Maintenance Supervisor

Morton Salt is an iconic company with a strong heritage and a bright future. Since 1848, we have been improving lives and enhancing everyday moments – at home, at work and virtually everywhere in between.  We help unlock the flavors in food, make roads and sidewalks safer, improve the water in baths, pools, and homes, and keep businesses and industries running. We are a dedicated team who constantly strives to do better together, and we are passionate about building a sustainable future for our company, the communities in which we operate, and the world around us. By joining our team, you will contribute to producing and delivering every form of salt that enhances everyday life.

JOB SUMMARY

The Maintenance Supervisor provides hands-on, first-line leadership and technical direction to maintenance employees with minimal guidance to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and effectively. This role maintains a strong field presence while overseeing daily maintenance activities, supporting preventive and predictive maintenance, coordinating priorities with operations, and improving equipment reliability and uptime.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Safety & Compliance

• Maintain a safe work environment by enforcing company policies, safety procedures, and applicable MSHA, state, and federal requirements.
• Promote safe work practices through inspections, job observations, coaching, and identification of unsafe behaviors or conditions.
• Conducts accident investigations, audits, inspections, and provides insight to support continuous improvement.

Supervision & Leadership

• Provide supervision, direction, coaching, and technical guidance to hourly maintenance employees.
• Assign, prioritize, and follow up on daily maintenance work to ensure safe, timely, and quality completion.
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement and plant policies, including addressing personnel concerns and supporting grievance resolution as needed.
• Promote teamwork, communication, accountability, and alignment with company goals.
• Utilize skillset to develop team and improve overall capabilities.

Maintenance Execution & Work Coordination

• Coordinate daily and weekly maintenance activities to support equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency, and operational uptime.
• Partner with operations, planning, contractors, and storeroom teams to prioritize work, reduce production interruptions, and ensure required resources are available.
• Review, prioritize, and manage work orders, backlog, and maintenance schedules in the CMMS system.
• Support special assignments, outages, emergency repairs, and on-call needs as required.

Reliability & Continuous Improvement

• Executes preventive and predictive maintenance practices to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Review PMs, inspection forms, maintenance history, and field observations to identify improvement opportunities.
• Identify recurring equipment issues, support root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve uptime.
• Use work order, rework, craft utilization, and KPI data to improve maintenance performance.

Technical Expertise & Troubleshooting

• Provide technical support for troubleshooting mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, diesel, welding, rigging, plumbing, and control system issues.
• Read and interpret technical manuals, schematics, blueprints, and equipment documentation.
• Apply diagnostic tools and knowledge of sensors, PLC logic, and industrial control systems; Allen-Bradley experience is preferred.

Administrative & Documentation Responsibilities

• Maintain & update accurate work hours for team, work order documentation, equipment records, maintenance history, and related reports.
• Recommend cost-saving opportunities related to labor, training, parts, supplies, and maintenance processes.
• Manage applicable Management of Change requirements for maintenance work and equipment changes.

 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Required

• 5+ years of relevant maintenance and/or supervisory experience.
• Strong experience and knowledge of industrial maintenance practices, including hydraulics, welding, diesel repair, rigging, low voltage electrical systems and troubleshooting.
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals, schematics, blueprints, and equipment documentation.
• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work any shift, overtime, weekends, holidays, out