Food Plant Maintenance Supervisor

Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce; Marshall, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health benefits

Paid time off

Retirement and financial offerings

Job summary

CJ Schwan’s in Marshall, MN, is hiring a Day Supervisor at the Specialty Foods Plant to lead maintenance activities, ensure safety, and drive reliability across production lines. You will manage preventive, corrective, and reactive maintenance, coach the team, and coordinate with contractors to keep equipment available and compliant with quality standards.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of related experience, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and strong knowledge of maintenance technologies,

Qualifications

• 3+ years related experience in maintenance/supervision.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred.
• Knowledge of fasteners, lubrication, mechanical drives, pneumatics, hydraulics, fabrication, electrical systems, refrigeration, boilers, HVAC, and control systems.
• Working knowledge of food plant production equipment preferred.
• Familiarity with safety regulations (EPA, USDA) preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience required.
• Basic math and reporting skills; SAP experience is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe work environment and compliance with safety regulations.
• Lead daily maintenance activities (preventive, corrective, reactive).
• Monitor KPIs, equipment reliability, and drive root cause analysis.
• Oversee repairs, outages, contractors and vendor work.
• Manage maintenance budget, CMMS (SAP PM) compliance, and spare parts.
• Improve shop organization using 5S and defect elimination.
• Develop and manage maintenance team, including hiring and performance.
• Ensure adherence to company values, policies and conduct standards.

Skills

Safety compliance

Maintenance leadership

KPI tracking

Problem solving

Budget management

Team development

Shift flexibility

SAP PM

MS Office

Equipment reliability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred

Tools

SAP PM

MS Office & Outlook

Job description

CJ Schwan’s in Marshall, MN, is hiring a Day Supervisor at the Specialty Foods Plant to lead maintenance activities, ensure safety, and drive reliability across production lines. You will manage preventive, corrective, and reactive maintenance, coach the team, and coordinate with contractors to keep equipment available and compliant with quality standards.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of related experience, a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, and strong knowledge of maintenance technologies,