Area Maintenance & Reliability Lead

Reynolds Consumer Products; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 86,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

Reynolds Consumer Products in Louisville, KY, is seeking an Area Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance across a unionized manufacturing environment. You will drive asset reliability, plan maintenance, coordinate outages, and partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Finance, and HR to improve plant performance.

The role requires an Associate degree in a technical discipline, 4+ years of maintenance experience, and 2+ years of leadership.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in a technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.
• 4+ years of maintenance experience within a manufacturing, industrial, or process operations environment.
• 2+ years of maintenance leadership, supervisory, planning, scheduling, or engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead safe and efficient maintenance operations to improve equipment reliability, asset utilization, and production performance.
• Direct technicians, contractors, and maintenance resources to achieve operational and business objectives.
• Develop team capability through coaching, performance management, and employee development initiatives.
• Foster collaborative labor relations by maintaining productive communication with leadership and resolving workplace issues.
• Drive preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies to reduce equipment failures and improve long-term asset performance.
• Analyze recurring equipment issues and implement sustainable corrective actions using structured problem-solving and root cause analysis.
• Coordinate maintenance outages, shutdowns, and major repair activities to minimize operational disruption.
• Prioritize maintenance backlog and work execution to maximize schedule compliance and equipment availability.
• Ensure maintenance work is properly planned, scoped, staffed, and supported with required materials and resources.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Safety compliance

Team supervision

Education

Associate degree in a technical discipline

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Reynolds Consumer Products in Louisville, KY, is seeking an Area Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance across a unionized manufacturing environment. You will drive asset reliability, plan maintenance, coordinate outages, and partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Finance, and HR to improve plant performance.

The role requires an Associate degree in a technical discipline, 4+ years of maintenance experience, and 2+ years of leadership.