Technical Maintenance Supervisor

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Position Summary

Oversees employees, coordinates activities and upholds company standards for safety, maintenance and cleanliness of the

Packaging Plant. Repairs and maintains facility machinery, equipment, fixtures and structure. Provides a high level of member service.

Job Duties

• Leads, schedules, provides training, encouragement, advice, and feedback to maintenance employees.
• Observes employee performance to determine that department procedures are followed. Reviews employee timecards, participates in employee reviews.
• Coordinates and participates in weekly, monthly, and quarterly maintenance checklists including testing and inspection of alarms, fire extinguishers, and other safety equipment and systems.
• Repairs equipment, replaces motors and other parts.
• Tests and observes equipment and machinery to diagnose any malfunction.
• Cleans, lubricates, and performs regular preventative maintenance on equipment and machinery.
• Calibrates manufacturing equipment such as tracers, auto-blockers, and auto-edger’s daily by keying adjustments to settings or making manual adjustments with Allen wrench or other hand tools. Adjusts lens generators, Finers, and polishers as needed.
• Repairs tools, cleans and fabricates parts. Exchanges, inspects, and hooks up batteries for power equipment to charge.
• Clears jams in trash and cardboard compactor. Services receiving dock lift plate.
• Checks and performs preventative maintenance and some repairs on plumbing, low voltage electrical, HVAC, sprinkler system, and alarm.
• Cleans alloy reclaim tanks. Separates sludge from water and stores it in 5-gallon buckets for disposal.
• Inspects roof and skylights, and cleans gutters.
• Replaces light bulbs, hangs signs, and cleans upper walls and ceilings by working from ladder or rolling platform stairs.
• Assists with painting, concrete floor repairs, janitorial duties, grounds maintenance.
• Records and maintains equipment inventory log, equipment maintenance logs.
• Inventories, organizes and orders parts and supplies for the maintenance department.
• Maintains stock or commonly replaced parts.
• Drives private vehicle to purchase/pick up parts and supplies.
• Sends bad motors out for replacement or repair.
• Moves machinery and conveyor lines as requested by management to facilitate workflow.
• Ensures proper disposal of potentially hazardous materials.
• Ability to operate vehicles, equipment or machinery.
• Assists with department duties as necessary.
• Assists in other departments of the warehouse as necessary.

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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Apart from any religious or disability considerations, open availability is needed to meet the needs of the business. If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.

 

Job Description Posting Updated: July 2026 Job Code: 0413