Industrial Technician Supervisor

Key Areas of Responsibilities:

Leadership & Team Coordination – 60%

• Responsible for supervising, training, and leading a team of maintenance technicians.
  • Ensure the group stays current with industry standards, best practices, and internal training.
• Responsible for conducting regular performance reviews and corrective actions when needed.
• Accountable for ensuring that the group’s timelines are met.
• Responsible for ensuring internal and external customer expectations are exceeded.
• Responsible for coordinating maintenance responsibilities and communication across multiple shifts.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and skill-development plans for technicians.
• Responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining technician training plans.
• Provide input and feedback to engineering to support new development and continuous improvement activities.
• Effectively communicates technician policies and procedures during internal and external audits.

Maintenance Planning & Line Support – 30%

• Responsible for developing and maintaining PM schedules to minimize production downtime using industry standard tools such as mean time to failure and planned vs. unplanned downtime ratios.
• Communicate and coordinate planned down time with engineering, operations, and production control.
• Identify high-risk equipment and minimize production impact.
• Analyze and recommend staffing based on production demand.
• Ensure the maintenance team is utilizing internal and external resources to support maintenance and line support activities.
• Accountable for ordering and organizing spare part inventory.
• Responsible for adjusting spare part inventory levels based on production demand.

Technical Support – 10%

• Accountable for monitoring and continuously reducing technician response time and repair time during line-down support.
• Responsible for providing technical guidance and support for manufacturing activities, including troubleshooting and resolving technical issues.
• Responsible for departmental collaboration to identify improvement areas and implement solutions to enhance the manufacturing processes.

Technical Skills: Proficiency with equipment and tools, extensive knowledge of robots, PLCs, hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems, press equipment, torque systems, and familiarity with safety protocols are preferred.

Education:   Associate’s degree or higher in engineering technology or a related field is preferred

Experience:  5+ years of experience in an automated industrial setting is required. 1-3 years of lead or supervisory experience is required.

Communication and Organizational Skills: 

• Strong communication skills are essential to interact directly with employees at every level of the organization Drive project direction, ensure deadlines are achieved, and deliver measurable results through effective collaboration.
• Collaborate with the Quality Manager and Engineering Managers to identify and execute cost-saving initiatives that maintain quality standards.

FEMA is an EOE. Interested candidates can send their resume to FEMA Corporation at 1716 Vanderbilt Ave, Portage, MI 49024, email to employment@fema-corp.com  or submit through our website