Supervisor, Maintenance

Avient Corporation; France; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Avient Corporation, Tossiat site in France, is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee the maintenance department, ensure equipment reliability, and drive continuous improvement of maintenance systems and training programs.

The role coordinates work orders and PMs, manages spare parts inventory, enforces safety and plant standards, and leads proactive maintenance initiatives to reduce breakdowns and improve uptime across all plant equipment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Full-time position.
• On-site location in Tossiat, FR.

Responsibilities

• Assigns work to Maintenance Associates and PM tasks, coordinating resources.
• Purchases and maintains inventory of parts and tools for maintenance.
• Improves reliability and uptime through proactive maintenance and root-cause analysis.
• Prevents recurring breakdowns with a fix-it-once mindset and safety-compliant practices.
• Schedules and prioritizes work to meet due dates and adheres to Avient standards.
• Documents maintenance activities and maintains E-Maintenance records for easy retrieval.
• Leads maintenance training programs and tracks performance improvements.
• Implement maintenance standardization and manage activities in the Maintenance Shop.
• Supports safety, health, and environmental guidelines and company principles.

Skills

Maintenance supervision

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Under the Supervision of the Plant Manager/Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor will be responsible for ensuring an efficient maintenance department, equipment reliability, continuous improvement of equipment, maintenance systems and maintenance associates training and programs.

Responsibilities

• Assigns work to Maintenance Associates, including but not limited to, work orders and Proactive Maintenance (PM). Works closely with Maintenance Associates to identify and get the resources needed to complete the work. Follows up with corrective actions audit results, ideas, etc.


• Purchases and maintains the inventory of parts, supplies, tools or equipment needed to perform maintenance.


• Improves reliability and uptime of all equipment, included but not limited to, improving inventory stocks, identifying critical spare parts, equipment breakdown investigation, corrective action implementation, etc. Takes a proactive approach to equipment issues with a "repair before it breaks" mentality.


• Prevents reoccurring breakdowns by taking a "Fix it once and for all" mentality.


• Prioritizes, schedules and coordinates work to be performed on equipment. Ensures work is completed safely, efficiently and effectively following the Avient standards. Maintains the E-Maintenance system. Use these systems as the main communication tool for maintenance purposes. Makes sure due dates are being met.


• Documents work completed such as work orders, PM records, equipmentinformation/history, electronic files, etc. for easy retrieval by other coworkers.


• Responsible for the maintenance training program, including but not limited to, implementation, on going training, improvement and record keeping.


• Establishes Maintenance Associates’ accountability, including but not limited to, training issues, output reasons, input as to overall performance reviews, etc.


• Responsible for implementation of a Proactive Maintenance program for all plant equipment.


• Enforces, maintains and implements Standardization of parts and equipment.


• Responsible for all activities in the Maintenance Shop.


• Supports the vision, mission and guiding principles of the company.


• Position follows, implements, and trains others on applicable Safety, Health and Environmental rules and guidelines while performing any procedure work. Maintains departmental housekeeping standards.


• Any other projects or duties assigned by management.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities may require close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. Work is inside and the typical noise level is loud. Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. The employee is frequently exposed to vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or
caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.

Scope

Manufacturing Plant.

Other

Reports to Manufacturing Manager and Plant Manager.

Job Info

• Job Identification 40001486


• Job Category Maintenance


• Posting Date 10/01/2026, 09:52 AM


• Degree Level Bachelor's Degree


• Job Schedule Full time


• Locations 43 PLACE DE LA GARE, Tossiat, 1250, FR (On-site)