Maintenance Supervisor

Genesis Alkali is the world’s largest natural soda ash mine and production site, offering a secure, reliable and diverse range of high-quality product choices. Alkali mines and processes trona ore and manufactures soda ash that is used in the production of glass, detergents, chemical manufacturing, pulp and paper production, and water treatment. It also produces sodium bicarbonate and other chemical compounds used in common industrial, agricultural, and household applications. Our main Alkali operations are in Green River, Wyoming, home of the world's largest trona ore deposit, with a corporate office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Genesis Alkali, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Energy, L.P., (NYSE: GEL). Genesis Energy is a growth-oriented master limited partnership headquartered in Houston, Texas.  Through four divisions: offshore pipeline transportation, sodium minerals and sulfur services, marine transportation and onshore facilities and transportation, we provide an integrated suite of services to refineries, oil producers, and industrial and commercial enterprises. For more information visit www.genesisenergy.com or alkali.genesisenergy.com.

Why Join Genesis Alkali? 

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience. 
• Medical, Dental, Life & Disability Insurance, Vision, Flexible Spending (Medical and Dependent Care) and Health Savings Accounts, and Pre-paid Legal, beginning first day of employment; company funds a portion of HSA. Retirement 
• 401(k) Savings and Investment Plan for Salaried employees, company makes Safe Harbor matching contributions (fully vested) of 100% up to the first 5% of eligible pay you contribute; additionally, Company makes discretionary contributions up to 5% of eligible pay in the first quarter of the following year (three-year vesting requirement).
•  Pension for Hourly Union employees 
• Opportunity to participate in a 401(k) savings plan. The company does not provide a matching contribution for pension eligible employees. 
• Tuition reimbursement programs are available to qualifying employees for approved programs.
• Subsidized transportation to our plant from Green River, Rock Springs, and the Bridger Valley.

Title: Maintenance Supervisor

Location: Green River, WY

Note: This position will serve in a relief capacity, but business needs will determine future assignments.

Key Responsibilities: 

•    Demonstrate Safety as the number one priority by addressing unsafe conditions promptly and proactively.
•    Drive and maintain compliance with the Hazard Recognition Process (HRP) and SORRY in their organization.
•    Ensure safe plant operation and product quality.
•    Foster crew participation and ownership of results.
•    Take accountability for team's performance and metrics through short interval measures.
•    Engage crew members to instill a sense of urgency and consistently manage performance.
•    Confront and manage conflict directly and effectively.
•    Understand individual team members’ strengths and needs and proactively seek coaching opportunities to develop the team.
•     Develop the team’s problem-solving capabilities and facilitate team problem-solving activities.
•    Ensure close communications and coordination of team activities with other site functions and departments. 
•    Create/foster a positive work environment.
•    Coordinate with production on all shifts to ensure the equipment is properly inspected and tested after repairs are completed.
•    Facilitate incident/accident investigations and ensure environmental compliance.
•    Manage workload, allocation of resources, and the use of overtime.  
•    Manage and drive to minimize emergency work.

Activities:

•    Eliminate barriers for employees to execute work safely and efficiently.
•    Ensure tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished to a high standard.
•    Compile and implement crew safety action plan.
•    Provide performance development for employees including feedback, cross training, mentorship, coaching, discipline/corrective action (attendance, behavior, etc.). 
•    Coordinate training and development activities for employees.
•    Responsible for ensuring employees follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and identify best practices and work to make them SOP’s. 
•    Responsible for facilitating effective communication with all applicable parties to ensure customer expectations are met. 
•    Communicate reasons for success when maintenance targets are achieved and provide solutions when there are performance deviations.
•    Coordinate with production regarding equipment availability.
•    Monitor equipment and develop preventative maintenance (PM) plans.
•    Oversee maintenance efficiency / costs while also identifying areas for cost savings or improvement projects. 
•    Manage through the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) including the vacation schedule and call out processes for overtime and absenteeism.
•    Monitors and maintains training files and records for the applicable area of responsibility. 
•    Leverage site resources to drive culture change, continuous improvement and site wide maintenance excellence.
•    Identify opportunities to improve processes and reduce costs while safely meeting production targets 
•    Foster open communication and engage team members to maximize performance
•    Report on performance objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) within maintenance.
•    Answer grievances and perform administrative tasks including but not limited to, timecards, overtime, vacation approvals, and occurrences. 
•    Participate in shift hand-off meetings.
•    Work maintenance weekend duty when applicable.
•    Provide relief for Maintenance Supervisors during times of absence both planned and unplanned.
•    If serving as a Relief Supervisor and no crew coverage is required, position may be asked to assist with:
o    Auditing Work Place Exam (WPE) logbooks and areas to ensure compliance to WPE standards
o    Participate and engage in safety meetings
o    Participate in Safety Job Observations audits
o    Audit PMs to ensure they are completed correctly and thoroughly across the organization 
o    Participate in outage planning meetings to drive compliance of the outage optimization process 
•    Partner with the Human Resources department on labor relations, including contract administration
•    Support ISO 9000 efforts.

Skills, Capabilities and Educational Requirements 

•    High School Diploma or equivalent (GED) from and accredited educational institution and 3 years of plant maintenance and/or production experience OR 
•    B.S. in Engineering or related scientific field from an accredited four-year college or university and one year of plant maintenance and/or production experience. 
•    Previous supervisory experience strongly preferred. 
•    Demonstrated capability with M.S. Office including Word, Excel, Teams, and Outlook.
•    Demonstrated leadership skills.

This position falls under the Department of Transportation (DOT) testing program.

Final determination on pay will be made by Human Resources and company leadership considering the candidate’s education, experience, past performance, demonstrated leadership, and influence.

Genesis Energy is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employee's and applicant's disabilities or religious beliefs and practices. Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to apply through this site because of a disability. Contact Genesis Human Resources to discuss reasonable accommodations by sending an email to hr@genlp.com.