• Maintenance Supervisor - Plant 2, 1st Shift

    GKN Automotive (Newton, NC)


    1. Direct maintenance team members and maintain a physical presence while ensuring the enforcement of GKN environmental health, safety, and quality policies and procedures.

    2. Complete all necessary training, timekeeping, and personnel record keeping.

    3. Lead and assist in problem solving in diagnosis of malfunctions with effective and complete dis-assembly and re-assembly of equipment.

    4. Lead shift pass down meeting between maintenance supervisors.

    5. Verify that technicians are documenting and communicating down equipment transfer from shift to shift.

    6. Be the single point of contact for maintenance issues and downtime communication during the assigned shift.

    7. Develop schedules and assign daily responsibilities of the maintenance staff.

    8. Identify and locate spare parts from tool crib inventory or through machine manual, and contact through the OEM. Ordering of necessary part, filling out iValua requisitions, determining stock and inventory requirements.

    9. Conduct daily shift start up and safety tool box meeting to ensure safe and efficient maintenance operations.

    10. Audit the overall quality of work order data and CMMS process. Ensure technicians are completing closing and tracking part usage with the correct level of detail in work orders and PM’s completed.

    11. Manage daily maintenance log of down equipment, equipment waiting on parts, and any non critical issues during assigned shift.

    12. Self direct priorities based upon needs and inputs of the plant as a whole. Make critical decisions for equipment based on priorities or feedback from trades, operations, quality or supply chain.

    13. Ensure communication and proper working relationship with operations group lead and team lead.

    14. Use proper escalation and standard process of the GKN maintenance systems.

     

    Qualifications & Experience

    Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline

    3 to 5 years in a manufacturing leadership role

     

    Competencies

     

    Familiar with maintenance CMMS software and processes

     

    Capable in standard PC based software like PowerPoint, Excel, Word

     

    GKN Driveline provides equal employment and affirmative action opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, pregnancy, or disability.