Maintenance Supervisor

at  Drax Group

Leadership & Management

• Champions the Drax Safety Program; providing leadership by encouraging and demonstrating a safe and healthy work environment, aligned with company policies and procedures.
• Conducts and leads root cause analysis for equipment breakdowns and plant systems as required.
• Leads shut down planning for plant repairs and provides a detailed post-analysis.
• Demonstrates strong communication skills across the plant and with Drax colleagues (reliability, technical, process, and automation teams) to achieve maintenance objectives
• Prepares and provides annual maintenance budget information for the plant; monitoring expenditures and identifying variances
• Performance Management & Supervision
• Coaches’ employees, gives feedback, builds relationships, troubleshoots challenges, and evaluates performance
• Collaborates with the maintenance team, planning for both short term and long-range projects.
• Ensures employees and contractors receive Drax orientation, onboarding, and training, through the lens of safety and our core value
• Organize work schedules of employees, review vacation requests, and ensure appropriate coverage is provided for assigned work tasks of the maintenance team
• Partner with the site leadership team and HR to ensure that recruitment, training, development, performance standards, are managed at a tangible level to drive improved performance

Maintenance & Operations

• Audits lockouts, hot work permits, and project completion for employees and contractors on site in line with safety requirements
• Ensure Drax’s mechanical and operational assets are maintained in safe operating condition
• Maintains inventory levels, critical spares, consumables and performs monthly inventory counts
• Ensure all maintenance work is tracked and followed through the work order system, including all contractor work
• Implements production, productivity, quality, and service standards. Drives accountabilities and resolves issues
• Drives continuous improvements and collaborates with leadership to strengthen plant operations.