Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor
Department: Maintenance Job Grade: CL4
Job Type: Maintenance Career Family: Maintenance
Reports to: Plant Manager
Purpose
The Maintenance Supervisor leads their teams in safely carrying out all maintenance related activities while remaining in compliance with quality specifications and government regulations. They will build, maintain, and hold accountable a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration within the team and ensure all Drax standards of Safety, Respect in the workplace and operational policies and procedures are understood and properly executed. The Supervisor will exemplify Drax’s Values, Vision and Mission while setting the standard for safety, targets, budgets and team objectives. The Maintenance Supervisor will have several direct reports per shift. They will assign work to the crew members as required.
Leadership & Management
• Champions the Drax Safety Program; providing leadership by encouraging and demonstrating a safe and healthy work environment, aligned with company policies and procedures
• Conducts and leads root cause analysis for equipment breakdowns and plant systems as required.
• Leads shut down planning for plant repairs and provides a detailed post-analysis
• Demonstrates strong communication skills across the plant and with Drax colleagues (reliability, technical, process, and automation teams) to achieve maintenance objectives
• Prepares and provides annual maintenance budget information for the plant; monitoring expenditures and identifying variances
Performance Management & Supervision
• Coaches’ employees, gives feedback, builds relationships, troubleshoots challenges, and evaluates performance
• Collaborates with the maintenance team, planning for both short term and long-range projects.
• Ensures employees and contractors receive Drax orientation, onboarding, and training, through the lens of safety and our core values
• Organize work schedules of employees, review vacation requests, and ensure appropriate coverage is provided for assigned work tasks of the maintenance team
Plant Manager
Operations Supervisor (2) Maintenance Supervisor (X)
Plant Ops Team (2-12) Maintenance Team (X)
Operations Superintendent
• Partner with the site leadership team and HR to ensure that recruitment, training, development, performance standards, are managed at a tangible level to drive improved performance
Maintenance & Operations
• Audits lockouts, hot work permits, and project completion for employees and contractors on site in line with safety requirements
• Ensure Drax’s mechanical and operational assets are maintained in safe operating condition
• Maintains inventory levels, critical spares, consumables and performs monthly inventory counts
• Ensure all maintenance work is tracked and followed through the work order system, including all contractor work
• Implements production, productivity, quality, and service standards. Drives accountabilities and resolves issues
• Drives continuous improvements and collaborates with leadership to strengthen plant operations
Knowledge, Skills and Experience required
• 3-5 years of progressive maintenance and supervisor experience, preferably in Wood Products Manufacturing. A relevant combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Good mechanical aptitude, with education or a background as an Engineer, Technician, or Certified Tradesperson.
• A good understanding of manufacturing processes and procedures.
• Proven safety leader, who is committed to Drax’s Golden Rules of Safety.
• You are an adaptable team player with excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem solving skills.
• A track record as an effective, supportive, and engaging supervisor.
• The ability to effectively use Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Suite of Programs as well as work order systems and employee systems for time entry and reporting.
• A valid driver’s license is required to get to and from the site.
Special Features
• Maintenance Supervisors will be responsible for the safety and leadership of the crews they run daily
• Maintenance Supervisors are signal generators for other employees at the mill and looked up to for best practice
• They will handle difficult performance management or employee concerns, or conflict as required
• Evening and occasional weekend work is likely, and the supervisors are often on call most weekends or while off their normal sets
Measures of Success
• Safe and successful management of their crew
• Setting a high bar for safety at Drax, and ensuring employees are well positioned and trained to have no safety incidents
• Seeks continuous improvement in all areas; safety, quality, durability, production, etc.
• Manage employee relations effectively and fairly for crew members
• Meet daily targets and KPIs
How You Need to Act
• We care about what matters – we help each other achieve the things that are important to each of us
• We’re a can-do kind of place – we’re empowered and encouraged to make informed decisions, take action and do the right thing
• We see things differently – we share inspiration and insight right across Drax, and search for new ideas and ways of working
• We listen carefully – we make sure that people feel genuinely heard, acknowledged and that what they say matters
We do what we say we’ll do – we’re proactive, committed, and reliable –and trust others to be the same.
