Maintenance Superintendent

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Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve natures challenges for customers and communities. The companys salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used innumerousother consumer industrialchemicaland agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Mineralsoperates11production and packaging facilities with more than 1800 employees throughout the the U.K. Visit more information about the company and its products.

We are seeking aMaintenance Superintendentto join our team inLyons KS. This role will provide strategic leadership and operational oversight for all maintenance activities supporting the Lyons evaporation and packaging plant. The role is responsible for the safety reliability and performance of plant equipment through effective maintenance execution preventive and predictive maintenance programs maintenance planning and scheduling and continuous improvement initiatives. This position partners with operations to maximize equipment efficiency productivity and overall performance.

Why Join Compass Minerals

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package including:

• Relocation assistance providedfor qualified candidates
• Benefits starting Day 1
• 11 paid holidays 1 floating holiday
• Competitive PTO Package
• 1 week sick time(subject to applicable state and local laws)
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Education Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Bonus opportunities for eligible positions

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the maintenance team to achieve department objectives related to safety reliability cost productivity and engagement.
• Champion a culture of safety and accountability by ensurincg compliance with safety environmental quality and operating standards policies and procedures.
• Establish drive and monitor performance against key maintenance metrics inlcuding planned vs. unplanned work work order backlog preventive and predictive maintenance compliance asset performance and mean time between failures.
• Direct reliability improvement initiatives through failure analysis root cause investigations and corrective actions to reduce downtime and improve equipment performance.
• Oversee effective maintenance planning scheduling and work execution to maximize labor efficiency and equipment availability.
• Partner with operations leadership to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) through maintenance execution asset performance optimization and continuous improvement.
• Manage maintenance spending through effective workforce utilization contractor oversight inventory control and optimal deployment of maintenance resources.
• Develop supervisors through coaching performance management succession planning and leadership development to support departmental and plant objectives.
• Partner with production teams to develop and sustain autonomous maintenance practices that enhance long-term asset reliability and operator ownership.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance maintenance effectiveness productivity and cost performance.
• Develop and manage the maintenance budget including labor materials contractors and capital improvement expenditures.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10 years of progressive maintenance experience in a manufacturing or other heavy industrial environment.
• Demonstrated experience maintaining industrial equipment such as conveyor & packaging systems pumps piping steam turbines and hydraulic systems.
• Working knowledge of industrial maintenance practices including welding equipment reliability preventive and predictive maintenance and maintenance planning.
• Experience leading supervisors skilled trades personnel and maintenance teams in a unionized environment.
• Experience utilizing computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) to support maintenance planning execution and performance measurement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Maintenance planning and food grade plant sanitation experience.
• Experience in a processing or manufacturing plant or a similar industrial environment.
• Journeyman-level certification or equivalent skilled trades qualification.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met 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.

• Ability to stoop kneel crouch or crawl occasionally.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds routinely and occasionally up to 50 pounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. The company is firmly committed to making all employment-related decisions without regard to race ancestry ethnicity color religious creed or belief national origin sex (including sexual orientation gender identity and pregnancy and breastfeeding) age military or veteran status status as a qualified individual with a disability genetic information and any other characteristic protected by law. To request reasonable accommodations emailor call . Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at.