Maintenance Supervisor - Instrumentation & Electrical

Based in Brandon, Manitoba, we synthesize and blend nitrogen, phosphate, and sulfur products with ammonia, which we market primarily in the prairie provinces of Canada and the northern United States.

Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days per year, we employ approximately 270 dedicated team members.

Our fundamental commitment to safety, health, and environmental stewardship drives all our processes.

We are seeking a MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, INSTRUMENTATION & ELECTRICAL in Brandon, MB

Koch Fertilizer Canada, ULC is looking for a motivated individual to join the Maintenance team and contribute to the organization's value creation capabilities.

This role offers a fast-paced working environment and opportunities for career development within our growing organization

What You Will Do In Your Role:

Develop a high performing team


* Foster and ensure a results focused team that is consistent with company vision and ethics.


* Empower your team to take initiative and focus towards betterment of the plant with a key opportunity of improving reliability.


* Act as a steward to support and promote all team members as they grow and learn


* Seek opportunities to educate and coach team members in initiatives, strategies and behaviors that exemplify good business practices


* Understand your teams' capabilities and optimize workflows, team structure, schedules and training


* Provide open, honest feedback to team members as they strive for self-actualization and to be lifelong learners.



* Have humility while believing in people, and empower teams to drive improvements and share knowledge



* Seek opportunities that help grow the business by increasing asset availability


* Champion procedural changes that will lead to workflow efficiencies


* Prioritize safety, advocate and demonstrate that safety is paramount over quality and efficiency objectives.


* Develop and implement sustainable strategies that empower individuals to contribute to their potential

Become a partner with your customers


* Advocate team alignment, organizational integration, and open communication.


* Instigate team-based problem solving, sharing in successes and learnings


* Provide other KAES sites support with knowledge sharing and direct participation in projects and initiatives


* Provide support for Capital Projects, Turnarounds and Outage by participating in design reviews, execution strategies and coordination of trades


* Effectively coordinate work crews and schedules to achieve work expectations and customer satisfaction


* Administer personnel in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement and Company policies

Support Reliability


* Understand and implement strategies for defect elimination.


* Determine bad actors based on feedback, experience and data, and drive change to remove barriers, and wasteful maintenance.


* Create a culture of problem solvers and action takers to facilitate ...