Lead Maintenance Supervisor — Food Plant Operations

CJ Schwan's; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 68,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

comprehensive health benefits

time off programs

retirement and financial offerings

Job summary

CJ Schwan’s in Sioux Falls, SD, is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor (Day Shift) to lead a high-performing maintenance team at our new Asian-style facility. You will oversee reactive, corrective, and preventive maintenance and drive asset optimization initiatives.

The role requires 5+ years in maintenance with 2+ years in leadership, strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems, and experience with a CMMS such as SAP.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent, Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience, including 2+ years of maintenance leadership.
• Knowledge of general construction, electrical, electronic, microprocessors, mechanical systems and CMMS.
• Working knowledge of food plant production and processing equipment preferred.
• Knowledge of SAP, safety, EPA regulations, USDA sanitation standards preferred.
• Must have previous supervisor experience.

Responsibilities

• Improves organization and effectiveness of physical workspaces through Shop Tools and Facilities system (Shop safety, 5S, precision tools, etc.)
• Supervises daily work assignments including reactive, corrective, planned and condition-based maintenance in coordination with Maintenance Planner/Scheduler.
• Prioritizes and assigns resources based on shifting production and schedule demands.
• Actively participates in the site DMS meetings with reporting ownership for maintenance metrics.
• Weekly tracking and reporting of maintenance KPI’s for team: PM and Corrective Completion, Backlog, WO aging, Mean Time to Complete, Breakdowns, Defects, etc.
• Provides leadership in troubleshooting and problem-solving breakdowns and reliability losses with cross-functional team.
• Drives failures to root cause using Breakdown Elimination processes.
• Participates in equipment maintenance strategy improvement using inputs from maintenance team, breakdown elimination findings, defect trends, and equipment condition monitoring.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Job description

CJ Schwan’s in Sioux Falls, SD, is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor (Day Shift) to lead a high-performing maintenance team at our new Asian-style facility. You will oversee reactive, corrective, and preventive maintenance and drive asset optimization initiatives.

The role requires 5+ years in maintenance with 2+ years in leadership, strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems, and experience with a CMMS such as SAP.