Maintenance Supervisor

This position will be located onsite at our corporate office in Atchison, KS. The primary purpose of this role is to ensure direct reports, co-workers and other management leadership prioritize their own personal safety first. Ensure all production needs are met by managing the mechanical and electrical/instrumentation support crews for repairs, new installations and periodic maintenance programs. Insure all company policies and procedures are followed to provide a safe working environment and to meet all state and federal mandates.

What will you do?

Safety Accountability

• Lead, direct, coach, counsel, demonstrate, teach, walk, talk…the personal and operational safety accountability first culture.
• Participate as a member to the SAT and its sub-committees.
• Manage departmental and shift Safety Audit process with direct reports and co-workers.
• Create work orders to correct safety defects as a result from the audits, direct resources to correct safety defects, and ensure follow-through on defect correction/completion.
• Support and project manage assigned SEMS suggestions befitting the scope of the manager’s accountabilities and responsibilities.
• Execute and complete all related/assigned SEMS documentation/permits for Lockout Tagout, Line Breaks, Hot Work, etc. for work being done in a the operation.
• Ensure direct reports have access to the necessary PPE and Tools to safely perform the tasks of their role.

Mechanic/I-E Technician Supervision

• Direct mechanics/I-E technicians to implement necessary repairs and/or changes as requested by shift and production managers.
• Develop daily working schedules/issue work orders for same. Ensure all documentation is completed in a timely manner and correct to maintain a workable CMMS system.
• Understand and follow all aspects of the working contract between MGPI and UFCW Local #74D.
• Ensure effort and quality of work of mechanics/technicians
• Implement and enforce disciplinary action for work and safety policy/procedure violations
• Instruct and monitor operations personnel and contract workers when supplementing maintenance personnel in performance of scheduled work.

Work Scheduling

• Participate in the weekly planning/scheduling meeting with Operations to prioritize repairs, preventive maintenance and project work according to labor, equipment and operational availability and capability.
• Manage daily work of Scheduled contractor(s)/vendor(s) work and/or equipment delivery as needed.
• Work with production and shift managers to schedule/minimize downtime for repairs.
• Ensure minimum downtime and maximum performance of facility equipment.

Administrative

• Develop and maintain preventive/predictive maintenance procedures in the CMMS.
• Ensure an acceptable completion rate for scheduled work.
• Support collection and maintenance of equipment information in CMMS as assigned.
• Collect and enter hours worked into CMMS if the maintenance clerk is not available.
• Approve/Deny clocked overtime work for mechanics/technicians.
• Approve/Deny requested vacation days for mechanics/technicians.
• Perform studies on serious maintenance issues and repetitive breakdowns utilizing the production and engineering expertise available.
• Develop mechanics/I/E technician’s daily working schedules/issue work orders and required permits All documentation monitored and completed in a timely manner to maintain a workable CMMS system.
• Verify all work documentation is completed correctly and in a timely manner.

Purchasing

• Collect information for needed parts for repairs and/or projects.
• Recommend vendors for purchasing to gather quotes for needed parts, equipment, and services.
• Request purchase of needed parts, equipment and services through purchasing.

What will we provide you with.

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Short-term/long-term disability
• Life insurance
• 401(k) / 401(K) Matching
• PTO

Who are we?
MGP Ingredients is a leading supplier of premium distilled spirits and food ingredient solutions. Its Distilling Solutions segment provides bourbons, whiskeys, ryes, gins and vodkas to craft and multinational brands. MGP’s own Branded Spirits business is growing following the 2021 acquisition of Luxco, a top spirits producer, bottler, supplier, and importer. Ingredient Solutions delivers nutritional, functional wheat- and pea-based ingredients aligned with consumer trends. The company operates in locations across the Midwestern U.S., and overseas in Northern Ireland and Mexico.