Electrical & Instrumentation Supervisor

While keeping safety at the forefront – oversees Electric and Instrument Shop operation to ensure efficient coordination of installations, maintenance and troubleshooting/repairs of all mill equipment while following established procedures and mill policies. Continually upgrade employee skills to meet the demands of new technology and electrical safety.  Provide for the effective and timely completion of maintenance work through coordination with other E&I supervisor, planners and operations coordinators. Role and Responsibilities·        Champions Safety in Every Aspect of the Position·        Ensure Completion of all Incident (Substandard Conditions, Near Miss, Injuries, Observations, etc.) Investigations·        Ensure a high level of awareness and employee compliance for Pixelle’s Electrical Safety Policy·        Ensure Environmental Systems Process Awareness and Compliance·        Understands and Administers Company Policy·        Responsible for next level conflict resolution and maintaining needed staffing levels·        Supports Apprenticeship Program by Auditing the Process·        Must Demonstrate Good Communication Skills Throughout the Organization·        Responsible for Employee On-boarding·        Responsible for Succession Planning·        Must maintain effective working relationships with operations, other Maintenance personnel, vendors, contractors and engineers·        Work closely with Engineering, production and other departments, at all levels of supervision, throughout the plant in making estimates, determining priorities, scheduling and managing shop personnel·        Maintain Awareness of Work Order Backlog – Indentify Deficiencies and Improvement Opportunities.·        Monitors Daily/Weekly Progress of Scheduled Work (DCC)·        Evaluates and Manages the Collection of Job Feedback to Improve Future Work·        Assist other E&I Supervisor, as needed, with Daily Shop Operation·        Is accountable to review and approve all discretionary spend in the shops along with: purchase requisitions, shipping requisitions, authority to stock, etc.·        Writes and reviews purchase requisitions, reviews and approves job invoices, audits invoices and VMI activities and manages spend in the maintenance department within approved budgets·         Input to Capital Budgeting process along with recommending replacements, upgrades and/or the addition of equipment to minimize maintenance costs and downtime·        Input to all Outages·        Contact Person for Coordination of Contractor Activity and Vendor Visits·        Serves in the On-Call Supervisor Rotation·        Demonstrates Forward Thinking·        Must be able to handle deadlines, variable workloads and be on call 24-hours when needed·        Proactive in driving continuous improvement through Scheduling, PM/PdM (Reliability Improvement) and 6S·        Ensure Shop Equipment Continually Meets ISO Standards·        Executes Continuous Improvement programs; acts as a change agent.·        Participates in RCFA process and drives reliability into the business.