple
  correspondence and to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group
  situations to other associates as required for work-related tasks. Must also be able to
  understand and converse in English during emergencies and circumstances or situations
  where associates must be able to communicate to ensure the safety of themselves, other
  associates, and/or company property.
   Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
   Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
   Learning Strategies - Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures
  appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.
   Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work
  related documents.
   Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they
  react as they do.
   Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or
  organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
   Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others. Must have
  the ability to manage multiple, competing priorities and projects.
   Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, communicating and
  directing Associates as they work, identifying the best Associate for the job.
   Instructing - Teaching others how to do something.
   Positive Attitude - A mental attitude that interprets situations and events as being best or
  optimized.
   Act as liaisons between maintenance and production departments.
   Supervise and assign duties to associates engaged in technical control and production
  product.
   Train associates in the repair of equipment such as various machinery, electrical, and the
  scheduling of equipment maintenance.
   Test equipment to ensure proper operation.
  Experience And Education:
  A Bachelor’s Degree in a related field plus 3-4 years of experience supervising maintenance or
  technical employees in a manufacturing environment or a Minimum of 10+ years of experience
  managing a maintenance or technical department in a manufacturing environment, including, but
  not limited to, experience supervising and managing employees, department budgeting and
  finances, and departmental operations. Experience in Plastics Thermoforming is preferred.
  Computer Skills:
  Basic computer knowledge.
  Language Skills:
  The ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos in
  English. Ability to write in English simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present
  information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other associates
  of the organization.
  Mathematical Skills:
  The ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical
  situations, and understand and employ the fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and
  trigonometry.
  Reasoning Ability:
  Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The associate
  must have the ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical
  or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
  Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
  Plastics processing certification preferred.
  Work Environment:
  The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an associate
  encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may
  be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to moving mechanical
  parts. The associate is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne
  particles; risk of electrical shock; and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is
  usually moderate. The associate will be exposed to high-pressure operating systems, including
  water, air, molten plastics and butane. The Associate will be exposed to temperatures and
  atmospheric conditions typical of a non-climate controlled manufacturing facility environment,
  including excessively warm or cold temperatures.
  Comments:
  This is not an all-encompassing list, and other duties will be assigned as required. This position is
  a key position in the self-directed - teamwork driven production environment of Republic Plastics.
  An individual in the Technical Supervisor position will have to be dedicated, responsible, highly
  motivated, safety and quality conscience, and driven to exceed productivity and cost targets.
  Company Core Values:
  Within our manufacturing organization and in adherence to our corporate values, we will treat
  each other and anyone who enters our facility with the utmost respect and dignity. We will
  endeavor to excel at, and hold each other to the following values in everything we do.
  Safety – a commitment from each of us to follow rules and guidelines to ensure freedom from
  the occurrence or risk of injury, danger, or loss.
  Teamwork - each of us doing our part to support the overall goal, which is to increase the
  profitability of the company and its associates.
  Accountability - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's actions.
  Positive Attitude - a state of mind in relationship to our work environment and accomplishing
  our goals.
  Quality/Excellence - the nature by which each of our products, service and interaction can be
  identified as good or worthy.
  Integrity/Honesty - adhering to a high set of ethical standards, the unimpaired state of
  continual improvement personally and professionally.
  Commitment - pledging oneself to the cause or goal

Technical Supervisor Job Description