Maintenance Supervisor

About the role

The primary purpose of this position is to lead and develop the maintenance team while ensuring safe, reliable, cost-effective operation of manufacturing assets through disciplined maintenance execution, technical problem solving, equipment reliability improvement, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Champion a strong safety-first culture.
• Ensure maintenance activities are performed in accordance with company safety requirements, established technical standards, procedures, and control plans.
• Reinforce safe work practices and ensure employees follow applicable lockout/tagout, electrical safety, machine safety, and other required procedures.
• Conduct workplace inspections, maintenance self-audits, and other compliance activities.
• Ensure identified maintenance deficiencies and corrective actions are addressed in a timely manner.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records and documentation required for internal and external compliance.
• Provide daily leadership, direction, coaching, and support to maintenance technicians and other assigned employees.
• Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, attendance, teamwork, and performance.
• Assign and prioritize maintenance work based on production requirements, equipment criticality, safety, and business needs.
• Develop the technical capabilities of maintenance employees through coaching, cross-training, structured technical training, and knowledge sharing.
• Conduct performance discussions and provide timely feedback to employees.
• Promote accountability, teamwork, mutual respect, and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Ensure appropriate maintenance coverage to support manufacturing operations.
• Lead the execution of preventive, predictive, planned, and corrective maintenance activities.
• Ensure production assets, utilities, facilities, and supporting infrastructure are maintained to achieve reliable performance and minimize unplanned downtime.
• Monitor maintenance performance and take corrective action when performance deviates from established standards.
• Coordinate troubleshooting and response to equipment breakdowns and recurring equipment issues.
• Ensure maintenance work is properly planned, documented, completed, and closed in the site's maintenance management system.
• Partner with production to coordinate planned downtime and maintenance activities while minimizing disruption to operations.
• Monitor and improve key maintenance and reliability measures, including Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), maintenance cost, and equipment downtime.
• Lead or facilitate root cause analysis for significant or recurring equipment failures and ensure corrective actions are implemented and sustained.
• Identify opportunities to improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Support implementation and validation of new maintenance technologies, tools, equipment, and systems.
• Partner with Engineering, Production, and Technical Services on equipment modifications, capital projects, and reliability improvements.
• Use maintenance data and equipment history to identify trends and prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Review daily and weekly maintenance priorities and allocate available resources accordingly.
• Ensure timely and accurate entry of maintenance activities and performance data into applicable maintenance and reporting systems.
• Monitor spare parts, contractor support, and other maintenance resources to support equipment availability.
• Assist in controlling maintenance expenses and identifying opportunities to reduce