Mainteneance Superintendent

The Mainteneance Superintendent at Clariant in Louisville, Kentucky leads the South Plant maintenance team to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient execution of preventive, reactive, and minor project maintenance. This on-site role reports to the South Plant Maintenance Manager and directs a unionized team of about 11 maintenance technicians with electrical and mechanical disciplines. The position focuses on equipment uptime and mechanical availability, maintenance budget performance, schedule adherence, and supporting the site’s safety and environmental objectives. Typical hours are on-site from 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with availability to respond to maintenance needs outside normal hours when necessary. If you are a hands-on maintenance leader with a strong mechanical aptitude, sound judgment, and a commitment to safety and operational excellence, you are invited to apply.

• Lead, supervise, and develop a team of maintenance technicians to safely and efficiently complete preventive, reactive, shutdown, and minor project maintenance work.

• Assign and prioritize work orders based on operational needs and established schedules, balancing equipment reliability, cost, resources, and schedule adherence.

• Review maintenance work requests, perform field walk-downs, coordinate material needs and contractors, audit work methods, and provide technical guidance and training to employees.

• Monitor technician workloads, optimize available labor hours, minimize overtime, approve timecards, and maintain required maintenance reports and records.

• Monitor controllable maintenance costs and support adherence to the site’s maintenance budget while effectively allocating internal and external resources.

• Drive maintenance effectiveness and efficiency through continuous improvement, implement identified opportunities, and coordinate with Production to minimize delays related to permits and equipment availability.

• Champion safe work practices and ensure compliance with Clariant ESHA requirements, site safety and environmental standards, Management of Change processes, and applicable regulatory requirements, aiming for zero recordable injuries.

• Provide hands-on maintenance support, planning and scheduling assistance, and leadership coverage during complex maintenance situations, shutdowns, projects, vacations, absences, and after-hours events.

• High School Diploma or GED required; post-secondary trade school or technical college education strongly preferred.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial maintenance or related areas, including experience leading or managing maintenance employees; experience supervising in a union/collective bargaining environment strongly preferred.

• Strong mechanical aptitude with broad maintenance knowledge and hands-on ability to support troubleshooting and complex maintenance when needed.

• Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS); SAP Plant Maintenance (SAP PM) experience preferred. Experience with Kronos, Microsoft Office, project management, and continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean Six Sigma or 5S is also preferred.

• Results-oriented and decisive leader with strong communication, problem-solving, relationship-building, and organizational skills; ability to manage competing priorities in a production environment and provide support outside of normal hours when required.