Maintenance Supervisor

Evonik; Lafayette (IN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik Corporation in the United States seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead 24/7 maintenance operations, ensuring safety, quality, and production goals. You will supervise SAP Coordinators, drive reliability initiatives, and coordinate with Operations, Engineering, and Planning.

The role requires strong leadership, hands-on industrial troubleshooting, and the ability to manage resources, schedules, and documentation in a regulated manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Technical proficiency in maintenance systems, SAP, and industrial troubleshooting.
• Significant industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience; supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, mentoring, and team development skills.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and conflict resolution abilities.
• Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships.
• Experience driving continuous improvement, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, including the ability to interpret blueprints, P&IDs, and schematics

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, reliable 24/7 maintenance operations that support production, quality, compliance, and business objectives.
• Supervise, coach, and develop SAP Coordinators through performance management, training, skill development, and succession planning.
• Plan and allocate maintenance resources to meet operational priorities while managing schedules, coverage, overtime, and workforce flexibility.
• Drive equipment reliability, asset performance, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Lead troubleshooting, investigations, change management, and corrective actions to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Planning, and other stakeholders to coordinate maintenance activities and meet site objectives.
• Establish and monitor performance metrics, identify improvement opportunities, and support achievement of departmental and site goals.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, quality, environmental, health, safety, and security requirements, including training, documentation, and procedural adherence.
• Communicate priorities, expectations, and results effectively while fostering accountability, teamwork, and a positive work culture.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Mentoring

Decision making

Problem solving

Communication

Team development

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP

Microsoft Office

Job description

What We Offer

At Evonik, you’re part of a global chemical company working in many sectors that go beyond chemistry. From lipids for tomorrow’s medicines, biosurfactants for green detergents, additives for plastics recycling or membranes to help drive forward the energy transition, you’ll play an essential part in helping the world’s most essential industries succeed.

Our success hinges on a diversity of ideas powered by people, not egos. Whether you’re a scientist or engineer, new to the team or established, in business, production, or anything in between – we cheer each other on. Because we believe we can do anything. Explore everything. And Be Part of Something Special!

Find out more about the many benefits we offer

https://www.evonik.com/en/careers/why.html

Meet the team and get to know the people behind Evonik

https://www.evonik.com/en/news/meet-the-team.html

The Maintenance Supervisor plays a critical role in the organization which ensures that customer needs are met from a product and compliance prospective. This position supervises the SAP Coordinators, so SAP knowledge is required (R11 preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead safe, reliable 24/7 maintenance operations that support production, quality, compliance, and business objectives.
• Supervise, coach, and develop SAP Coordinators through performance management, training, skill development, and succession planning.
• Plan and allocate maintenance resources to meet operational priorities while managing schedules, coverage, overtime, and workforce flexibility.
• Drive equipment reliability, asset performance, and continuous improvement initiatives that improve safety, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Lead troubleshooting, investigations, change management, and corrective actions to resolve issues and improve processes.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Planning, and other stakeholders to coordinate maintenance activities and meet site objectives.
• Establish and monitor performance metrics, identify improvement opportunities, and support achievement of departmental and site goals.
• Ensure compliance with cGMP, quality, environmental, health, safety, and security requirements, including training, documentation, and procedural adherence.
• Communicate priorities, expectations, and results effectively while fostering accountability, teamwork, and a positive work culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Technical proficiency in maintenance systems, Microsoft Office, SAP (or similar ERP systems), and industrial troubleshooting.
• Significant industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience; supervisory experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, mentoring, and team development skills.
• Strong decision-making, problem-solving, troubleshooting, and conflict resolution abilities.
• Proven ability to plan, prioritize, and manage multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build positive working relationships.
• Experience driving continuous improvement, reliability, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Strong mechanical aptitude, including the ability to interpret blueprints, P&IDs, and schematics
• Ability to work effectively in a regulated manufacturing environment, respond to changing business needs, and remain calm under pressure.

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

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