Cabot Corporation
Senior Maintenance Supervisor
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Cabot Corporation
NYSE: CBT
Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.
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About The Position
As the Senior Maintenance Supervisor, you will lead site maintenance activities to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of plant equipment. Managing a team of Mechanical, Electrical, and Instrumentation Technicians, you will drive maintenance excellence, improve asset reliability, and support continuous improvement initiatives. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, SHE, and Purchasing teams, you will play a key role in maintaining high safety standards, optimizing equipment performance, and delivering operational excellence across the site.
How You Will Make An Impact
- Support and promote the highest standards of Safety, Health, and Environmental performance across all maintenance and construction activities on site.
- Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Mechanical and Instrument/Electrical Technicians, ensuring the capability exists to support reliability, precision maintenance, and safe work execution.
- Manage maintenance resources effectively to support operational requirements, routine maintenance activities, unplanned breakdown recovery, and major shutdown or turnaround activity.
- Work collaboratively with the Maintenance Planner, Operations, and Engineering teams to plan, prioritize, execute, and close out maintenance activity through effective use of maintenance systems and work processes.
- Lead maintenance response during unplanned stoppages, supporting first-up information gathering, structured problem solving, and recovery activity.
- Drive improvements in Reliability and Overall Equipment Effectiveness through Root Cause Failure Analysis, FMEA, RCM, preventive and predictive maintenance optimization, condition monitoring, and continuous improvement activity.
- Support improvement of key reliability measures, including Mean Time Between Failure and Mean Time To Repair.
- Collaborate with Purchasing, SHE, and Engineering to select, qualify, and manage contractors for maintenance and construction activities, ensuring contractor performance meets safety, quality, and cost expectations.
- Support the Capital Plan and asset improvement projects to sustain and enhance the condition, reliability, and performance of the site.
- Work with Purchasing, Engineering, and Operations to optimize suppliers and support site Maintenance, Repair, and Operations requirements.
- Support the MRO Store Person to ensure inventory and critical spares are optimized to meet reliability and plant performance needs.
- Own and manage site inspection registers, including LOLER, scaffolding, ladders, and mobile equipment such as MEWP and Manitou equipment.
- Own and manage maintenance workshop facilities and equipment.
- Own and maintain maintenance department documentation, including SOPs, risk assessments, and COSHH assessments.
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What You Will Bring To Cabot
Competencies (Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors)
- Detailed practical knowledge of maintenance and reliability tools and systems, including FMEA, RCM, condition monitoring, and CMMS.
- Detailed practical knowledge of the inspection, overhaul, and repair of rotating and static equipment in a hazardous process industry or similar manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of welding, non-destructive testing, instrument and electrical testing, and calibration.
- Strong working knowledge of SHE regulations and requirements, including Pressure Systems, PUWER, LOLER, DSEAR, COSHH, Confined Space, risk assessment, and safe work permit processes.
- Knowledge of process safety systems, including Mechanical Integrity, Hazard Studies, Management of Change, and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews.
- Knowledge and ability in accident, near miss investigation, and reporting procedures.
- Knowledge and ability to assess, improve, and implement maintenance workflow practices.
- Ability to use ERP, CMMS, and Microsoft systems to support planning, execution, reporting, and continuous improvement activity.
- Visible safety leadership and commitment to maintaining a strong safety culture.
- Self-motivated, results-focused, and driven to deliver operational excellence.
- Able to manage multiple and sometimes conflicting priorities using sound judgment and logical decision making.
- Collaborative and empowering leadership style, with the ability to develop engaged and cohesive teams.
- Calm, structured, and decisive when responding to operational issues or crisis situations.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across Engineering, Operations, SHE, Purchasing, and external contractor teams.
- Proactive approach to problem solving, continuous improvement, and people development.
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Education/Experience
- HNC or above in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering.
- Significant experience in a maintenance and reliability role within a large process industry or manufacturing environment; chemical manufacturing experience preferred.
- Well-practiced in people leadership within a manufacturing, maintenance, or related engineering environment.
- Detailed practical knowledge of safe work permit systems, including electrical, working at height, hot work, line break, crane permits, excavation permits, and roof permits.
- IT literate with experience using ERP, CMMS, and Microsoft systems.
- NEBOSH General Certificate preferred.
- Project management experience preferred.
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.
- Experience supporting mechanical integrity, asset reliability, or maintenance improvement programs preferred.
How We Will Support Your Success
- Employer Contributory pension
- Annual performance bonus plan
- Private medical insurance scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee development programme
- 26 day annual holiday allocation
At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches, and conductive compounds.
Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.
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