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Maintenance Supervisor - 2nd Shift!

Generac
Whitewater, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 12 Dec 2025

About the role

We are Generac, a leading energy technology company committed to powering a smarter world.

Over the 60 plus years of Generac’s history, we’ve been dedicated to energy innovation. From creating the home standby generator market category, to our current evolution into an energy technology solutions company, we continue to push new boundaries.

The shift schedule is Tues-Fri 3:30pm - 1:30am

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for preventative maintenance, property, plant, and equipment. This role ensues 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.

Essential Duties and 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.
  • Senior machine operator of all equipment in maintenance shop.
  • 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 experience
  • 2 years of maintenance experience in an operational environment
  • 2 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.

    Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

    • Relationship Building and Earning Trust
    • Accountability
    • Ask, Listen, and Follow Up
    • Inspire, Motivate and Recognize
    • Conflict Management and Resolution
    • Identify, Engage and Retain
    • Change Agent
    • 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.

    Great Reasons to work for Generac: 

    • Competitive Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k and many more
    • Many employee activities 
    • Scheduled events throughout the year that allow our employees, both current and retirees, to gather together and enjoy their time with their families and co-workers
    • Pride! When a storm strikes, Generac employees always rise to the occasion. Each time a storm hits many employees volunteer their time with the customer support team or on the production line while others go right into storm-affected areas to repair generators
    • We believe in having fun. From minor celebrations to major events, our employees balance their work by building a strong culture of teamwork and collaboration through a variety of occasions, including our Fun Days. 
    • Every day is Jeans Day! Dress for your day.
    • Product loan and discount programs

    Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear; and use hands to manipulate objects or controls. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk.  On occasion the incumbent may be required to stoop, bend or reach above the shoulders. The employee must occasionally lift up to 25 - 50 pounds. Specific conditions of this job are typical of frequent and continuous computer-based work requiring periods of sitting, close vision and ability to adjust focus. Occasional travel.

    “We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applican

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