Plant Maintenance Supervisor

**Description**:** General Job Description**
- Maintenance Supervisor has full accountability to deliver business objectives and critical tasks as defined in Engineering and Maintenance area. Focus on equipment breakdown reduction, upkeep of plant facilities.
- Serves as the contact point to provide service support to all departments across the site, implementation of Corteva engineering standards and plant maintenance.

**Typical Responsibilities**
- Lead maintenance in cross functional areas like seed receiving, drying, shelling, and conditioning, bulk storage, warehouse, cold storage operations, quality testing lab and general operations for maintenance of all facilities on site - land, buildings, machinery, and equipment.
- Responsible for the operations of cold storage, generators, HT and electrical panel rooms and LPG area. Ensure clean and safe surroundings on site as part of general maintenance. Implementation of EHS&S standards and CAMS programs in work areas.
- Plan for preventive maintenance schedules and oversee its implementation across the facilities to improve the efficiency.
- Responsible for Site asset optimization/utilization with uptime improvement and contribution to improved OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness).
- Train the maintenance team members, who are from the area of their operation, to maintain all the facilities and equipment in the respective areas. Support the team members in execution of maintenance as and when necessary.
- Identify and maintain the required tools for engineering and maintenance works on site. Coordinate with procurement team for spare procurement and store all spare parts for maintenance of equipment.
- Schedule the calibration of measuring instruments/equipment and work as a calibration coordinator.
- Assist in Capex projects implementation.
- Work on special projects as assigned.
- Supervise and monitor in-house engineering & maintenance works (status, completion target, manpower allocation, material procurement and delivery of materials).
- Collaborate with all stake holders in completing the work orders/ requests approved for execution.
- Supervision and monitoring of external contractor in the scope of work, permitting, safety requirement compliance, equipment /tools safety checks, safety orientation meeting and audits. Ensure that all external contractors on site are compliant to statutory requirements.
- Develop the scope of works of engineering and maintenance works and technically evaluate the proposals of external contractors.
- Review the work contracts and act as contract administrator.
- Maintain the records of all relevant permits and regulatory compliance of the plant operations.
- Generate and submit periodic reports to Government Departments (i.e. Self
- Monitoring Reports, Waste Disposal, Emission Test Report, Readings and inspections, etc.)
- Develop training materials and conduct effective training to maintenance personnel and operators. Provide coaching and day to day direction to maintenance personnel.
- Provide periodic reports of engineering & maintenance activities/ output to Plant Manager and other stakeholders on a regular basis.
- Assist the Plant Manager in identifying improvements and Engineering and Maintenance requirement of the plant
- Identify and develop vendors for Plant Maintenance activities. Develop new vendors to ensure meet Corteva's EHS&S guidelines.

**Qualifications**:** Qualifications and Experience**
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical (Desired) / Mechanical Engineering; 11KV electrical installations operations supervisory license required.
- 3 to 5 years of experience in Engineering and Maintenance area, knowledge, and skills in a manufacturing / industrial environment (Process industry desired)
- Thorough knowledge on automation and process control is desirable.
- Ability to supervise and work with others as part of a team
- Skills in electrical and mechanical maintenance
- Experience and troubleshooting on PLC/ SCADA automation systems. PLC/ SCADA training certification is desirable.
- Experience in Forklift maintenance.
- Knowledge of vendors for critical spares is added advantage
- Ability to organize and supervise labor
- Knowledge of Statutory standards like Factories Department, CEIG, PCB requirements, etc.
- Understanding of Weights and Measurements Act and its relevance.
- Computer skills - data entry and database management skills. Proficient in MS-Excel, MS-Word and MS- PowerPoint.
- Record keeping skills
- Ability to work in fast paced environment
- Ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels of the organization
- Ability to climb and/or work in elevated areas, standing/sitting for extended periods
- Exposure to weather and environmental conditions (e.g., heat, dust, cold)
- Physically fit to work at night to oversee night shift activities

**Key Interactions or Relationships**
- Operations, Maintenance & Reliability: Ensures the needs of the plant are understood and effectively a