Maintenance Supervisor

About the role

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for preventative maintenance, property, plant, and equipment at our new manufacturing facility in Belvidere, IL. This role ensures the infrastructure provides a safe workplace environment, delivering efficient services and high customer service levels. Success is measured by optimizing preventative maintenance, property, plant, equipment, environment, health, safety, and capital expenditure to drive growth efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Serve as senior machine operator of all equipment in the maintenance shop.
• Repair or replace in-process production equipment in response to requests.
• Perform welding and fabrication of machines, guarding, structures, and holding mechanisms.
• Develop machine design and recommend incorporation of new technology where feasible.
• Review and estimate design costs, including equipment, installation, labor, materials, and preparation.
• Collaborate with outside contractors for servicing and repair of maintenance shop machines on a scheduled PM program.
• Manage all consumables needed for maintenance shop use.
• Act as SAP Super User within the functional area as assigned.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of the team.
• Develop written programs and procedures for maintenance shop activities.
• Select, coach, and develop staff; set clear expectations to inspire and motivate the team.
• Manage performance, recognizing achievement, providing feedback, and administering progressive discipline when necessary.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2 years of maintenance experience in an operational environment.
• 2 years of experience leading teams, developing people, or organizing tasks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience using SAP or equivalent ERP system (Oracle, JD Edwards, Microsoft Dynamics) and Microsoft Office.
• Formal leadership or team development training.
• Experience in Lean or Demand Flow principles.

Skills

• Accountability: Drive for Results, Action Oriented, and Perseverance.
• Transparent Communication: Written Communications and Presentation Skills.
• Inspire, Motivate, and Recognize: Motivating Others, Negotiation, Building Effective Teams, and Managing Vision and Purpose.
• Conflict Management & Resolution: Conflict Management, Managerial Courage, Standing Alone, Confronting Direct Reports, and Command Skills.
• Giving Feedback: Developing Direct Reports, Delegation, Directing Others, and Informing.
• Change Management: Process Management, Managing Through Systems, Lean/Re-Engineering, Sizing Up People, Hiring and Staffing.
• Understanding of mechanical and electrical principles, machine functionality, drawings, and schematics.
• Relationship Building & Trust: Approachability, Interpersonal Savvy, Caring about Direct Reports, Compassion, Fairness to Direct Reports, Listening, and Ethics & Values.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk, hear, and use hands to manipulate objects or controls.
• Regularly required to stand and walk.
• Occasionally required to stoop, bend, or reach above the shoulders.
• Must occasionally lift up to 25–50 pounds.
• Frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision, and ability to adjust focus.