Ford Electrocoat/PLC - Maintenance Lead Supervisor 

United States, Michigan 

135422315

Position Duties:

Drive SQCDPME by understanding and consistently applying standard manufacturing operating system processes. Validate and bridge operational needs to ensure the line is running safely, smoothly, and producing quality parts.

• S afety
  • Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards
  • Review department safety metrics and coordinate improvement activities
  • Serve as maintenance liaison for Arc Flash updates, Construction Service Safety audits/compliance checks, and inter-department Pre-Task Analyses
• Q uality
  • Direct data-driven maintenance processes to improve quality metrics (e.g., higher FTT, less scrap, less contamination, etc.)
  • Devise and implement strategy to tighten tolerances within specifications for fit, form and functionality
• D elivery
  • Coordinate the resources and activities required to ensure problem free start-ups
  • Facilitate start-up/shift-to-shift meetings
  • Facilitate constraint analysis and coordinate activities to eliminate bottlenecks
• C ost
  • Promote and ensure continuous improvement in the manufacturing engineering organization toward the common goal of improving product quality, plant competitiveness and total cost structure
  • Monitor, control, and improve Maintenance Cost Per Unit (MCPU)
  • Optimize throughput in accordance with budgets and cost objectives: meet or beat schedule
  • Manage and support material control (spare part inventory), repair and rebuild programs, and reliability and maintainability reviews
• P eople
  • Supervise UAW hourly employees (mostly skilled trades)
  • Communication and Recognition
  • Participate in Time & Data Management meetings for scheduling, staffing, procurement, equipment maintenance, inventory control, constraint analysis, and the coordination of production activities with codependent departments
  • Build Team Leaders’ and Team Members’ capabilities, mentor subordinates
  • Create a conducive work environment for the team(s) to complete their assigned responsibilities / tasks; build and nurture a One Team environment
  • Basic Administration of supervisory responsibilities and documents
• M aintenance
  • This role is the lead for maintaining our Electrocoat Operation. Experience with this is a definite plus.
  • PLC knowledge to support the Electrocoat Operation and the supporting systems.
  • Lead all daily, weekend and shutdown maintenance planning with input from your team(s)
  • Integrate the maintenance plan into total department business plan
  • Maximize equipment effectiveness through a detailed, standardized, and prioritized preventive and predictive maintenance plan designed to improve productivity
  • Provide resources, support, and priorities for all maintenance actions; Use Maximo (MFM) to document all maintenance activities (planned and crisis) and create reports to support continuous improvement
  • Use Maximo to analyze data and evaluate the effectiveness of the preventive maintenance plan
  • Jointly coordinate maintenance and engineering activities
• E nvironment
  • Ensure department compliance with government, industry, and corporate standards