Supervisor II-Plant Maintenance

Build Your Future at NWPXAt NWPX Infrastructure, we manufacture welded steel pipe and precast products that form the backbone of America's water infrastructure. It's work you can be proud of-and an opportunity to advance your career with a company committed to your professional growth and well-being.Our brands-Northwest Pipe Company, NWPX Park, and NWPX Geneva-set the standard for safety, quality, innovation, and performance. Guided by our core values of Accountability, Commitment, and Teamwork, our people work collaboratively to deliver reliable products and trusted service to our customers-while building stable, rewarding careers along the way.For over 50 years, NWPX has been a leader in reliable water infrastructure solutions, and our people are the foundation of our success. Build your future with us and be part of a legacy grounded in water.WHAT NWPX OFFERS YOU:Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D InsurancePaid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Time401k Retirement Savings Plan with Employer MatchBonus PotentialUp to $5,000 per year Tuition ReimbursementSafety Footwear and Eyewear Voucher (Day 1 of Employment)Employee Assistance Program (EAP)Opportunities for Career AdvancementValues-Driven Culture Committed to Equal Opportunities and SafetySUMMARY OF JOB PURPOSE: Using judgment and discretion the Maintenance Supervisor creates, implements and monitors maintenance management policies and procedures including safety. In addition the supervisor monitors the facility's equipment in order to comply with specifications and quality required by law.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:Implement maintenance policy and operating procedures.Provide expert advice on equipment and maintenance matters to Plant and Operations Manager including any senior manager in Northwest Pipe Company.Plan, create and submit long-term maintenance budgets.Read schematics and provide expert advice to managers and subordinates.Review and negotiate capital improvements, which affects equipment and maintenance of the equipment and provide expert advice to Saginaw facility senior leaders including Northwest Pipe Company senior management.Monitor and ensure any type of facility modification is performed correctly by external and internal business partners.Provide and maintain a safe and clean work environment for employees including actively participating in the Safety program.Motivate employees to ensure employees are engaged while repairing or conducting any type of maintenance on equipment or facility which will instill pride and quality to the value chain.Provide training to all employees and provide expert advice on applicable training courses.Insure Lean philosophies and ideas are implemented on all type of maintenance and procurement.Comply with quality policy and ISO procedures.Ensure all procurements are conducted to ensure policies, procedures and laws are followed.Comply with SOX procedures.The Maintenance Supervisor must monitor and implement Northwest Pipe Company's policies.Perform reviews using Northwest Pipe performance management procedures.Create, implement and manage 5s projects.Conduct safety meetings.Ensure all tools safety equipment, including PPE are being utilized properly.Inspect all safety equipment and tools daily.Create plans for any maintenance or modifications to facility or equipment.Comply with all environmental, state and federal laws.Provide advice and make recommendations to any modification or installation of any equipment.Ensure all vehicles comply with all safety regulations.Research all materials need to repair equipment and ensure it meets specifications.Conduct accurate estimates on all projects related to the facility and equipment.Review all Requests for Bids related to the facility and equipment.Provide all Managers, Supervisors and Lead personnel information in regards to Estimated -Time -to -Return- to- Operation.Create updates and maintains maintenance management software program.Other duties may be assigned.SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES:Organize and assign priority to maintenance upgrades.Perform preventive maintenance as needed.Perform unscheduled maintenance as needed.Monitor and control maintenance budget.Provide Subject Matter expertise to the Company's Supervisors and ManagersTravel to other facilities to help on any facility or equipment issues.JOB SCOPE: The tasks mentioned above are performed daily and at various times with the exception of the secondary responsibilities which are performed as needed.SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: The Maintenance Supervisor will supervise and lead all maintenance personnel including any other regular full-time employee assigned to him on a temporary basis.INTERPERSONAL CONTACTS:This position may interact within all levels of the Northwest Pipe organization. Additionally, this position may have contact with business partners, customers, vendors, visitors and / or government agencies.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Hydraulics, pneumatics, mechanical, electrical skills are a must.The ability to read schematics and plans.Ability to ready, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.Ability to create and maintain a maintenance software program in a manufacturing environment. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:Experience managing a CMMS software required (preferably Fiix operating system).Bachelors Degree or Associates Degree or High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and five to eight years related experience and/or training: or equivalent combination of education and experience. 7-8 years experience in a manufacturing environment.8-10 years experience as a Maintenance technician.PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be meet by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Project timelines and work volume / deadlines may often require working outside of standard hours including shift work, weekends, or evening work.Regular, reliable and predictable attendance is necessary in order to perform the essential functions of this position. Physical ActivityOver 2/3 of the time:Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.Communicating: Expressing or exchanging ideas and information accurately, in written or diagram form.Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers such as moving a mouse and typing. Up to 2/3 of the time: Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces. (This factor is important if the amount and kind of balancing the amount and kind of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium,)Stooping: Positions self to access files or lift items off the floor.Kneeling/Crouching: Position self to file documents and open lower drawers as well as to lift boxes and other items.Standing /Sit: Remaining upright in a stationary position, particularly for sustained periods. Walking: Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularity for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Less than 1/3 of the time: Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.Crawling : Moving about to positon selfReaching: Grabbing things from a distance above or from the side. Pushing: Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward downward or outward.Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.Lifting: Raining objects from a lower to a higher position or move objects horizontally from position to position. Physical RequirementsSedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, or otherwise moving objects, including the human body.Visual AcuityThe worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.Vision Requirements:Up to 2/3 of time, the worker is required to have:The worker is required to have peripheral vision (ability to observe an area that can be seen up and down or to the left and right while eyes are fixed on a given point)The worker is required to have depth perception (three-dimensional vison, ability to judge distance and spatial relationships.)The worker is required to have the ability to adjust visual focus (ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus)Less than to 1/3 of the time the worker is subject to:The worker is required to have close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)The worker is required to have distance vision (clear vison at 20 feet or more ) The worker is required to have color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors)Weather ConditionsUp to 2/3 of the time:The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from weather.The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: activities occur inside and outside.The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures typically below 32 degrees for periods of more than one hour (Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.) The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees for periods of more than one hour.(Consideration should be given to the effect of other environmental conditions such as wind and humidity.)The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout order to be heard above the ambient noise level. The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles electrical current working on scaffolding and high places exposure to high heat or exposure to chemical.None: The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (as in typical office or administrative work)Less than 1/3 of the time: The worker is subject to vibration: Exposure to oscillating movements of the extremities or whole body.The worker is subject to oils: There is air and /or skin expose to oils and other cutting fluids.Noise LevelsUp to 2/3 of the time:Loud noise (examples: metal can be manufacturing department large earth-moving equipment)Very loud noise (example: jack hammer work, front row at rock concert)Less than 1/3 of the time: Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic)Supervision Received: General Direction: The incumbent exercises wide latitude in determining objective and approaches to critical assignments. Generally, the incumbent is in charge of an area of work, and typically formulates policy for this area but does not necessarily have final authority for approving policy.Personal Protective Equipment is required when in the Plant, Yard or Construction Areas: Hard HatSafety GlassesSteel-toed BootsHearing ProtectionReflective VestFull list of anticipated physical demands for this position and detail on our work environment are below. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Except where prohibited by state law, offers of employment may be contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, drug test, and/or physical examination, as determined by the essential functions and physical requirements of the position.NWPX Infrastructure is committed to equal employment opportunity. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.NWPX Infrastructure reserves the right to close the position, with or without notice, if a qualified candidate is identified prior to the close date.

Created: 2026-04-02