Maintenance Superintendent - Central Shops

Arconic is currently in search of Maintenance Superintendent to join our Central Shops Department based in Davenport, IA .

At Arconic, we take pride in our work and our innovative products and technologies that advance sustainable solutions for a better world. We strive to create a safe, inclusive, and collaborative workplace with competitive benefits, development opportunities and a culture that values and rewards employees on all levels of the organization.

Job Summary:

The objective of the Maintenance Superintendent is to lead a broad range of services that support the plant wide maintenance and production organizations. The Maintenance Superintendent will be accountable to develop and lead the Central Shops that include the Machine Shop, Truck Repair Shop, and Roll Shops.

In this role, you will:

• Supervise an area of approximately 10 salaried resources including technicians, planners, and Team Leaders and will be responsible to drive team maturity through direct reports.
• Oversee supervision through the team leaders of approximately 100 hourly resources including mechanics, machinists, roll grinders, and truck repair mechanics, and apprentices.
• Support the plant’s craft training team in the development and execution of the apprenticeship programs within the central shops.

Also note:

• Machine Shop: You are accountable to provide the plant a machine repair and fabrication shop that supports unplanned and planned maintenance and engineering activities. You will establish annual metrics that drive continuous improvement within the shop to provide this service safely and cost effectively.
• Truck Repair Shop: You are accountable to manage the maintenance of the plant’s mobile equipment fleet. This will include continuous improvement in repair turnaround times, increase time in between failures, holding vendors accountable for equipment performance within warranty expectations, and driving cost reductions for the plant’s annual leasing and maintenance spend.
• Roll Shops: You are accountable to manage the maintenance of the plant’s active and spare rolls. This includes continuous improvement in turnaround time for a roll assembly by driving reduction in grind and chocking/de-chocking standards, improved inspections through technology and roll grinder training, and improved quality control through training program.
• EHS: You are accountable to manage the Central Maintenance and Engineering department environment and health and safety performance while relying heavily on the EHS Coordinator to develop and deploy the strategy that will achieve the annual EHS objectives. This will include leading the department’s strategy for long term improvements as well as tactical day to day management with the other department Managers and Superintendents.

You have:

• High school diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 3 years of department management, including direct supervision for salaried supervisors and responsibility for hourly craft employees with demonstrated performance leading the team to improve KPIs and achieve targeted results
• Minimum of 5 years of manufacturing industry experience with machine repair
• Minimum of 8 years of maintenance experience
• Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Exceptional Candidates also have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Manufacturing or Engineering
• 3 years of experience managing and controlling plant wide budgets with demonstrated performance in achieving cost reduction targets.
• 3 years of experience leading contractual negotiations with manufacturing Unions
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Strong logistics and planning initiatives
• Ability to lead a team and organizational change
• Excellent root cause problem solving skills
• Excellent project management skills