Maintenance Supervisor

As Maintenance Supervisor at Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today. We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands. Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World. It’s Better with Bakelite. Maintenance Supervisor: The Impact You’ll Have On The Organization and World In this role you will supervise the maintenance technicians (electrical and mechanical craft persons) including day to day operations and training. You’ll ensure maintenance work is executed daily with focus on a Safe First. You will support the execution of maintenance schedule by keeping processes moving, assisting with roadblocks and streamlining work flows. It's Better with Bakelite: Our Commitment Back to You (External Postings) You’ll Help Shape Our Future. As a Bakelite associate, you’re part of a diverse, global population creating the next generation of the company and we expect you to put your fingerprint on it. We Champion Our Associates. At Bakelite, you don’t just climb the career ladder – you pave your personal path through continued learning and development. Together, We Will Protect the Planet. From our processes to our products, we are focusing on the opportunities that both grow our profitability as a company, and improve and protect the planet. Safety is a Core Value. At Bakelite, safety is a 24/7 mindset. We are all safe today to ensure we are able to show up tomorrow – for our families and friends, for each other and for our communities. We Care. Plain and simple, we care about our associates. From the top on down, we place a high value on our culture and the associate experience. We offer competitive compensation, robust benefits and support our associates every step of their career. Life in Conway: Located in the eastern part of the state, Conway is a small North Carolina town within 100 miles of Richmond, Norfolk-Virginia Beach and the Raleigh-Durham area. Our Conway team has strong ties to the local community. We recently sponsored the town’s annual charity golf tournament, and several of our associates are active in the volunteer Conway Fire Department, to which Bakelite donates essential emergency services equipment. A nearby attraction is the Roanoke River, which flows across North Carolina’s coastal plain and is home to lots of wildlife, including more than 200 species of birds. You can also explore the Roanoke Canal Museum and Trail, which highlights the historical significance the canal system played in westward expansion and trade. With the Norfolk International Airport just an hour and a half away, you can easily hop a flight to anywhere in the world. Learn more about Conway What Does a Typical Day Look Like? Here are your primary responsibilities: Identifies priority shifts during the day and communicates needed schedule changes to Maintenance Scheduler. Identifies the need for additional resources and communicates needs to Maintenance Manager. Assists Maintenance scheduler, update Bill of Materials (BOM) for assets, and develop standard maintenance procedures (SMP). Identifies/recommends opportunities for improvements. Verify the availability of parts, materials and tools required to perform a job prior to execution. Estimates the time and resources required for maintenance activities and guides Maintenance Scheduler. Engage in the plant’s safety culture and be a leader in risk management. Mentor less experienced members of the Conway Maintenance Team. Leads team to embrace Bakelite’s core values. What is Needed to be Successful in this Role (Required Skills/Abilities): High School Diploma or GED. Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook). Ten (10) or more years of experience working in maintenance at a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment. Experience repairing manufacturing machinery and/or electrical equipment (i.e. pumps, valves, motors, transmitters). Willing and able to become CPR and First-Aid Trained. Willing and able to wear necessary PPE (i.e. hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, steel toe shoes, a respirator, and other job-specific PPE). Willing and able to perform tasks such as lifting up to 50 lbs. What Will Put You Ahead? Prior experience working in maintenance at a Bakelite resin manufacturing plant. Experience using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). Experience with SAP software. Two (2) or more years of supervisory experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment coaching, training, and developing staff. Experience in coordinating and supervising mechanics and I&E Associates. Experience in both Mechanic and Instrumentation or Electrical trade. Are you ready to help us build a better tomorrow and put your fingerprints on the world? Apply for this exciting opportunity, and learn more about our hiring process, insights from our global associates, our robust benefits and more at Bakelite.com/careers. We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law. In order to be considered for this position candidates are required to submit an application for employment through our career site, be at least 18 years or age, willing to take a drug test, submit to a background investigation as part of the selection process, as well as additional periodic background checks as required by the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) or regulations adopted by the Department of Homeland Security or other regulatory agencies. Candidates are required to have unrestricted authorization to work in the United States. This company participates in E-Verify. For additional details, click HERE. If currently an employee of the Company, you must have satisfactory work performance. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.