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Senior Maintenance Supervisor

Generac
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 May 2026

About the role

We believe power is a promise - a shared commitment to be there for others when it matters most.


For more than 65 years, we've turned big ideas into solutions that help protect homes, strengthen businesses and build a more resilient, efficient, sustainable energy future.


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The Sr. Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for preventative maintenance, property, plant, and equipment.  This role ensures the infrastructure provides a safe workplace environment, delivering efficient services, and high customer service levels. Success in this role is defined by optimizing preventative maintenance, property, plant, equipment, environment, health, safety, and capital expenditure. This will be measured by the ability to optimize growth efficiencies – synergies, scale and scope, with a CI methodology.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Supervise and coordinate activities of team.

  • Develop written programs/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.

  • Assist in strategy development and deployment in maintenance area to support corporate objectives and KPIs

  • Repair or replace in-process production equipment, in response to requests.

  • Welding and fabrication of machines, guarding, structures and holding mechanisms.

  • Develop machine design.

  • Recommend incorporation of new technology for company application where feasible and practical.

  • Develop, Review and estimate design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation, and other related costs.

  • Collaborate with outside contractors for servicing/repair of all maintenance shop machines that are on a scheduled PM program.

  • Manage all consumables needed for maintenance shop use.

  • Act as SAP Super User within functional area as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s  degree or equivalent combination of education and/or experience

  • A minimum of 10 years of maintenance experience in an operational environment

  • A minimum of 4 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.

  • Continuous improvement focus in previous experience

  • Project management experience

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

  • Relationship Building and Earning Trust – Consistently follows through on team commitments, communicates, and demonstrates accountability.  Builds trust and sets the example for the team by being inclusive and fair.

  • Accountability – Remains outcome focused, holding the team accountable while removing barriers to success.   Plays to win by defining team objectives/scope and clear milestones. Keeps leadership apprised of progress and brings options/solutions for issues when elevated.

  • Ask, Listen, and Follow Up – Actively listens, questions to help others understand, shows care/concern, and closes loop.  Drives action and alignment using coaching techniques, reinforces team's progress/development.

  • Inspire, Motivate and Recognize – Teaches others new tasks and is self- aware of strengths/developmental opportunities. Celebrates individual successes.

  • Conflict Management and Resolution – Influences employees to collaborate and achieve goals as a group. Asks questions, remains unbiased and encourages unconventional suggestions. Diffuses conflict as it arises rather than avoiding it and focuses on solving the problem.

  • Identify, Engage and Retain – Creates an open and honest work environment, providing others an opportunity to develop and grow.

  • Change Agent – Consistently optimistic about the ability to change in order to improve a product/service. Uses the voice of customer (VOC) to validate ideas.  Works well autonomously and in a team, leads change by promoting the value of transformation.

  • Demonstrated skills to understand mechanical and electrical principles, machine functionality, drawings and schematics.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regul

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