Refractory Application Supervisor

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Job Summary: The Refractory Application Supervisor oversees maintenance activities to ensure targets, safety, quality, and deadlines, with emphasis on innovation and collaboration. Key Highlights: 1. Supervise maintenance activities to ensure targets and safety 2. Customer focus, innovation, and a respectful work environment 3. Multidisciplinary, collaborative work with a results-oriented approach **Learn about this opportunity** The main challenge is to supervise maintenance-related activities to ensure compliance with targets, within established standards for safety, environment, quality, costs, and deadlines. If you focus on customers and innovation; make decisions openly and transparently; appreciate and foster a respectful work environment; work multidisciplinarily, collaboratively, pragmatically, and with a results orientation; and assume responsibility for delivery, learn more about our **Refractory Application Supervisor** position. **Important job information:** * Work location: Ipatinga \| MG * Working hours: Shift-based * Work modality: On-site * Contract type: Permanent **Responsibilities:** * Supervise maintenance activities within your area of responsibility, establishing execution priorities and delegating tasks to relevant suppliers according to needs and resource availability, in compliance with internal procedures and current safety regulations, aiming to ensure structural functionality and availability to meet company targets. * Develop the annual preventive maintenance plan and monitor/direct teams in its implementation through negotiations with planning and production departments, to ensure equipment availability as per established targets. * Supervise necessary maintenance on the unit’s refractory structures to ensure functionality and service life as planned. * Monitor manufacturing and/or repair of parts and/or equipment, as scheduled for fabrication, repair, and/or maintenance, seeking timely production aligned with established deadlines and durations. * Participate in audits within the area, following internal procedures, current safety regulations, and defined schedules, to maintain operational continuity and achievement of set targets. * Participate in shutdowns, overseeing interventions to ensure compliance with the defined shutdown schedule. Supervise raw material inventory to guarantee safety stock, ensuring uninterrupted operations. * Identify improvement opportunities and request feasibility studies for project implementation, aiming to enhance quality, reduce costs, and achieve defined targets. * Ensure all employees and/or third parties under your supervision understand and comply with company policies and procedures, and maintain up-to-date training for operational execution, per company procedures. * Evaluate employee and candidate performance, proposing allocation, development, and management actions to maximize competency utilization, retain high-potential talent, and appropriately compose work teams—aiming for sustainability, equitable treatment, employee satisfaction, and organizational results. **Required knowledge and skills:** * Technical education in Mechanical Engineering; Chemical Technology; Production Technology; or related fields; * Ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultural backgrounds; **Preferred qualifications:** * Industrial experience; * Intermediate-level Microsoft Office proficiency; Salary and benefits align with market trends for companies of our size and sector, including health insurance, bonus programs, and meal vouchers. Benefits also emphasize well-being and balance—such as extended maternity and paternity leave, emotional support services, Gympass, among others. **About the company** We are **RHI Magnesita**, the driving force behind the refractory industry. We master high temperatures so industries worldwide can build a modern and sustainable life. We are the global leader in high-quality refractory products, systems, and services—essential for industrial processes operating above 1,200°C (e.g., steel, cement, non-ferrous metals, and glass industries, among others). We employ 13,000 direct staff, operate 35 major production facilities, and maintain 70 commercial offices serving over 10,000 customers across 40 countries. **Our way of being** To deliver the best **performance to our customers**, we rely on a **qualified**, **engaged**, and **collaborative** team capable of implementing **innovative technologies**. That is why we deeply value people—striving to attract and retain top talent while encouraging a leadership style that fosters **openness**, **new ideas**, and **execution** of diverse initiatives. We believe acting **pragmatically**, **positively**, and **integratively** strengthens teams and delivers better outcomes. We are a company built by people. And people mean diversity: of ideas, gender, skin color, ethnicity, lived experiences, bodies, and minds. We are committed to offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of gender, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or any other characteristic. We want all our employees to feel welcomed and valued. Here, you can be yourself!