Our award-winning client is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor - 3rd Shift to join their team. The ideal candidate is responsible for leading and overseeing maintenance activities across the manufacturing facility, with a primary focus on equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, electrical troubleshooting, safety, and minimizing production downtime. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this role provides hands‑on leadership to the maintenance team, supports continuous improvement initiatives, and ensures compliance with OSHA, environmental, GMP, SQF, and corporate standards.
Responsibilities:
- Lead, supervise, and direct maintenance personnel to ensure safe, efficient, and timely completion of maintenance activities.
- Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance programs for facility infrastructure, production equipment, utilities, and electrical systems.
- Troubleshoot electrical and mechanical equipment issues to minimize downtime and maximize production capacity.
- Partner with Production to identify equipment, process, and work‑area improvements that increase efficiency, reliability, throughput, and maintainability.
- Support the Maintenance Manager with the execution and oversight of maintenance strategies, systems, and programs.
- Monitor equipment reliability and identify opportunities to optimize maintenance and operating costs.
- Assist with the installation, commissioning, and modification of new and existing equipment.
- Identify and eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks, scrap, defects, and other sources of inefficiency through continuous improvement initiatives.
- Develop, implement, and maintain SOPs, maintenance procedures, and best practices.
- Lead or support Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement initiatives, including Kaizen events.
- Investigate equipment failures, safety issues, and process problems; perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
- Maintain awareness of plant utilities, capacity, and utilization to support efficient operations.
- Ensure compliance with OSHA, environmental, GMP, SQF, PPE, food safety, and corporate requirements.
- Monitor and address safety and environmental concerns associated with manufacturing processes and equipment.
- Maintain accurate environmental, safety, maintenance, and operational documentation and prepare required reports.
- Promote strategies that reduce workplace accidents, energy consumption, waste, scrap, and equipment‑related losses.
- Support employee hiring, training, performance management, coaching, counseling, and disciplinary actions as appropriate.
- Effectively allocate maintenance resources throughout the facility to support production requirements.
- Administer and enforce applicable provisions of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, where applicable.
- Communicate effectively with maintenance, production, quality, safety, and other functional teams to ensure smooth operations.
- Follow established equipment downtime escalation procedures and respond to production‑critical issues.
- Ensure timely completion of required training, including monthly Alchemy training.
- Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent required; bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, or a related field preferred.
- 5–7 years of relevant experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Demonstrated leadership and supervisory experience in a manufacturing setting.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem‑solving abilities.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing equipment, maintenance practices, and process improvement methodologies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SAP.
- Knowledge of OSHA, environmental, GMP, food safety, and quality requirements; SQF experience is a plus.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple functions.
- Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and with limited information.
- Highly organized, detail‑oriented, adaptable, and results‑driven.
- Ability to work effectively under production deadlines and changing priorities.