3rd shift Maintenance Supervisor

SCN BestCo; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision plans

401(k) with employer matching

Life insurance

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Paid sick leave

Job summary

SCN BestCo is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee maintenance staff across 1st, 2nd, or 3rd shifts. You will schedule, assign work orders, and maintain shift documentation while acting as a technical resource for maintenance and operations.

The role includes coordinating with internal customers, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring tooling and parts are available for projects. The position emphasizes leadership, safety, and quality standards, with opportunities to contribute to process

Qualifications

• 8 years’ experience as a technician, mechanic, or field service engineer, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong leadership, organization, communication, teamwork, troubleshooting, and time-management skills.
• Ability to work with internal customers and manage maintenance tasks across shifts.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with mechanics, technicians, vendors, contractors, managers, and engineers on maintenance matters.
• Coordinate with internal customers to ensure clear communication across departments.
• Troubleshoot maintenance issues and establish standard procedures for common scenarios.
• Review and assign work orders; ensure CMMS entry and preventive maintenance assignments.
• Manage project assignments and allocate personnel accordingly.
• Ensure tools and materials are available for maintenance and engineering projects.
• Coordinate all projects with relevant departments and personnel.
• Respond to critical machine failures and secure parts and proper personnel.

Skills

Leadership

Organization

Communication

Teamwork

Troubleshooting

Time management

MS Office

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate degree / trade school diploma

Tools

MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Job description

We believe being healthy should not require tradeoffs. SCN BestCo is a leading innovator, developer and manufacturer of Vitamin, Mineral & Supplement (VMS), Over-the-Counter (OTC) and prebiotics/probiotics in enjoyable forms such as gummies, lozenges and chews. With over 50 years of excellence, our team leads the way in changing how consumers make healthier choices. With unique food science expertise and proprietary processes, we’ve pioneered many firsts. The fire in our belly to create new to the world products has guided and continues to be core to our mission of making health and wellness more enjoyable. Come join us and become a part of our winning formula!

The Maintenance Supervisor directly oversees maintenance employees on shift (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) including Maintenance Mechanics, Industrial Electricians, and Plant Plumbers. This position schedules maintenance employees to service the needs of internal customers while supporting manufacturing and distribution to ensure the company meets and exceeds company goals and targets with minimal expense. The Maintenance Supervisor assigns tasks and work orders, follows up on recurring issues, maintains shift documentation, and provides daily written shift activity summaries. This role acts as a technical resource to the maintenance and operations staff and as the first point of contact on shift for technical issues that are not resolved to customer expectations.

Estimated starting annual base salary is $89,8698.19 - $134,802.29 per year less applicable withholdings and deductions, paid on a bi-weekly basis. Please note that the actual compensation offered may vary based on relevant factors as determined by the Company, which may include, but is not limited to, location, experience, qualifications, education, skillset, and market conditions. The target base compensation for this role is in the low to middle of the range, with the top of the range reserved for only exceptional circumstances. In addition, this role is eligible for a discretionary, variable annual incentive, paid based on Company performance factors. SCN BestCo offers a competitive benefits package to eligible full-time employees, which currently includes medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with employer matching contributions, life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more, as well as paid sick leave in accordance with applicable law. Each benefit is subject to eligibility requirements as specified in plan documents, and the Company reserves the right to modify the benefits it offers from time to time.

• SCN BestCo offers a competitive benefits package to eligible full-time employees, which currently includes medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with employer matching contributions, life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more, as well as paid sick leave in accordance with applicable law. Each benefit is subject to eligibility requirements as specified in plan documents, and the Company reserves the right to modify the benefits it offers from time to time.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Regularly collaborate with mechanics, technicians, vendors, contractors, departmental managers, and engineers on maintenance and other relevant matters.
• Interface with internal customers (manufacturing, packaging, distribution, etc.) regularly to ensure clear and concise communication between departments.
• Troubleshoot maintenance issues as they arise and establish team procedures for the most common situations.
• Review, analyze, and enter all work order requests and assign to appropriate personnel.
• Review and ensure all work orders are entered into the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Keep preventative maintenance assignments current.
• Review assigned projects and assign personnel accordingly.
• Assure all necessary tools and materials are available for all maintenance and engineering projects.
• Research and control technical services when required.
• Coordinate all projects with concerned departments and/or personnel.
• Respond to all crucial machine failures and coordinate parts and proper personnel for necessary repairs.
• Monitor running conditions of all major systems and critical units.
• Maintain administrative records of all direct reports (i.e., attendance, performance, professional development, etc.).
• Investigate incidents and complete documentation.

People Leader Responsibilities

The Maintenance Supervisor carries out People Leader Responsibilities in accordance with the Company’s policies and applicable laws.

Responsibilities Include

• Hire, train, supervise, develop, and coach maintenance department employees.
• Review and maintain department attendance including weekly review and approval of hourly payroll.
• Provide On the Job Training (OJT) for new hires (Onboarding).
• Listen to team members' feedback and resolve/report any issues or conflicts.
• Recommend personnel actions (pay adjustments, promotions, transfers, terminations).
• Ensure safety and quality standards are enforced and met.

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 8 years’ experience as a technician, mechanic, or field service engineer, or commensurate combination of higher education and work experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities (KSAs)

• Strong leadership, organization, communication, teamwork, troubleshooting, and time-management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with internal staff and management. Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Must be able to demonstrate practical problem solving and trouble shooting skills. Must be able to demonstrate practical problem solving and trouble shooting skills. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree, trade school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior supervisory or management experience and/or training.
• Bilingual in English/Spanish.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The employee must frequently lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The noise level in the manufacturing work environment is usually loud. The Maintenance Supervisor will work in wet or humid conditions, near mechanical moving parts, with exposure to fumes or airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.

Safety Requirements

All employees are expected to carry out their functions in a healthy and safe manner, to always encourage and support safe work practices, and to report and/or rectify any unsafe conditions that may come to their attention immediately. All SCN BestCo employees must wear PPE as required based on their job duties.