MAINTENANCE SUPERINTENDENT
Position Summary
The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for the safe, reliable, and cost-effective execution of all maintenance activities for a 24/7 metals processing facility. This position provides leadership to the maintenance organization, ensuring equipment reliability, regulatory compliance, and execution of the preventative maintenance strategy. The Maintenance Superintendent oversees the Maintenance Supervisors, Maintenance Planner, and Instrumentation & Electrical (I&E) team while working closely with Operations, Engineering, Environmental, and Safety to maximize plant availability and production.
This position reports to the Asset Manager and serves as a key member of the plant leadership team.
Essential Responsibilities
Establish clear expectations and hold employees accountable for safety, quality, productivity, and attendance.
Ensure compliance with OSHA, EPA, TCEQ, company safety policies, and environmental regulations.
Lead weekly maintenance meetings and participate in production planning meetings.
Conduct field audits, safety observations, and job site inspections.
Coach and develop supervisors and technicians to improve performance and accountability.
Direct all preventive, predictive, corrective, emergency, and turnaround maintenance activities.
Ensure work is planned, scheduled, and executed efficiently with minimal impact on production.
Follow the Asset Management strategy which is defined by the Engineering Manager.
Manage mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, rotating equipment, piping, structural, and utility maintenance.
Prioritize work orders based on safety, environmental risk, production impact, and asset criticality.
Ensure proper documentation within the CMMS (computerized maintenance management system), through detailed notes and correct work order management
Establish and monitor equipment KPI’s and implement corrective actions
Identify opportunities to optimize maintenance costs while improving reliability.
Manage to the annual maintenance execution budget
Monitor labor, contractor, and material costs.
Hire, train, coach, and evaluate maintenance personnel.
Evaluate contractor effectiveness and cost performance
Education
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering.
Or combination of Trade certification and leadership experience.
Experience
Required:
15+ years of industrial maintenance experience
10+ years leading maintenance teams
Experience supervising multiple maintenance disciplines.
Experience managing contractors.
Root Cause Failure Analysis
Vibration Analysis
Infrared Thermography
Oil Analysis
Mechanical Integrity Programs
CMMS experience – such as SAP, ROSS, Maximo, JD Edwards, etc