Description
Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) is a leading global provider of essential minerals focused on safely delivering where and when it matters to help solve nature's challenges for customers and communities. The company's salt products help keep roadways safe during winter weather and are used in numerous other consumer, industrial, chemical and agricultural applications. Its plant nutrition products help improve the quality and yield of crops while supporting sustainable agriculture. Compass Minerals operates 11 production and packaging facilities with more than 1,800 employees throughout the U.S., Canada and the U.K. Visit compassminerals.com for more information about the company and its products.
Essential Job Functions: Include but are not limited to the following:
(Management reserves the right to add or modify the duties and responsibilities at any time.)
Coordinates and manages the work order system.
Convert Work Requests to Work Orders, Create Work Orders and Complete/ Close work orders as needed.
Monitor the work orders and the back log - to insure all information is correct.
Assists supervision in ensuring that work is completed on schedule.
Create parts list, associated costs and ensures availability of parts for each project. Coinciding parts are available
in conjunction with project schedule.
Interfaces between operations and maintenance for scheduling purposes.
Assists purchasing as required to meet project requirements
Lists all permits required to complete scheduled jobs, follows up, and insures permits are in accordance to plan.
Manage the schedule of work for the supervisor
Develops plan considering, operational schedules, labor and material for maintenance, shutdowns and capital
projects and conducts related planning meetings
Develops and maintains weekly, shutdown, and long-range schedules
Maintains and utilizes back log effectively for planning
Develop a plan and makes preparations to execute work orders effectively
Assists in revising schedule for adjustment to operational needs.
Drives for improvement in safety, equipment condition, and completed work.
Insures that costs and hours are correctly scheduled for repetitive work, Preventative Maintenance, and Predictive
Maintenance.
Parts Materials Personnel Management
Writes accurate, clear and concise purchase requests and acquires parts for planned jobs. Creates large and/or
small project parts list and calculate related costs.
Identify parts and group in selected areas. Assists supervision to assure that proper number of personnel and
parts are at work location as per schedule
Monitors inventory of critical parts notifies warehouse of problem in a proactive manner. May acquire parts using
CMMS software as required.
Ensure parts availability coincides with work schedule
Assist in the expedition of critical parts and breakdown items.
Reviews stores issues and P.O. receipts for accuracy
Maintains equipment files and critical parts list in an orderly fashion.
Tags and returns unused or repairable parts to the warehouse. Insures proper accounts are credited with returns.
Long Range Planning
Provides information related to scope and justification for capital requests. Assists supervision in monitoring the
budget for the capital.
Helps develop plans for capital work.
Advises supervision of potential budget challenges for each area and ways to standardize critical parts.
Make recommendations related to project engineering.
Supervision
Assist supervision in the direction of day to day work performed by crew
Fill in as a temporary supervisor as required
Serves as back up in the absence of Maintenance Superintendent
Organization/Departmental Responsibility
Writes work procedures, equipment specifications, preventive predictive maintenance procedures and other
technical documents using computer and word processing function
Creates parts lists, cost estimates, cost summary and other tabulated information on large project using multi-craft
skill levels.
Develops, organizes and maintains departmental equipment files both hard copy and computerized, department
procedures, drawings, reference materials etc. for easy access and timely availability
Perform other related duties as required.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Education and/or Experience:
Electrical and/or Mechanical experience as a planner/supervisor with at least an Associate's degree in a related
discipline.
Operates with high degree of autonomy, demonstrates effective leadership and provides electrical and/or
mechanical planning for site.
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel
and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel,
crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up
to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.
Compass Minerals is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are 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. Learn more about equal employment opportunity laws at?dol.gov (https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ofccp/posters) . ?July 2025
Equal Opportunity Employer
This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.
