3rd Shift Maintenance Supervisor — Food Plant Leader

Schwan's Company; Salina (KS); On-site; USD 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Time off programs

Job summary

CJ Schwan’s in Salina, KS seeks a 3rd Shift Maintenance Supervisor to lead technical, process, and people efforts on the assigned shift at the pizza plant. You will drive maintenance activities, ensure safety, and manage KPI performance in collaboration with Production Supervision.

Responsibilities include budget oversight, CMMS compliance, and supervising a maintenance team while advancing asset optimization initiatives. This role requires flexibility across shifts and on-call capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
• Typically 3+ years related experience.
• Knowledge of fasteners, lubrication, mechanical drives, pneumatics, hydraulics, fabrication, electrical power & control, boilers/HVAC.
• Experience with food plant production equipment and sanitation standards preferred.
• Supervisory experience required.
• MS Office and Outlook knowledge; SAP experience beneficial.
• Must be capable and willing to work any shift and be on 24-hour on-call.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe work environment and compliance with safety regulations.
• Lead and prioritize daily maintenance activities to support production needs.
• Monitor maintenance KPIs, equipment reliability, and root-cause efforts.
• Oversee repairs, outages, contractors, and vendor work execution.
• Manage maintenance budget, CMMS compliance, and spare parts availability.
• Improve shop organization and equipment via 5S and defect elimination.
• Develop, coach, and manage maintenance team members; conduct performance reviews.

Skills

Maintenance supervision

Team coaching

Budget management

Safety & compliance

Root cause analysis

SAP PM

MS Office

On-call readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CMMS

SAP PM

Job description

CJ Schwan’s in Salina, KS seeks a 3rd Shift Maintenance Supervisor to lead technical, process, and people efforts on the assigned shift at the pizza plant. You will drive maintenance activities, ensure safety, and manage KPI performance in collaboration with Production Supervision.

Responsibilities include budget oversight, CMMS compliance, and supervising a maintenance team while advancing asset optimization initiatives. This role requires flexibility across shifts and on-call capability.