Maintenance Foreman Job Description
Maintenance Foreman Duties & Responsibilities
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Maintenance Foreman Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Maintenance Foreman
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: OSHA, HAZWOPER, MRAP-U, ASE, PAE, CLT, IV, III, NICET, CPR
Education for Maintenance Foreman
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Employers hiring for the maintenance foreman job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Education, Department of Education, Engineering, Management, Associates, Technical, Mechanical Engineering, Supervision, Electronics, Construction
Skills for Maintenance Foreman
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Desired experience for maintenance foreman includes:
Maintenance Foreman Examples
Maintenance Foreman Job Description
- Accept personal responsibility for the health and safety of every employee under or assigned to his/her supervision
- Provide hands-on assistance during operations activities and ensuring that safe work practices are followed
- Maintain a high standard of housekeeping in all work areas to provide a safe and healthy workplace for all employees and contractors
- Conduct and complete incident / accident investigations and take corrective action to prevent injury and / or re-occurrence
- Ensure that equipment isolations are performed in accordance to established procedures
- Ensure that security procedures are followed in order to minimize the opportunities for theft of equipment bearing material or company property
- Assists in the creation and implementation of policies and procedures that result in optimum effectiveness, productivity and operating cost
- Supervise/coordinate the development and updating of all maintenance strategies for mine maintenance production assets and facilities
- Report on standard maintenance measures that are directly related to the production fleets – namely
- Assists in capital evaluation of projects
- Assists in the production of Mine Maintenance monthly report
- Reviews and updates departmental procedures and policies, administers discipline, enforces company policy, and ensures compliance with state, federal, or other jurisdictional laws
- Implement training procedures in line with NGGL people development program
- Responds to emergencies that could cause injury to personnel or loss of operational efficiency
- Participate in interviews of prospective employees and conduct orientation for newly hired execution staff
- Development of the process operations SOP‟s, management plans and operating procedures, guidelines
Maintenance Foreman Job Description
- Initiate and monitor on time contract processes
- Monitor contract management and administration processes of awarded contracts
- Initiate, monitor, record and administer deviations from any contracted party
- Monitor, record and administer all delay, shortfalls, claims and variations submitted by any party on awarded contracts
- Establish within the Fluor standard framework, project standard contract formats pre-award and post award contract work process modifications as required for the project(s)
- Confirm that proper maintenance schedules are designed and implemented to ensure proper maintenance of company assets
- Coordinate the defined troubleshooting strategy devoted to continually reviewing testing various lubricants and other equipment service products to maximize fleet availability and longevity
- Design and implement meaningful preventive maintenance programs including scheduling equipment down-time to perform required servicing and extend life of the equipment
- Review and manage all staffing and skill levels to meet performance goals
- Participate in the preparation of the annual Mobile Equipment Maintenance Department budget and continually manage all costs vs
- A comprehensive knowledge of industry safe work standards and quality control is essential
- Minimum of 2 to 5 years experience as a tradesman or equipment operator in an industrial or commercial work environment is required
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in leadership, problem solving, customer service, interpersonal relations, time management, decision making, oral communication, and written communication
- Advanced training in one (1) or more trade disciplines
- Direct the coordination of work place inspections to identify conditions or practices that have safety concerns and the potential for equipment down time
- 10+ years of progressive experience in the mining industry
Maintenance Foreman Job Description
- Be responsive to emergency and/or unplanned high priority repairs, and communicate and coordinate responses and plans with both crusher and process production personnel
- Work closely with the Process Manager, Mill General Foreman and Process Technical Services Superintendent regarding production goals and the role the maintenance department plays in achieving those goals
- Assist in physical crusher, grinding circuit and process plant planning involving construction activities, including new equipment evaluation, timelines, and other areas to minimize disruption of production while maximizing efficiencies in the new systems
- Coordinate with maintenance supervisors the planning and delivery of training programs to enhance mill maintenance mechanic’s craft skills so they will keep current in industry changes and innovations
- Assist with the coordination of selecting of external contractors and vendors and aid in ensuring contract compliance and meeting established timelines for completion
- Supervises preventive and corrective maintenance crew tasks on projects, equipment and facilities in Antarctica
- Determines proper maintenance procedures, setting up bench stocks of supplies, and planning maintenance tasks, supervising and accomplishing maintenance tasks
- Conducts necessary tests of equipment to determine malfunctions or causes of breakdowns
- Take an active role in communications, undertaking job chats, team talks
- Maintain and track all shop-related records
- Proven experience in underground & surface mobile equipment
- Working knowledge of Microsoft WORD, PowerPoint and Excel computer programs
- Must have excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Strong personnel development skills
- Experience in supervision and process plant maintenance planning activities
- Process operations experience would be considered an asset
Maintenance Foreman Job Description
- Responsible for completing any required training
- Leads team in the day-to-day completion of their jobs
- Welder, forklift and electric hand tools, if applicable
- Yes – Yard Employees (Welder, Forklift Operators, Yard Workers and/or Leads)
- Coordinating dirt work operations with contractors and company field personnel to execute lease maintenance
- Managing multiple crews on multiple jobs
- Creating/preparing spreadsheet of pending jobs and reports on completed jobs
- Reviewing and approving invoices for materials & services
- Implementing safe practices and performance during all operations
- Must be able to work effectively with a variety of groups including surface owners, tenants, Concho personnel, and regulatory agencies to achieve desired result
- Knowledge of University rules and regulations
- Experience using heavy equipment including tractor trailers, dump trucks, front-end loaders, and backhoes
- Experience using an excavator preferred
- Must possess all required licenses and to have the knowledge to operate various heavy and specialized equipment
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel programs
- Minimum three of the eight years experience must be in a lead, supervisor or foreman role
Maintenance Foreman Job Description
- Significantly Improving the EHS Performance
- Ensure compliance to the rules governing the safe and efficient operation of the plant
- Assure internal and external customer needs are met
- Supervise foremen and panners
- Handle first step grievance procedures
- Coordinate training for salary supervisors
- Develop, administer and communicate department and company policies & procedures
- Match equipment to people
- Coordinate the work force
- Work with maintenance department in scheduling equipment for preventative maintenance
- The ability to read design drawings, specifications, and diagrams is required
- Minimum intermediate computer skills in spreadsheets, word processing, e-mail and database programs are required
- Must be able to quickly learn and utilize work order and timesheet computer software programs and assist staff
- Experience with Computer Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) is preferred
- Microsoft Word and Office experience preferred
- Experience with PLC/DDC, VFD, HMI, automated building systems is preferred