Maintenance Supervisor in Ventura CA

Provides work direction for technicians responsible for electrical and mechanical servicing and efficient maintenance of production machinery and equipment, physical plant, and utilities in accordance with state, and federal regulations and company policies and procedures. Develops, schedules, and controls preventative maintenance program. Ensures that maintenance department objectives are met including project, cost, quality and safety factors. Maintains inventories and maintenance materials and supplies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership and direction for activities of maintenance technicians engaged in the maintenance, electrical and mechanical operations.
• Organizes work from work orders, estimates worker-hour requirements and delegates work to employees in maintenance department.
• Maintains contacts with vendors to requisition materials and supplies for department and monitors a sufficient inventory.
• Develops, schedules, and controls a preventative maintenance program to maintain production machinery and equipment in proper working condition.
• Inspects jobs in process and at completion to ensure that standards of workman-ship and safety are maintained. Posses a strong sense of urgency, and the ability to transmit that sense of urgency to the maintenance technicians in a constructive fashion.
• Maintains inventories of maintenance materials, supplies, and repair parts at required levels by initiating requisitions for purchase; periodically reviews inventory for proper up keep at plant facilities.
• Recommends and plans equipment needs to improve production efficiency and/or achieve cost reduction.
• Plays a vital support function in management and execution of a site&##39;s CAPEX projects
• Work closely with the production group to coordinate work. Continually look for avenues to improve communication between the production and maintenance groups.
• Be an active member of the safety committee and actively promote all plant safety initiatives.