Maintenance Supervisor

Potters Industries; Muscatine (IA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Potters Industries in Muscatine, IA seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a technicians team and oversee daily equipment and facility maintenance. You will coordinate preventive, predictive, and corrective actions while ensuring plant reliability and cost control.

You will manage spare parts, maintain PLC/PCD drawings, and support production with diagnostics. Strong CMMS experience, safety involvement, and a proactive maintenance mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Highschool diploma or GED; technical schooling is a plus.
• 3 years automation, instrumentation and electromechanical experience in manufacturing.
• 3 years experience managing a maintenance team.
• Experience using a CMMS to plan, manage and analyze maintenance activities.

Responsibilities

• Respond to internal maintenance concerns and manage planned, preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Understand plant layout, equipment, processes and troubleshoot issues.
• Schedule daily maintenance including safety and preventative work orders.
• Manage spare parts inventory effectively.
• Maintain PLC, Electrical and P&ID drawings in AutoCAD, PDF and printed formats.
• Provide diagnostic support for maintenance, operations and production.
• Maintain calibration of confined space monitors and electrical testing equipment.
• Participate in HSE activities and plant audits.
• Monitor environmental conditions and take corrective actions as needed.

Skills

Team leadership

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Industrial automation

Education

High school diploma

Technical school/college

Tools

AutoCAD

CMMS

P&ID drawings

Job description

The Maintenance Supervisor manages the daily requirements and scheduling for maintenance of plant equipment and facility needs. They coordinate these duties while leading a team of technicians within their department.

What you will be doing:

• Promptly responds to address internal customer maintenance concerns, and effectively manages a system to conduct planned, preventive and predictive maintenance to optimize plant reliability, cost and asset life within established budget constraints
• Must understand the plant layout, equipment, process flows and impact of process parameters on process outcomes and have the ability to troubleshoot problems as they occur, especially with regard to maintenance systems
• Supervises daily maintenance scheduling including safety work orders, routine work orders and preventative maintenance work orders
• Responsible for the proper management of spare parts inventory
• Maintains PLC, Electrical and P&ID drawings in AutoCad, PDF and printed format
• Provides diagnostic and troubleshooting support for maintenance, operations and production
• Maintain calibration of confined space monitors and electrical troubleshooting equipment
• Participates in HSE activities (i.e., Toolbox Meetings, Plant Audits, Incident Investigations, Hazard ID's . .)
• Routinely monitors environmental conditions in the plant and takes appropriate investigative & corrective actions making timely notifications as required

Requirements:

Highschool diploma or GED, Post High School Technical School or College a plus

3 years of automation., instrumentation and Electromechanical experience in a manufacturing environment

3 years of experience managing a maintenance team

Experience using a CMMS system to plan, manage and analyze maintenance activities

Skill and Knowledge:

Experience in plant safety systems such as Confined Space Entry, Hot Work Permitting and Lock Out tag Out of Industrial Equipment

Solid understanding of technical aspects of mechanical, hydraulic and electrical systems of heavy industrial equipment

Basic skills in areas of industrial automation, instrumentation and electrical mechanical equipment installation, troubleshooting and repairs, PLC programming/automation activities and instrument calibration