Maintenance Supervisor

Westrock Coffee Company; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Westrock Coffee Company seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead daily maintenance activities, ensure safety and GMP compliance, and drive equipment and operational efficiency in our manufacturing environment.

You will manage mechanics and technicians, coordinate with production and planning, complete PMs and root-cause analyses, and uphold quality standards while working with CMMS. Office hours and shift flexibility are required to support a 24/7 operation.

Qualifications

• 7 years' experience in the maintenance field including troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulics with industrial manufacturing equipment.
• 3 years of manufacturing/maintenance leadership.
• 4 year college degree preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience utilizing and optimizing CMMS systems to improve maintenance operations and manufacturing performance.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good math and analytical skills.
• Ability to train, motivate and develop employees.
• Flexibility to work off shifts, holidays, weekends, occasionally long hours, as deemed necessary

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to attain maximum efficiency of equipment, labor, and time.
• Develop mechanics, operators, and co-workers in safety, food safety, GMPs, equipment knowledge, and operations performance.
• Ensure 100% PM/Work Order compliance with planning resources.
• Communicate with department leaders on initiatives affecting performance.
• Lead continuous improvement groups, meetings, and discussions.
• Supervise equipment rebuilds, repairs, and PM tasks.
• Verify CMMS documentation with time, parts, signatures, and quality checks.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions as needed.
• Ensure maintenance staff are trained, equipped, and motivated for safe, timely operation.
• Collaborate with engineers on technical issues and solutions.
• Provide adequate maintenance coverage for manufacturing operations.
• Conduct daily plant walks and address findings promptly.
• Perform weekly Work Audits and report to Maintenance Manager.
• Keep maintenance shop audit-ready and compliant with regulator and quality requirements.
• Communicate priorities for emergency repairs with production leadership.
• Monitor performance on PMs and corrective actions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Math and analytical skills

Train, motivate and develop employees

Flexibility to work off shifts

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Job Description

Working closely with manufacturing leadership, the Maintenance Supervisor will perform all daily maintenance and leadership activities related to safety, food Safety, GMP's, quality, and performance. Ensure direct report's compliance with all Westrock Policies and Procedures. Effectively manage direct reports personnel development systems to drive equipment and operational efficiency. Work with minimal supervision.

Job Duties

• Provide the necessary leadership to attain the maximum efficiency of equipment, labor, and time.
• Responsible for the development of mechanics, operators, and co-workers in the areas of safety, food safety, GMP's, equipment knowledge, and overall operations performance
• Work closely with other Supervisors, the Production and Maintenance Planner, and Purchasing resources, to attain and maintain a goal of 100% PM/Work Order compliance
• Communicate with other departments' leadership on initiatives that effect their departments' performance
• Participate and lead continuous improvement groups, meetings, and discussions.
• Supervise equipment rebuilds, equipment repairs, and PM tasks to ensure that they are performed thoroughly and in a timely manner.
• Ensure the proper use of the CMMS verifying that all mechanics documents are correctly completed including details of work performed, time on task, parts used, signature, and quality verification section completed
• Lead or participate in Root Cause Analysis and Corrective/Preventive Action Requests as needed
• Ensures that maintenance technicians are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated so that the maintenance program can be accomplished in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner
• Communicates on technical issues with the maintenance workforce and engineers to both understand problems and collaborate on solutions.
• Work with other supervisors and resources to ensure adequate maintenance coverage for manufacturing operations
• Complete daily walks of the plant, observing any abnormal sounds, odors, damage to equipment or facilities, improper people practices or policy violations, and take the proper immediate correct actions. Follow-up on any findings with the appropriate resources
• Complete one Work Audit per week and turn into Maintenance Manager for review along with any necessary follow up.
• Through the use of an MSS schedule, ensure the maintenance shop and surrounding areas are kept audit ready at all times and are in compliance with all regulator and quality requirements
• Communicate equipment issues with production supervisors and operations leadership. Work with Production Supervisors to communicate the priorities for emergency repairs.
• Monitor mechanic performance on completing PM's and Corrective - Actions Work.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requisition Number

7004

Shift

Office Hours TBD

Qualifications

• 7 years' experience in the maintenance field including troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulics with industrial manufacturing equipment.
• 3 years of manufacturing/maintenance leadership.
• 4 year college degree preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience utilizing and optimizing CMMS systems to improve maintenance operations and manufacturing performance
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Good math and analytical skills.
• Ability to train, motivate and develop employees.
• Flexibility to work off shifts, holidays, weekends, occasionally long hours, as deemed necessary

Equal Opportunity Employer / Vets / Disabled