Maintenance Supervisor

Lactalisyogurtusa; Londonderry (NH); On-site; USD 95,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading dairy company as a Maintenance Supervisor in Londonderry, NH. This role emphasizes team management, food safety, and providing comprehensive maintenance solutions to ensure operational excellence. Candidates are encouraged to bring their expertise and passion to help drive the success of a world-class maintenance organization.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Paid Time Off from day one

Education Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 2+ years in food and/or chemical processing plant experience is preferred.
• 10+ years in maintenance systems development, management, and implementation required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee technician assignments during shifts and manage crew's performance.
• Ensure adherence to food safety and quality standards.
• Plan and implement effective maintenance strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Team building

Communication

Problem Solving

Maintenance Management

Food Safety

Interpersonal Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Tools

SAP

Maintenance Performance Measurements

Excel

Word

Power Point

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Description

Looking for a job that can turn into a lifelong career? At Lactalis USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees opportunities to grow. Whether you’re starting fresh or bringing years of experience, we’ll provide the tools and support you need to succeed!

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Looking for a job that can turn into a lifelong career? At Lactalis USA, we believe in promoting from within and giving our employees opportunities to grow. Whether you’re starting fresh or bringing years of experience, we’ll provide the tools and support you need to succeed!

Lactalis, the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to nurturing the future by providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. We produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together every day. We offer an enviable range of dairy brands including Galbani, Président, Kraft Natural Cheese, Cracker Barrel, Black Diamond, Parmalat, Siggi’s, and Stonyfield Organic in addition to several brands imported from our affiliates in Europe.

We live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity—and we’re building a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.

Even if you don’t meet every qualification, don’t let that stop you from applying! We’re eager to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how you can bring your EXPERTISE to help us make an impact.

From your PASSION to ours

As a Maintenance Supervisor, the role will carry out responsibilities such as but not limited to working with the Maintenance Manager in developing, managing and leading a world-class maintenance organization for maintaining the Company’s long-term competitiveness. The role includes demonstrate excellent team building, people management, and leadership skills, strong interpersonal and communication skills, including face to face, written, and presentation, and excellent external and internal functional / cross-functional communications skills. Additionally, the maintenance supervisor must be a proactive go getter who takes a great deal of pride in their work and treats the business as their own.

Schedule: Sunday - Tuesday and every other Saturday 6:30pm-6:30am

From your EXPERTISE to ours

Key Responsibilities For This Position Include

• Responsible for all aspects of food safety and quality as defined in plant and department procedures.
• Oversee and direct technician assignments during their shift, basing decisions on manpower, technical ability and knowledge, and production priorities. Managing the technician’s time on shift.
• Communicate and coordinate with Production Supervisors and Plant Engineering to determine the most efficient and timely corrective action in response to equipment breakdowns.
• Track, schedule and assign corrective and preventive maintenance activities.
• Ensure technicians are creating work orders to document activities as well as entering accurate and thorough information.
• Verify assigned work orders are completed in a timely manner and work quality is acceptable.
• Manages and approves technician work hours, vacation, volunteer hours, floating holiday, etc.
• Performs technician coaching, reviews and disciplinary actions.
• Responsible for planning, organizing and directing the activities on the assigned shift.
• Operates production equipment to check work as required.
• A willingness to jump in and support your technicians as needed is a most.
• Ensure successful leadership and integration of World Class Maintenance (WCM) processes into the overall organization.
• Effectively communicate WCM strategy, goals, and results across the organization as it relates to Maintenance and within the Maintenance Organization.
• Establish and influence the use of best practices and strategic benchmarks for assessing maintenance processes.
• Define and implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measuring progress.
• Leading by example while maintaining a can-do attitude.
• Develop and support Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) within the facility.
• Develop training programs and development/progression plans for subordinates.
• Develop strategic partnerships across the company and with third party contractors to increase overall reliability.
• Develop and manage cross-functional improvement strategies.
• Identify opportunities in establishment of the WCM model, assess progress, and develop strategic programs for addressing the opportunities.
• Lead and direct effective interactions and positive cooperation through work relationships between all levels of the organization as topics relate to engineering to achieve business goals optimizing manufacturing output, quality, scheduling, reliability, safety, cost variance, and waste objectives.
• Champion the organization’s values by leading best practices in maintenance supporting Quality initiatives.
• Adhere to Company’s strict compliance to PMO and FDA regulations, OSHA rules and Company guidelines for maintenance plans and projects.
• Direct the planning and implementation of maintenance strategies and programs to promote a proactive, skilled and comprehensive maintenance department that delivers service levels which promote optimal performance of equipment and systems that meet the needs of plant operations.
• Ensure the maintenance and operation of the equipment, systems, and processes for the overall facility meet compliance standards of all external regulatory agencies to include: PMO, OSHA, EPA, FDA and all other applicable regulations.
  
  

From your STORY to ours

Qualified Applicants Will Contribute The Following

WORK CONDITIONS

• Extended hours may be necessary depending on the project needs
• To fulfill these responsibilities, tools such as a computer, phone or, and / or allowance(s) will be provided.
• To fulfill these responsibilities, a cell phone is required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential duties and responsibilities.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree is preferred.
• Majors in mechanical, Electrical, or chemical engineering are preferred.
• 2+ years in food and/or chemical processing plant experience is preferred.
• 10+ years in maintenance systems development, management, and implementation experience are preferred.
• 5+ years in developing, leading and executing proven maintenance reliability programs, management of maintenance budgeting processes, and frontline maintenance leadership experience are required.
• Knowledge of break down analysis, root cause analysis tools are required.
• Experience managing smaller engineering and manufacturing project groups.
• Preventative and predictive mindset.
• Demonstrated ability to utilize Maintenance Performance Measurements (KPIs).
• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of maintenance planning and scheduling concepts.
• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of storeroom management concepts.
• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of maintenance best practices.
• Demonstrated understanding and prior utilization of applied mechanical, electrical and controls principles.
• Demonstrated execution of change management processes; with the ability to promote cultural change within the organization.
• Knowledge of integrated maintenance and business systems (SAP preferred).
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.
• Ability to operate in a team environment.
• Ability to adapt in a changing work environment.
• Computer proficiency: Excel, Word, and Power Point.
  
  

COMPENTENCIES

• Ability to establish and implement industrial labour relations programs, negotiate collective bargaining agreements and coordinate grievance procedures to handle complaints resulting from disputes with unionized employees
• Ability to manage the team's resources, achieve production targets and meet needs
• Complete understanding of mechanics, electricity, pneumatics, hydraulics, automation and industrial IT
• Ability to implement Good Manufacturing Practices by clearly defining written Work Instructions, Best Practices and Standard Operating Procedures, that are in compliance with Health regulations and ensure effective Manufacturing techniques, Product Safety and Product Quality.
• In-depth understanding of equipment and material, to cover performance and capacity, cleaning and maintenance.
• Ability to work in close partnership with the Division, to monitor and analyze overall efficiency of industrial equipment and KPIs for the plant and apply strategies to improve them
• Ability to sustain and support Preventive Maintenance programs.
• Be able to identify, use, understand, and manage emotions in positive ways, communicate effectively and empathize with others, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict.
• Manage people in daily work by identifying potential and recruiting best profiles, setting concrete and ambitious goals, delegating missions, motivating and developing every day a cohesive team in a changing environment
• Ability to determine priorities and allocate time and resources effectively to ensure accomplishment of a specific objective with method and rigor
• Ability to build a logical approach (assess situation, identify causes, target solutions, deploy it) to address problems or manage a situation by drawing on own knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary
• Ability to transmit and receive information clearly and communicate effectively to others by considering their points of view in order to respond appropriately. It includes using tact and diplomacy in all communications as well as the ability to convey ideas and information (adjusting style, tone and level of details), both orally and in writing, in a way that the all stakeholders/audience are engaged.
  
  

At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.

Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Dairy Product Manufacturing

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