Maintenance Supervisor

Purple is a digitally-native vertical brand with a mission to help people feel and live better through innovative comfort solutions. To us, comfort means more than great products, it means empowering every employee to feel comfortable being themselves. We believe your career at Purple will be a one-of-a-kind “Career in Comfort” because our workforce is one-of-a-kind. We are committed to a culture of collaboration where every voice is heard and understood. As an innovation company at our core, we believe a diversity workforce brings better insights, solutions and products and serves as the backbone to bettering our company. Join with us as we add to our team of exceptional individuals who will help us take over the world — one mattress at a time.

Compensation

The compensation target range for this role is:

$80,800 - $95,000

Job Summary

This position directly supervises maintenance activities on the production lines, focusing on the safety and reliability of people and equipment through a collaborative team effort. This person will carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and procedures. Your responsibilities will include interviewing, coaching, training, assigning, and auditing work. You will also be expected to resolve issues using solutions that involve new techniques, technologies, or coaching. The Maintenance Supervisor is committed to safety and embraces change to drive continuous improvement in the organization.


This position is Wednesday-Saturday from 7:00am-5:30pm.

Job Description

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Maintain an effective lockout-tagout program to ensure employee safety during equipment maintenance and shutdowns.   

• Assists in the development, implementation, and support of plant safety practices that promotes an injury and accident-free workplace.  

• Assist the Maintenance Mechanics with difficult equipment failures, the root cause analysis of such failures, and in formulating the execution of solutions.  

• Manages and mentors direct reports and implements positive change in the workforce.  

• Supports the attainment of equipment data collection for accurate maintenance metrics.   

• Leads daily shift meetings to communicate metrics and goals.   

• Work with Maintenance Planners to prioritize and complete planned maintenance activities and job assignments.  

• Identifies skills/training needs for maintenance personnel and assists in the development and implementation of training programs.  

• Advises management of new developments which may impact schedule, and/or costs.  

• Enforces good housekeeping practices and maintains an organized work environment.  

• Interprets specifications, blueprints, and job orders to workers, and assigns duties.  

• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules.  

 

 

Required Skills, Education, Experience: 

• Three (3) plus years related experience supervising a maintenance crew, preferably in a manufacturing environment.  

• Five (5) plus years of maintenance experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.  

• Experience with preventative and predictive maintenance systems.  

• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, volume, and apply concepts of basic algebra.  

• Trained in the use of