20th August, 2026
Maintenance Supervisor #1062853
Job Description:
The energy at our company is contagious. We're driven by our immense passion, as we constantly seek out challenges and identify new opportunities. We work hard to connect with our customers and earn their loyalty for life. Bring your talent to our company - our opportunities for growth span the globe. We will give you the training and opportunities to unleash your ambition.
- Lead a team of skilled trades to safely maintain casting and machining equipment while meeting daily production, quality, and uptime targets.
- Own the Workplace Safety System for the area: ensure high-risk tasks are controlled, employee safety concerns (ESCs) are reported, closed on time, and feedback is provided to employees.
- Sustain Workplace Organization (WPO) standards and 5S: complete and review WPO audits, correct out-of-standard conditions, and drive a clean, organized maintenance work environment.
- Own Level 4/5 Business Plan Deployment (BPD) boards for the maintenance group: keep SPQRCE metrics current, write and follow up on countermeasures for red metrics, and lead regular board reviews with TLs and support staff.
- Lead problem solving using PPS and tools; use Andon/MTB/Maximo data to identify chronic issues, drive root-cause analysis, and verify effectiveness of implemented countermeasures.
- Plan and prioritize preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance using Maximo; coordinate opportunistic downtime with production to execute planned work and minimize unplanned stops.
- Ensure technical standardized work is in place and followed (GL STS, TIS/JES, PMP, TPM tasks); keep daily/weekly/monthly/yearly GL tasks up to date and audited.
- Verify training and qualification of trades and TLs through JIT and versatility/flex charts; perform monthly JIT checks and close training gaps.
- Protect product quality by ensuring proper handling of non-conforming material, adherence to PQS, support of error-proofing verification, and escalation of quality issues from maintenance activities.
- Manage spare parts and indirect materials processes (cribs, POU cabinets, min/max and FIFO) to support high equipment reliability at lowest total cost.
- Conduct performance evaluations, coaching, and recognition for team members; address low performance, support development plans, and reinforce Purpose & Values and the Bedford mission "Together We Cast Our Future."
- Effectively use systems (Maximo, Kronos, Cognos, Intelex, Teamcenter, SharePoint) and plant procedures (Go & See, incident investigation, Supervisor Handbook) to manage work, time, safety, and reporting.
- All of these duties are part of daily routine but are not limited to this.
Education: High School Diploma required
Years of experience: at least 5 years of experience required
- Industrial or manufacturing environment - experience working in this environment
- Mechanical Altitude or background
- At least 5 years of leadership experience
- Soft skills - not afraid of confrontation, capable of managing people, safety is very important (aware and have a good knowledge of safety)
Top 3 must have hard skills: - Industrial or manufacturing environment experience
- Mechanical Altitude background/experience
- ***IMPORTANT*** Someone that has some discipline and consistency - showing up to work on time and be ready to work, this is a current struggle in their department so need to make sure this is not an issue, this person needs to be reliable and dependable
Additional Info: At FastTek Global,
Our Purpose is
Our People and
Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are
helping people find their success stories. Also,
Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.
We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for
24 years!
FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is
100% consultant and
client focused.
We've differentiated ourselves by being
fast, flexible, creative and
honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.
Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our
flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:
- Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
- Vision
- Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
- Long Term Disability (100% paid)
- Life Insurance (100% paid)
- 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.
FastTek Global was named one of the
Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023! To view all of our open positions go to: https://www.fasttek.com/fastswitch/findwork
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AI & Hiring Disclosure We use AI tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications and identifying potential matches. These tools are designed to promote efficiency, consistency, and fairness, and they are always used under human oversight.
All personal data collected is used solely for recruitment purposes, and you have the right to know, access, or request deletion of your data at any time, subject to legal limits.
If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked for your consent, with the option to opt out.
Our tools are regularly reviewed to detect potential bias and to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and our commitment to inclusive hiring.
To learn more or exercise your rights, please contact us at info@fasttek.com.
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