Maintenance Supervisor

Saputo, Inc.; Las Cruces (NM); On-site; USD 65,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead site maintenance and capital projects, ensuring safe, reliable production, and ongoing compliance with industry standards.

You will guide technicians, coordinate with engineering, and drive preventive maintenance programs. The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field with at least five years in industrial maintenance, including supervisory experience, and knowledge of boilers, refrigeration, PLCs, electrical systems, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field preferred; minimum five years industrial maintenance experience in dairy/food/beverage; supervisory experience required.
• Experience with boilers, refrigeration, PLCs, electrical systems, cooling towers, ammonia compressors, and packaging equipment.
• Strong understanding of safety and GMP policies; capable of leading a maintenance team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with plant engineer, maintenance manager, and facility management to improve safety, quality, reliability, and OEE.
• Supervises maintenance and capital projects for the site.
• Maintains production systems, utilities, buildings and grounds.
• Uses CMMS to optimize asset utilization via preventative maintenance schedules.
• Ensures utilities are in proper working order to support production.
• Implements corrective actions to improve equipment effectiveness.

Skills

Industrial maintenance

Supervisory experience

Electrical systems

PLCs

Safety policies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Tools

Boilers

Refrigeration

Ammonia compressors

Job description

At Saputo, we bring good to the table by making high-quality products, investing in our people, and supporting communities around the world . As a top 10 global dairy processor, we value contributions that matter and strive to foster an inclusive, growth-driven work environment. Ready to bring your best? How you will make contributions that matter...

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the plant engineer, maintenance manager, and facility management to utilize equipment to improve employee safety, production quality, equipment reliability, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Supervises both the maintenance and capital projects for the site.
• Utilizes mechanical and electrical expertise to maintain production systems, utilities, buildings and grounds.
• Utilizes a computerized maintenance management system to optimize asset utilization through scheduled preventative maintenance.
• Ensure that all utilities (i.e. refrigeration, electrical, steam, compressed air systems, etc.) are in proper working order to support production.
• Implements corrective actions identified by key maintenance performance indicators as a means to create overall equipment effectiveness.
• Remains current with latest and emerging industry regulations and codes relative to mechanical and electrical systems design and operation.
• Ensures corporate policies and standards are followed in both capital project implementation as well as daily maintenance.
• Complete all paperwork including maintenance records, incident reports and investigations, and others as assigned by the maintenance manager.
• Maintain current technical documentation on PLCs, instrumentation and equipment (PLC ladder logic, blueprints, manuals, SOPs, maintenance procedures, PMs, inventory/parts purchasing.
• Shares “best practices” within the Maintenance Department.
• Monitor and enforce policies, plant rules and programs with employees, contractors, vendors, consultants and suppliers (i.e. safety, food safety, regulatory, etc).
• Engages in the typical responsibilities of a manager requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating and delegating.
• Provides management of employees directly to ensure effective selection, retention, development, disciplinary action and performance management.
• Evaluate Maintenance personnel skills and abilities and assist Manager with developing training programs for employees’ growth.
• Adhere to the Saputo code of ethics and actively apply the Saputo values.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field is preferred and a minimum of five (5) years industrial maintenance experience within Dairy, Food, and/or Beverage industry is required or an equivalent combination of education and experience; previous supervisory experience required.
• Working knowledge of boilers, refrigeration, PLCs, electrical, cooling towers, ammonia compressors and packaging equipment.
• Skills required in electronics, instrumentation and electrical systems and troubleshooting, reading electrical schematics and understand ladder logic.
• Ability to calculate basic mathematical equations and formulas.
• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Experience leading and following Safety/Security Policies and Procedures.

Salary

Salary Range: $64,625- $80,780 Salary offers will vary commensurate with experience, education, skills and training.

Benefits

• Development opportunities that enhance you career fulfillment
• Meaningful compensation & benefits that help you care for your family
• Opportunities to contribute to your community and enhance the lives of others through Saputo products

Contact Information

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Equal Opportunity & Privacy

Saputo Cheese USA Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you'd like more information on your EEO rights under law, please visit www.EEOC.gov.

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Making Good Food Is Our Passion, and we do it responsibly. Our caring teams process about 10 billion litres of milk annually into a diversified range of dairy and dairy alternative products sold in over 50 countries. With 54 manufacturing facilities and over 18,100 employees, we operate our leading business in Canada, the USA, Australia, and the United Kingdom. All dairy processors have access to the same raw material and equipment; what distinguishes us is our can-do spirit and our diverse, inclusive work culture that empowers employees to grow in their own way.

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