Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description

• Opening for an Experienced Maintenance Supervisor
• Qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering desired, L7 desired or evidence of experience
• Experience in hands on fault finding on all aspects of operation/production equipment.
• Experience on high speed sortation equipment such as NEC, Beumer, Leonard and EA&E will be an advantage.
• This role is multipurpose encompassing:-
  • Assist with the day-to-day management of a busy maintenance team, both hands on and organizational requirement
  • Ability to fault find problems on equipment utilizing documentation and OEM support, working with the various shift teams.
  • Assist with Spares management
  • PM management, ensuring PMs are completed and signed off daily and weekly
  • Internal fault reporting.
  • Assisting with the management and operation of the shift rota and cover schedules, holidays, training etc.
• Excellent opportunity to work with state of the art technology and automated equipment.
• The role will work with and promote good working relationships with the various shift maintenance teams and crews, 12 hr and 2 cycle shift teams.
• Day role – Mon to Friday 08:00 to 16:30 (39 hr working week)

• Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor provides technical leadership for Maintenance Team
• The Maintenance Supervisor ensures the goals are in line with the requirement of Management
• Maintaining procedures and documentation on ISO standards of Quality
• Maintenance of spreadsheet timesheets, for all Maintenance personnel for approval by the Maintenance Manager
• Plan leave and sick cover on shift roster
• Authorising purchasing requests completed by stores person.
• Responsible for Preventative, Predictive, Corrective maintenance and machine performance.

Purpose of the Job

• To Provide Leadership to the Senior Technicians, Technicians and Technical Cleaners in technical or operational matters.
• To Provide the key focus for liaisons with Maintenance Manager and Shift Managers

Main Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining customer relationships with users of the mail centre to the satisfaction of the customer
• Diagnosing and solving problems in a planned and cost effective way, taking into account technicians needs and the needs of the customer.
• Taking a proactive approach to the prevention of breakdowns and maintaining high quality of machine performance and machine availability.
• Developing , utilising and maintaining appropriate information systems, identify problem areas and modifications for machine improvements.
• Follow up on improvements to provide a continually improving service to the customer.
• Be aware of, and in accordance with current health and safety legislation and best practices as it relates to the workplace , give guidance and direction to others where necessary.
• Coaching and training Technicians and Technical cleaners on best practices on productive maintenance procedures.
• Communicate with others postal organisation understanding their views and needs, explaining and presenting information that will he easily he understood and directing as necessary.
• Taking the lead role in co-coordinating technical issues within the team encouraging and supporting the initiatives of team members.
• Identifying and responding to changing, operational needs, demonstrating flexibility and ensuring that the team understands the requirements of the customer and fine tuning performance.
• Provide first level of escalation for equipment faults

Knowledge Skills and Experience

• Expertise in automation systems with specialist knowledge of key elements and understanding of their function in An Post
• A recognised engineering qualification which provides expertise in Electrical electronic and mechanical engineering and knowledge on replacement of all computer systems
• Knowledge of Health and Safety at work.
• Interpersonal skills such as the ability to make technical problems understood by non-technical people, listening coaching, and supporting motivation.
• Advanced problem —solving skills, including using and interpreting statistical tests.
• The ability to make use of diagnostic tools and techniques.
• Expertise in all key elements of the mail centre.
• The ability to lead and motivate the team.

Decisions

• Decision in consultations with the shift manager(s), when to take a machine out of a service for repair.
• Working out, by use of appropriate tools and techniques improvement opportunities and prioritising their implementation.
• Where appropriate coaching, developing technicians and technical cleaners on total preventative maintenance.
• In consultation with the Maintenance Manager, modification and implementation of maintenance routines.
• Decision on escalation of fault status to next level