Maintenance Supervisor

Job Summary

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for leading a Reliability Centered team of Maintenance Technicians and all Maintenance related operations on a specified shift within the plant. This person may be asked to provide additional leadership coverage as required.

Job Responsibilities & Tasks

• Manage your environment and team’s safety
• Maintain compliance with safety protocols, including OSHA and safety requirements
• Maintain compliance with food safety and quality protocols
• Enforce Materne North America policies, standards and procedures, ensuring fair and consistent application and employee accountability
• Oversee Maintenance related Operations
• Communicate with management, co-workers, and direct reports to coordinate work activities and share information
• Deliver action plans developed from fact and data-based root cause analysis and enforce standards defined by workshop managers
• Enforce 5S principles, support Continuous Improvement initiatives, and implement Lean Manufacturing principles to ensure World Class Performance
• Manage performance
• Manage the work and performance of a team of Maintenance Technicians, ensuring that equipment and plant are always in operational condition
• Ensure completion of scheduled Preventative Maintenance tasks and corrective Work Orders
• Schedule Work Orders using CMMS
• Provide Corrective Action as necessary
• Prioritize repairs that occur during production
• Track Maintenance KPIs as assigned
• Oversee troubleshooting, Corrective Repairs and Preventative Maintenance
• Utilize Predictive Maintenance technologies to improve MTBF
• Manage and optimize use of spare parts for an assigned work area
• Oversee training and qualification of new and current Maintenance Technicians
• Develop employee competencies and provide detailed and fact-based feedback
• Perform quarterly evaluations of your team
• Cross-functional Projects
• Partner with the Production team on assigned shift to ensure organizational teamwork
• Work with the Production Supervisor to ensure plant operational needs are met
• Oversee other Maintenance teams in the absence of that team’s supervisor
• Provide additional support to Operations in the absence of partnered Production supervisor
• Partner with human resources in raising and resolving employee personnel issues
• Lead and/or participate in investigations, perform Root Cause Analysis and work with Plant Leadership to implement corrective action to eliminate conic issues
• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Identify, justify and propose improvements to machines and Maintenance processes which positively impacts safety, food safety, quality and operational efficiency

Position Requirements

• Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field preferred
• Combination of education and experience will be considered
• Experience
• 3+ years of experience in Maintenance within a manufacturing environment
• 1-3 years of experience as a Maintenance Supervisor preferred
• Food or pharmaceutical industry manufacturing experience is strongly preferred
• Skills
• Ability to understand technical processes and automated mechanical equipment
• Strong background in preventative Maintenance and repair of industrial manufacturing equipment
• Ability to demonstrate logic and reason to identify problems and offer solutions
• Demonstrated ability to meet operational goals while also fostering a positive work environment
• Demonstrated commitment to employee safety and food safety
• Strong interpersonal, communication, leadership, training and coaching skills
• Microsoft office proficiency
• PLC experience is highly desired
• Physical & Travel Requirements
• Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs. regularly
• Must be able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Must be able to work in normal office conditions and in the manufacturing plant
• Must be able to work a minimum of 12 hours per day and be on his/her feet for extended periods of time

Company Information

The company has headquarters in Chicago and New York City and operates 4 manufacturing plants in Little Chute, WI; Brookings, SD; Traverse City, MI; and Nampa, ID.