Job Description:

At Danone, Manufacturing the best products and supplying them to meet demand is a key driver for our plant teams.

We have an opening for a Maintenance Supervisor based in City of Industry, CA! The Reliability Leader supports a Business Unit with multiple lines, value stream teams, or technology groups. The Reliability Leader is directly responsible for planned maintenance pillar activities and leadership of mechanics supporting their team on a 24/7 basis. They should display servant leadership abilities that help empower mechanics and line team associates to higher performance levels and greater morale.

Additional responsibilities you will have,

• Ensure the safety of our people and our products always
• Attend and Support all line meetings as part of the Daily Direction Setting (DDS) process
• Work with Production Leaders and OpEx Leaders in the development and execution of Plan for the Day and loss elimination activities.
• Communicate metrics for maintenance and reliability activities.  Owns and drives improvement around planned and unplanned downtime, # breakdowns, MTBF & MTTR metrics for their lines.
• Owns Breakdown Elimination, Defect Handling, & Planning and Scheduling. Coaches teams through effective execution of these processes and builds capability and ownership of these systems down to the team level over time.
• Meet with each shift daily to review work completed and provide direction and follow up
• Maintain Maintenance schedules for owned lines and ensure adequate coverage in a consistent and equitable way that is consistent with the contract and state regulations
• Create daily assignments for mechanics on each shift the support planned maintenance and loss elimination initiatives.  Focuses on engaging mechanics in proactive work that will improve line predictability/stability.
• Provides resourcing and support to line owned autonomous maintenance activities
• Follow up on safety, quality and major losses with root cause analysis
• Support off shift critical work and emergency repairs where required
• Identify gaps and roadblocks to successful execution of line maintenance plans and develop plans to close gaps
• Monitor metrics, develop plans, and propose solutions for improvement
• Participate in the annual budgeting process, support cost goals, and identify productivity opportunities
• Support Planned Maintenance Pillar, System and Tools implementation
• Support Systems and Equipment Ownership capability development
• Lead and Support Early Equipment Management Activities, including possible startup leadership for projects within their area
• Will be a member and valued contributor to one of Danone’s Operational Excellence Pillars

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with five to ten years related experience and/or training preferred.
• Equivalent work experience and training will be considered in lieu of a degree.