Maintenance Supervisor

Summary:

Our award-winning client is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor - 3rd Shift to join their team. The ideal candidate is responsible for leading and overseeing maintenance activities across the manufacturing facility, with a primary focus on equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, electrical troubleshooting, safety, and minimizing production downtime. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this role provides hands-on leadership to the maintenance team, supports continuous improvement initiatives, and ensures compliance with OSHA, environmental, GMP, SQF, and corporate standards.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, supervise, and direct maintenance personnel to ensure safe, efficient, and timely completion of maintenance activities.
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs for facility infrastructure, production equipment, utilities, and electrical systems.
• Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical equipment issues to minimize downtime and maximize production capacity.
• Partner with Production to identify equipment, process, and work-area improvements that increase efficiency, reliability, throughput, and maintainability.
• Support the Maintenance Manager with the execution and oversight of maintenance strategies, systems, and programs.
• Monitor equipment reliability and identify opportunities to optimize maintenance and operating costs.
• Assist with the installation, commissioning, and modification of new and existing equipment.
• Identify and eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks, scrap, defects, and other sources of inefficiency through continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop, implement, and maintain SOPs, maintenance procedures, and best practices.
• Lead or support Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement initiatives, including Kaizen events.
• Investigate equipment failures, safety issues, and process problems; perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain awareness of plant utilities, capacity, and utilization to support efficient operations.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, GMP, SQF, PPE, food safety, and corporate requirements.
• Monitor and address safety and environmental concerns associated with manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Maintain accurate environmental, safety, maintenance, and operational documentation and prepare required reports.
• Promote strategies that reduce workplace accidents, energy consumption, waste, scrap, and equipment-related losses.
• Support employee hiring, training, performance management, coaching, counseling, and disciplinary actions as appropriate.
• Effectively allocate maintenance resources throughout the facility to support production requirements.
• Administer and enforce applicable provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, where applicable.
• Communicate effectively with maintenance, production, quality, safety, and other functional teams to ensure smooth operations.
• Follow established equipment downtime escalation procedures and respond to production-critical issues.
• Ensure timely completion of required training, including monthly Alchemy training.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, or a related field preferred.
• 5–7 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing equipment, maintenance practices, and process improvement methodologies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SAP.
• Knowledge of OSHA, environmental, GMP, food safety, and quality requirements; SQF experience is a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions.
• Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and with limited information.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, adaptable, and results-driven.
• Ability to work effectively under production deadlines and changing priorities.