2nd Shift Maintenance Supervisor - Food Plant

Maker’s Pride, LLC; Front Royal (VA); On-site; USD 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

401k

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Maker’s Pride, LLC is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor for our Front Royal, VA wafer and cracker plant. This salaried role will supervise leads and mechanics, ensure GMP, safety and food safety compliance, and support daily production with a strong, team‑oriented culture.

You will manage work orders, mentor staff, coordinate cross‑shift communication, and drive continuous improvement for reliability and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required, and additional education is an asset.
• 3 or more years of maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing environment is needed. Experience from food/beverage high-speed manufacturing environment is ideal. 5 or more years of total Maintenance experience.
• Safety focused and working closely with the site EHS Manager.
• Strong electrical and controls experience is beneficial.
• A hands-on maintenance position, so a willingness to work alongside the team.
• Communication skills, written and verbal, and customer focused.
• Ability to be on feet all day and perform walking, stooping, and bending functions as required.
• Good troubleshooting skills.
• Strong people leadership skill set. Willingness to coach and mentor the team, along with accountability for the work assigned.
• Proactive mindset and bringing solutions and ideas forward.
• Solid work ethic, trustworthy, and ability to maintain confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and track work orders and PM’s on lines and equipment to maintain maximum efficiency.
• Manage work assignments and hold staff accountable for these assignments and resulting equipment performance.
• Ensure documentation for all necessary facility and equipment maintenance is completed on shift.
• Give timely feedback, coaching and mentoring to team members to help maintain or improve expected performance.
• Effectively and compassionately supervise and develop employees on a continual basis.
• Proactively supervises plant maintenance staff.
• Resolve any employee issues and document disciplinary actions and superior performance recognition for all employees in a timely manner.
• Provide and promote a strong teamwork environment.
• Maintain a positive and constructive work environment within the department as well as with other departments and promote teamwork.
• Provide and facilitate appropriate consequence management for under-performing team members.
• Ensure all team members remove parts from inventory in accordance with inventory management system and procedures.
• Respond appropriately to emergencies and possess good troubleshooting skills.
• Demonstrate proficient computer skills.
• Communicate across departments and shifts to determine condition of operations and priorities.
• Enforce all safety rules, good manufacturing practices within the department, continually monitor and supervise forepersons and mechanics.
• Provide suggestions to improve processes, procedures and department in support of bakery goals. Identify potential cost savings and cost avoidance.
• Provide a comprehensive shift handoff to oncoming shift and the maintenance management team, both orally and in writing, on a daily basis at the end of each shift.
• Write corrective work orders as needed, when equipment repairs are identified.
• Follow-up on items to ensure corrective work orders are generated when it is not suitable to correct immediately.
• Foster and support a zero mindset for frontline maintenance teams in regard to team member safety risk, quality and food safety risk, and waste.
• Additional duties, as assigned.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Electrical controls

Safety focus

Communication skills

Hands-on maintenance

Team leadership

Troubleshooting

Proactive mindset

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Maker’s Pride, LLC is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor for our Front Royal, VA wafer and cracker plant. This salaried role will supervise leads and mechanics, ensure GMP, safety and food safety compliance, and support daily production with a strong, team‑oriented culture.

You will manage work orders, mentor staff, coordinate cross‑shift communication, and drive continuous improvement for reliability and cost efficiency.