12-Hour Night Shift Maintenance Lead

fairlife LLC; West Webster (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid time off

Parental leave

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

fairlife, LLC, a Chicago-based nutrition company, is seeking a Maintenance Technical Supervisor for a 12-hour night shift in Webster, NY. You will lead technicians, coordinate shift maintenance activities, and ensure safe, reliable equipment performance on a 24/7 operation.

Responsibilities include prioritizing maintenance work, coaching technicians, using D365/CMMS, and collaborating across functions to minimize downtime and protect production quality.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical field preferred, or equivalent industrial maintenance experience and leadership capability.
• Minimum of 5 years of maintenance experience; FDA or high-speed packaging experience preferred.
• Ability to lead in a 24/7 operation while making sound decisions in coordination with Operations.
• Possess a strong technical aptitude for troubleshooting complex equipment and systems, using available engineering and operational documentation.
• Familiarity with P&ID's, BOM's, and Work Order System, root cause analysis, reliability improvement, and critical spare parts management.
• Exhibits exceptional cross-functional leadership capabilities, driving collaboration through communication, mentoring, and structured execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coordinate, and prioritize all maintenance activities during the assigned 12-hour shift with a focus on safety, food safety, quality, production support, and equipment reliability.
• Provide coaching, technical guidance, and performance feedback to maintenance technicians while reinforcing fairlife values, accountability, urgency, and professional standards.
• Respond to breakdowns, lead troubleshooting efforts, and ensure repairs are completed safely, effectively, and to established maintenance and GMP standards.
• Ensure accurate use of D365/CMMS for work order creation, labor entry, failure documentation, parts usage, work order closure, and maintenance history.
• Lead formal shift turnover by communicating equipment status, downtime events, open work orders, ongoing repairs, parts needs, safety concerns, quality risks, and incoming-shift priorities.
• Partner with theMaintenance SupplySupervisor, MRO Buyer, Planners, and Reliability team to ensure critical assets have appropriate safety stock, validated min/max levels, and timely escalation of stock-out or obsolete parts risks.
• Coordinate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Utilities, Planning, Reliability, Stockroom, and Procurement to minimize downtime, support schedule execution, and protect business continuity.
• Support TPM, autonomous maintenance, preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and continuous improvement through floor presence, Gemba-style observations, and action-item follow-up.
• Participate in root cause analysis for repeat failures, critical downtime events, safety incidents, and quality-related maintenance issues; ensure corrective actions are documented and completed.
• Ensure compliance with safety policies, LOTO requirements, food safety programs, GMPs, environmental expectations, and regulatory standards.

Job description

fairlife, LLC, a Chicago-based nutrition company, is seeking a Maintenance Technical Supervisor for a 12-hour night shift in Webster, NY. You will lead technicians, coordinate shift maintenance activities, and ensure safe, reliable equipment performance on a 24/7 operation.

Responsibilities include prioritizing maintenance work, coaching technicians, using D365/CMMS, and collaborating across functions to minimize downtime and protect production quality.