Maintenance Supervisor

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands, Reckitt’s purpose is to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. Our supply chain is the backbone of the business, delivering trusted products globally through talented teams in planning, procurement, manufacturing, and logistics.

About The Role

Mead Johnson Nutrition, a Reckitt company and global leader in infant and pediatric nutrition, is seeking a highly motivated and hands-on First Shift Maintenance Supervisor to lead the maintenance team at the Wanamingo manufacturing facility. This role provides front-line leadership to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operation of manufacturing equipment and utility systems. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, technical expertise, effective communication, and a passion for developing people while driving continuous improvement across the maintenance organization.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and oversee daily maintenance activities to support production goals.
• Monitor equipment performance and respond quickly to equipment failures.
• Prioritize maintenance work based on business impact, safety, and equipment criticality.
• Maintain awareness of:
  • Production schedules
  • Equipment reliability
  • Downtime events
  • Maintenance priorities
  • Staffing needs
  • Contractor activities
  • Active projects
  • Safety and quality concerns
• Manage maintenance work orders within the site’s Computerized Maintenance Management System (SAP CMMS):
  • Ensure work orders are accurately created, assigned, executed, documented, and closed.
  • Review maintenance backlog daily and prioritize work accordingly.
  • Verify accurate documentation of labor hours, repair findings, and parts usage.
• Drive execution and quality of preventive maintenance programs:
  • Ensure PM compliance meets or exceeds established performance targets.
  • Review daily PM schedules and verify completion.
  • Identify recurring equipment failures and recommend reliability improvements.
  • Support predictive maintenance initiatives and continuous improvement projects.
• Provide operational oversight for critical utility systems including HVAC, water, utility infrastructure, and process support systems:
  • Monitor system performance and respond to alarms.
  • Coordinate preventive maintenance.
  • Escalate utility issues to minimize operational risk.
  • Support regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Enforce Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures, conduct safety observations, promote safe work practices, investigate incidents and near misses, and correct unsafe conditions and behaviors to build a strong safety culture.
• Participate in root cause investigations and support Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) implementation:
  • Ensure corrective actions are completed accurately and on schedule.
  • Drive sustainable reliability improvements through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Partner closely with Maintenance Planner, Parts Coordinator, Reliability Team, Production Leadership, Engineering, Quality, Warehouse, and Safety to collaborate on:
  • Planned shutdowns
  • Major repairs
  • Equipment rebuilds
  • Capital projects
  • Preventive maintenance planning
  • Resource allocation
• Work collaboratively with the Parts Coordinator to:
  • Ensure critical spare parts availability.
  • Verify materials before scheduled maintenance.
  • Review inventory levels and identify long lead-time items.
  • Reduce emergency purchases through proactive planning.
• Develop a highly skilled maintenance workforce by:
  • Coaching and mentoring technicians.
  • Identifying training opportunities.
  • Supporting cross-training initiatives.
  • Verifying technical competencies.
  • Improving troubleshooting capabilities.
  • Building future maintenance leaders.
• Provide professional end-of-shift communication including:
  • Equipment downtime summary
  • Major repairs completed
  • PM completion status
  • Open maintenance issues
  • Utility system updates
  • Safety observations
  • Project status
  • Staffing concerns
  • Priority items for the next shift

  Communication should be timely, accurate, concise, and solution-oriented.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in industrial maintenance, Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering Technology, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automation systems.
• Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Experience using CMMS systems (SAP preferred).
• Knowledge of food, pharmaceutical, or regulated manufacturing environments is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in infant nutrition, food, pharmaceutical, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing.
• Experience leading reliability improvement initiatives.
• Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement experience.
• Knowledge of GMP, FDA, OSHA, and food safety requirements.
• Experience with reliability-centered maintenance principles.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401(k) up to 6% company match
• Annual Profit Sharing
• Manufacturing Excellence Bonus
• 4 weeks’ vacation
• 12 fixed holidays + 3 floating holidays
• 2 Paid Volunteer Days
• Life insurance
• HSA / FSA
• Employee assistance program
• After 1 year of service:
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Maternity / Paternity leave

Pay

US salary ranges USD $77,000 - $96,000 annually. In addition to the base salary, the position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, which is subject to change each year.