Maintenance Supervisor

Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There's much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There's many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

Reporting to the Facility Manager, as a Maintenance Supervisor based in our Cincinnati site, you will implement necessary activities to support Commercial, S&T, Operations strategies and participate in the definition, development, submission and implementation of capital improvements for building utility or manufacturing processes and associated equipment.

Main responsibilities:

Strategy design and execution

• Develop the local Maintenance plan and related goals regarding facility availability, schedule of critical maintenance activities, changes in equipment, spare parts inventory.
• Adapt and implement functional strategies locally and design and complete related tactical and operational plans.

Function management

• Lead a team of maintenance specialists which executes maintenance activities for all areas of the Edison facility.
• Apply, and update preventive maintenance plans and maintenance support to improve reliability of the site's equipment and prevent business disruption.
• Provide input to the definition of maintenance budgets based on maintenance requirements i.e. resources, materials and duration.
• Conduct audits/inspections to ensure compliance of installations of equipment and users with EHS and QM policies.
• Identify improvements whether to correct non-compliant situations or optimize productivity.
• Manage spare parts inventory to improve stock and dispose of obsolete materials.
• Select and manage suppliers.
• Coordinate work of suppliers, monitor their performance and escalate issues to the E&M management and Procurement for resolution.
• Provide support to engineering projects regarding operative procedures and equipment/installation trials.
• Execute the annual operating plan within approved budget.

People management

• Oversee the execution of annual human resources processes for the local Maintenance team and validate related results.
• Work with local E&M management teams and HR Business Partner(s) in developing a local talent pipeline for the function.
• Drive the development and promotion of talents within and outside the function.

You?

• Vocational diploma in Engineering or related discipline (pre-university level).
• Plant Engineering or Maintenance certification preferred.
• 8+ years' experience in manufacturing or plant operations.
• 2 to 5 years of experience in people management.
• Experience in industrialization and engineering projects including building process installation, utilities, lab equipment, and pilot plant equipment from design stage to handover.
• Good knowledge and application of project management techniques.
• Knowledge of TPM, KPI, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing and project controlling tools.
• Basic knowledge of process mapping and design.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, and a high matching 401k

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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people's lives.

You work within an inspiring teamwork culture - where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.

Every essence of you enriches our world.

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