Maintenance Supervisor, Ethanol Refinery; NE

Job Summary

The Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for supervising day-to-day maintenance activities. The Maintenance Supervisor will drive department continuous improvement initiatives and enable efficiencies by applying sound reliability principles. The Maintenance Supervisor will have direct supervisory responsibility of the Maintenance Technicians and Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Supervisor will support all policies, goals, and objectives of the company while representing the company knowledgeably and professionally.

Essential Job Functions

• Leads others: expects, inspects, and Provides fast feedback. Holds people accountable.
• Relentlessly pursues being a better-version-of-
• Leverages systems to drive Identifies the system (or lack of a system) that is creating unwanted behaviors and reengineers (or engineers) the system.
• Drives team to be the best-version-of-itself, corrects deficiencies from best-in-
• Oversees analytical troubleshooting, problem-solving, and team development to solve day-to-day operational issues and reach short- and long-term performance
• Utilizes Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) maintenance metrics to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Ensures maintenance work flow process is
• Diligently seeks root Utilizes Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).
• Ensures planning and scheduling practices are followed; drives a proactive (vs. reactive) culture.
• Contributes to resolving the bad actors list; provides information on failures, root causes, and suggests potential maintenance strategy changes to ultimately prevent future occurrences.
• Supports the Equipment Maintenance Plan (EMP); drives continuous, data-driven
• Participates in Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)
• Inspires others through a shared vision of the
• Drives effective change through the Management Of Change (MOC)
• Effectively supervises Maintenance Technicians and Electrical & Instrumentation Technicians. Provides support for technicians to address any issues or ideas to improve the current processes.
• Ensures compliance with safety and environmental programs and
• Regularly communicates team results to the Maintenance
• Provide coordination of daily maintenance activities to ensure maximum equipment up-time while efficiently utilizing the available equipment, tools, materials, and
• Power-user of the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Utilizes CMMS for work orders, procurement, inventory management, and data

 Minimum Requirements

• Associates degree or higher in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) related field.
  • A degree in Engineering
  • A combination of relevant experience and education will be considered in lieu of and associate’s degree.
• 7 years of maintenance operations experience in a large scale industrial continuous process manufacturing environment.
  • Ethanol manufacturing experience
  • Experience with maintenance procedures for processing equipment such as evaporators, heat exchangers, centrifuges, drying equipment, boilers, cooling towers, chiller, air compressors, pumps, valves, electrical circuits, and instrumentation preferred.
  • CMRP or other relevant certifications are
• 5 years of experience in a supervisory/leadership

 Skills/Abilities Required

• Ability to work effectively with a diverse group of people and communicate information to obtain positive results.
• Strong continuous improvement
• Experience with reliability
• Foundation of planning and scheduling
• Experience with equipment maintenance
• Strong knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance
• Detail-oriented with strong critical thinking and organizational
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft
• CMMS
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• General knowledge of OSHA and EPA regulations for construction and

 Salary: $120-130K w/ up to 10% bonus; benefits; relo assist, EOE, NO Sponsorship