Maintenance Superintendent in San Antonio, Texas at Sparrow Company LLC

Job Summary

Under direction of the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Coordinator supervises hourly bargaining unit employees engaged in the daily maintenance activities.

Job Responsibilities

• Ensure Operative Continuity of equipment in Ideal Operating Conditions.
• Define and execute required work based on Maintenance Work Orders established in the program.
• Update significant data of Preventive, Predictive, Autonomous and Corrective Maintenance in Work Orders, and information in Maintenance records as: Machines History and Technical Information of Equipment.
• Debit materials and spare parts in the corresponding cost centers, accounts and work orders.
• Keep facilities in satisfactory operating conditions, at the lowest possible cost, with quality services, under Cemex’s safety standards and in accordance with the environmental laws applicable in each country.
• Support Maintenance Specialists in the elaboration of the Annual Maintenance Budget.
• Supervise the Maintenance and Operating Cost, by defining and executing Maintenance works. To share with Specialists, the responsibility of operating within the Budget.
• Provide support in developing Preventive, Predictive and Autonomous Maintenance; to properly apply Maintenance Based on Reliability which will reduce the frequency and intensity of repairs and failures of equipment.
• Plan and Program work execution in such a way that production time out is minimized, ensuring high quality of repairs and efficient use of labor.
• Coordinate programmed execution of Maintenance work with enough anticipation in order to plan equipment interruptions and minimize production losses.
• Before the execution, review with Specialists and Planners the activities contained in the program, the duration and work to be performed taking advantage of the staff’s experience.
• Constantly improve Maintenance work methods with the objective of executing work with quality at minimal time and cost.
• Minimize non-productive time in the different sections, as a key Maintenance factor through effective Planning, Programming and Coordination of Maintenance work.
• Notify Management of risk levels and potential costs related to continuous operation of equipment or out of design conditions, in the case of critical facilities.
• Inform Specialists of equipment that requires major Maintenance and take every appropriate action to reduce it.
• Evaluate equipment and new installations or modification proposals to existing installations, in terms of Maintenance capability and Maintenance prevention. To provide appropriate recommendations in order to act.
• Actively promote the standardization of equipment and facilities of the entire plant in order to minimize global Maintenance costs.
• Define equipment spare parts and the quantities to be kept in the inventory, based on the Maintenance experience and on the policy established in the company.
• Advise Specialists regarding modifications in operative techniques designed to increase equipment Reliability and Effectiveness.
• Provide support in the implementation and follow-up of Autonomous Maintenance, in accordance with the philosophy established in Total Productive Maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years of experience in heavy industrial/heavy manufacturing

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven knowledge of Preventative and Predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies
• Proven experience in execution of reliability methodologies such as RCA, RCI, FMFA, Statistical downtime analysis, Fishbone analysis, etc.
• Proven experience in engineering, specification and design of mechanical systems, assets and projects
• Excellent communication, team interaction and presentation skills
• Proven ability to work independently as well as lead/participate on cross functional teams
• Proven experience as a self-starter who effectively manages multiple tasks and achieves results with minimal supervision
• Proven understanding of electrical regulatory and industrial standards and codes
• Proven understanding of control and instrumentation systems in an industrial manufacturing environment
• CMRP or CRE status
• Vibration Level 1 or 2 certification
• Proven experience in CMMS systems
• Proven knowledge of reliability methodologies and strategies such as RCM, TPM, Spare Parts Management, Planning and Scheduling