Maintenance Supervisor – Instrumentation & Electrical

Koch Business Solutions, LP Seeking Maintenance Supervisor – Instrumentation & Electrical for immediate hire. Accepting applications from all groups. Based in Brandon, Manitoba, we synthesize and blend nitrogen, phosphate, and sulfur products with ammonia, which we market primarily in the prairie provinces of Canada and the northern United States. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, we employ approximately 270 dedicated team members. Our fundamental commitment to safety, health, and environmental stewardship drives all our processes.

We are seeking a MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, INSTRUMENTATION & ELECTRICAL in Brandon, MB

Koch Fertilizer Canada, ULC is looking for a motivated individual to join the Maintenance team and contribute to the organization’s value creation capabilities. This role offers a fast-paced working environment and opportunities for career development within our growing organization

What You Will Do In Your Role:

Develop a high performing team

• Foster and ensure a results focused team that is consistent with company vision and ethics.
• Empower your team to take initiative and focus towards betterment of the plant with a key opportunity of improving reliability.
• Act as a steward to support and promote all team members as they grow and learn
• Seek opportunities to educate and coach team members in initiatives, strategies and behaviors that exemplify good business practices
• Understand your teams’ capabilities and optimize workflows, team structure, schedules and training
• Provide open, honest feedback to team members as they strive for self-actualization and to be lifelong learners.

• Have humility while believing in people, and empower teams to drive improvements and share knowledge

• Seek opportunities that help grow the business by increasing asset availability
• Champion procedural changes that will lead to workflow efficiencies
• Prioritize safety, advocate and demonstrate that safety is paramount over quality and efficiency objectives.
• Develop and implement sustainable strategies that empower individuals to contribute to their potential

Become a partner with your customers

• Advocate team alignment, organizational integration, and open communication.
• Instigate team-based problem solving, sharing in successes and learnings
• Provide other KAES sites support with knowledge sharing and direct participation in projects and initiatives
• Provide support for Capital Projects, Turnarounds and Outage by participating in design reviews, execution strategies and coordination of trades
• Effectively coordinate work crews and schedules to achieve work expectations and customer satisfaction
• Administer personnel in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Company policies

Support Reliability

• Understand and implement strategies for defect elimination.
• Determine bad actors based on feedback, experience and data, and drive change to remove barriers, and wasteful maintenance.
• Create a culture of problem solvers and action takers to facilitate efficient and effective solutions by exemplifying and coaching a philosophy of mutual benefit
• Participate in RCFA with operations, reliability, and maintenance to enhance overall equipment effectiveness

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements:

• Valid class five (5) driver’s license
• Interprovincial Red Seal Electrical or Instrumentation Certification or related Engineering Degree

What Will Put You Ahead

• 3 years of maintenance supervisory experience, preferably in a unionized, industrial setting
• Experience in developing a high-performance team
• Ability to read and understand blueprints, P&Id’s, loop drawings, programming logic and automation controls
• Knowledge of Industrial Instrumentation and Electrical installations with understanding of maintenance best practices
• Understanding of industrial controls including PLC, DCS, and Scada Systems
• Understanding of UPS systems, components, and methods of operation
• Understanding of VFD systems, applications, programming, and fault diagnosis and troubleshooting
• Understanding of networking for Modbus (RS485), Ethernet TCP/IP, HART, Wireless communications
• Troubleshooting experience with complex instrument and electrical systems with a proven track record of success.
• Experience in operating maintenance CMMS systems

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation or assistance at any time during the application or selection processes, please submit a request by following the directions located in the FAQ section at the bottom of the kochcareers.com webpage.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Fertilizer delivers a full line of fertilizers designed to boost crop performance and help growers reach their yields. Our team also brings logistical expertise and a wide range of invaluable services, from delivered freight and logistics capabilities to online shipment tracking.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.