Maintenance Supervisor

Description

Position Description:

The Maintenance Supervisor oversees the daily activities of the maintenance team in a fast-paced food manufacturing environment. This role ensures equipment reliability, coordinates preventative and corrective maintenance, supports production needs, and fosters a culture of safety and continuous improvement. The supervisor acts as a hands-on leader, balancing people management with technical troubleshooting to minimize downtime and maintain compliance with food safety and regulatory standards.

Primary Responsibilities:

Maintenance:

• Direct daily supervision of maintenance staff including assigning tasks and managing department projects.
• Train, mentor, and coach team members to improve technical skills and adherence to company standards.
• Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with OSHA, food safety, and company policies.
• Conduct shift hand-offs and ensure proper communication across maintenance and production teams.
• Oversee the completion of PM’s, work orders and corrective action requests.
• Audit and review PM’s performed by maintenance staff to ensure that equipment is safeguarded from breakdowns.
• Manage work orders, including communicating status to internal customers.
• Participates in the development and implementation of maintenance strategies to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Assists in the training of new technicians and provides ongoing coaching to enhance skill levels within the team.
• Contributes to safety initiatives and ensures maintenance activities adhere to all safety regulations and guidelines.

Production Support:

• Partner with production leaders to align maintenance schedules with production requirements.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns to minimize disruption to manufacturing schedules.
• Assist with line changeovers, setups, and equipment adjustments.
• Continuing to build on the customer mentality to ensure requests are answered and completed in a timely manner.

Compliance & Documentation:

• Ensure maintenance practices align with food safety (GMPs, HACCP, SQF/BRC) and regulatory requirements.
• Contribute to audits by maintaining proper maintenance documentation and records.
• Participate in root cause analysis for equipment failures and corrective action implementation.
• Directly participate in the creation of maintenance systems and SOP’s including SCADA, EMMS, purchase order and receiving systems, MRO inventory management and electronic issuance/reordering.

Other Duties:

• Provide coverage for shop floor breakdowns as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by senior management.

Provision to Cover:

Maintenance Manager

Requirements

Skills & Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Associate degree in a technical field preferred; or equivalent combination of technical training and 5+ years industrial maintenance experience (food manufacturing strongly preferred).
• Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a maintenance team in a manufacturing setting.
• Technical Skills: Strong knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems; hands-on troubleshooting and repair expertise.
• Systems: Familiarity with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS); ability to track and manage work orders and PM schedules.
• Food Safety: Understanding of GMPs, HACCP, and regulatory standards in food manufacturing.
• Communication: Clear verbal and written communication; ability to collaborate with production, quality, and safety teams.
• Problem-Solving: Analytical mindset with the ability to perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Preferred: Experience with PLCs, VFDs, and automated packaging equipment.

Physical & Environmental Demands:

Based on an 8 hour workday: Never= 0 hours, Rarely= 0-2 hours, Occasionally= 2-4 hours, Frequently= 4-6 hours, Continuously= 6-8 hours

Sit: Occasionally, Stand: Continuously, Walk: Frequently, Bend: Rarely, Squat: Rarely, Kneel: Rarely, Crawl: Rarely, Climb: Rarely, Reach: Frequently, Grasp: Continuously, Push/Pull: Frequently, Twist/Turn: Occasionally

Corrected vision must include:

• 20/20 vision
• Normal distinguishing of colors
• Normal depth perception
• Close vision
• Distance vision
• Color vision
• Peripheral vision

Corrected hearing skills must include:

• Normal frequency sensitivity
• Normal frequency selection

Speaking skills must include being understandable when speaking