Company Description
Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods. Our activities span the entire value chain from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines, we leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world. Structured as a matrix organization of six geographical regions and ten platforms, Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.
Job Description
The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the daily maintenance function for Canola operations to ensure the safe, efficient, and reliable functioning of all plant equipment and facilities. This role supports the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the maintenance systems and processes, including planning, scheduling, resource coordination, and performance monitoring. The Maintenance Supervisor works to optimize maintenance practices, reduce downtime, support cost-effective operations, and ensure compliance with company standards and safety requirements.
Duties and Responsibilities:
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Supervise, schedule, and prioritize daily maintenance activities to support production requirements.
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Lead troubleshooting, repair, and optimization of equipment, machinery, and facility systems.
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Ensure timely response to equipment breakdowns and support root cause analysis and corrective action.
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Verify completion and quality of maintenance work performed by staff and contractors.
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Develop, implement, and sustain preventive and predictive maintenance.
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Maintain accurate maintenance records in the computerized maintenance management system.
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Review equipment performance trends and recommend improvements.
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Oversee spare parts inventory to ensure availability of critical components while controlling costs.
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Manage purchasing requests for parts, materials, and contracted services.
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Ensure accurate receiving, storage, and issuing of parts and materials.
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Supervise, coach, and develop maintenance personnel, promoting technical proficiency and safety awareness.
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Ensure maintenance activities support quality, environmental, food safety (if applicable), and operational standards.
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Participate in facility audits, hazard assessments, and continuous improvement initiatives.
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Lead or support reliability, efficiency, and cost-reduction projects.
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Utilize maintenance data to identify opportunities for process and equipment improvements.
Qualifications
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Journeyman Tradesperson certification required.
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10 years of maintenance experience in manufacturing, industrial, or processing operations is required.
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4 years of leadership or supervisory experience is required.
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Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and/or automation systems.
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Excellent problem solving, leadership, and communication skills
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Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
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Demonstrated ability to provide and maintain a safe and effective working environment.
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Ability to work at heights, in confined spaces, and lift up to 50 lbs as required.
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Able to support operations and a team within continuous operations, which will result in variable hours of work which may commonly be more than 40 hours per week.
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Passionate about Agricultural industry.
Additional Information
What We Offer
We provide a dynamic and stimulating international environment, which will stretch and develop your abilities and channel your skills and expertise with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.
- Comprehensive benefits program including extended health care and dental coverage, employee and family assistance program, life insurance and disability coverage
- Retirement Savings Plan with Employer contributions and matching
- Paid vacation, paid sick time and paid statutory holidays
Diversity & Inclusion
LDC is driven by a set of shared values and high ethical standards, with diversity and inclusion being part of our DNA. LDC is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion.
LDC encourages diversity, supports local communities and environmental initiatives. We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.
Sustainability
Sustainable value is at the heart of our purpose as a company.
We are passionate about creating fair and sustainable value, both for our business and for other value chain stakeholders: our people, our business partners, the communities we touch and the environment around us
