Job Description
Supervisor, Maintenance I

Mativ is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The Company offers a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that connect, protect, and purify our world. 

KEY PURPOSE OF ROLE

This position is for a hands-on supervisor of a Technical/ Maintenance Team that will hold full accountability for their teams’ results by ensuring that all goals and standards of excellence are met. This is an on site role based in Orangeburg NY that manufactures medical devices in a cleanroom, operating two shifts and reports to the Engineering Manager.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Primary:

  • Assists the team with troubleshooting and repairs as needed.
  • Ensure that equipment maintenance, repairs and calibration are completed on schedule.
  • Oversees the execution of EWI0032 Cylinder Maintenance and Inspection procedure to ensure tooling is maintained and availability is communicated to production & planning teams.
  • Set clear team goals.
  • Delegate tasks and set deadlines based on priorities in a dynamic production environment.
  • Ensure that adequate personnel are available, respond promptly and proactively to machine issues, and that repairs are completed in a timely, safe, and orderly fashion, to assure equipment safety, reliability, efficiency, and product quality.
  • Maintains records for the Technical Department
  • Maintains inventory of critical spare parts
  • Works with vendors to specify and purchase equipment, material, consumables, tools and parts. 
  • Analyze downtime data, create and implement plans to improve.
  • Ensure a clear transfer of information between shifts.
  • Interfaces with all departments to address and resolve challenges that will reduce downtime, improve safety, efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction (internal and external).

Secondary:

  • Create and plan team schedules according to business needs.
  • Develop the team to accommodate team members absence.
  • Train the team to be proficient in company policies, procedures, and systems.
  • Hire, coach, motivate, and if needed, discipline employees in collaboration with HR.
  • Measure team performance, prepare, and conduct performance reviews.
  • Approve timecards & PTO requests
  • Departmental organization and cleanliness.
  • Recommends tooling, equipment, training, process improvements, and outside service as needed to meet the current and future needs of the business.
  • Seeks out and completes all training required to support the development and progression of an effective Technical team.
  • Review, update, create & maintain documentation to ensure that best practices are captured and reproducible.
  • Lead and support all continuous improvement and downtime reduction activities.
  • Open and secure the facility as needed.
  • Projects, corrective actions, and other duties as assigned by Manager.

Examples of Equipment Brands on Site:

  • Custom rotary die converting lines, similar in function to Delta Mod Tech
  • Krauss-Maffei extruders
  • Automation Direct PLC’s
  • Adco and IWK cartoners
  • Videojet, Bell Mark, Zebra, & Datamax printers
  • Cognex ViDi
  • ABB Flexpicker robots
  • Mettler Toledo checkweighers
  • Baker Perkins and Jaygo mixers
  • Ingersoll Rand Compressors
  • ABB, Reliance and KB drives

Requirements:

  • 5+ years’ experience leading Maintenance/ Technical teams in a Federally regulated production environment.
  • Exceptional ability to quickly analyze, assess, and provide solutions to process problems on converting, packaging, and support equipment.
  • Ability to utilize resources effectively and in alignment with rapidly changing production needs.
  • Knowledge and understanding of electrical circuits and controls, and ability to perform electrical repairs.
  • Must be highly organized, motivated, and have a natural drive for results.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Working knowledge and experience in ISO 9001 & 13485, CE, FDA, and cGMP
  • Ability to read, write and speak English; bi-lingual Spanish a plus.
  • Proficiency in MS office suite, ERP/MRP systems, CMMS systems
  • Effective conflict resolution
  • Experience with PLC control systems.
  • Experience with automation
  • Experience in Rotary converting machinery a plus
  • Working knowledge and practical experience with hand and power tools.
  • Ability to be certified to operate industrial lifting and material handling equipment.
  • Flexibility to work different schedules as needed to support the team and business needs.

Work Environment / Physical Demands:

  • All work is conducted in a light industrial setting.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to visit the manufacturing and other areas and be near moving mechanical parts, electronics, and other light industrial equipment.
  • This role routinely uses standard office equipment; daily use of a computer and other computing and digital devices is required.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk, see, hear, and use hands to manipulate, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and to reach with hands and arms.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 60 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 75 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
  • Employee must occasionally push or pull material handling equipment such as pallet jacks and or material carts carrying loads in excess of 1,200 pounds.
  • When required, PPE is provided by employer: Toe protection, safety glasses, hearing protection, gloves & specialized lifting equipment.

WHAT WE OFFER

At Mativ, our benefits reflect how much we value and care for each other. We know that employees and their families have unique needs, so our comprehensive benefits offer flexibility, quality, and affordability. Here are just a few of the ways we support your well-being and that of your loved ones:

  • Medical, dental and vision insurance
  • Consumer-Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
  • Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
  • Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
  • Company-paid basic life insurance and Additional voluntary life coverage
  • Paid vacation and competitive personal time off
  • 401(k) savings plan with company match
  • Employee assistance programs – available 24/7 to you and your family
  • Wellness and Work Life Support - career development and educational assistance


ABOUT MATIV

Mativ Holdings, Inc. is a global leader in specialty materials headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. The company connects, protects, and purifies the world every day through a wide range of critical components and engineered solutions that solve our customers’ most complex challenges. We manufacture on three continents and generate sales in nearly 100 countries through our family of business-to-business and consumer product brands. The company’s two segments, Filtration & Advanced Materials and Sustainable & Adhesive Solutions, target premium applications across diversified and growing end-markets, from filtration to healthcare to sustainable packaging and more. Our broad portfolio of technologies combines polymers, fibers, and resins to optimize the performance of our customers’ products across multiple stages of the value chain. Our leading positions are a testament to our best-in-class global manufacturing, supply chain, and materials science capabilities. We drive innovation and enhance performance, finding potential in the impossible.

Mativ and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.