Maintenance Supervisor

Challenge Mfg. Company; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Challenge Mfg. Company is looking for a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee maintenance operations at their Spartanburg plant. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in maintenance with a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. This role involves ensuring safety, quality, and efficiency while fostering a positive work environment. Join a leading employee-owned company committed to excellence and innovation in the automotive industry.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Health Savings Account

401k Match

ESOP shares

Tuition reimbursement

Referral Bonus Program

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of related experience or training.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred or HS Diploma with maintenance experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance work activities to support production.
• Ensure preventive maintenance activities are performed properly.
• Conduct toolbox talks for communication.

Skills

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Precision measurement

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

HS Diploma/GED

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who We Are:Challenge’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day; they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time at Challenge. Being part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!

Together we own Safety! Challenge is #QualityDriven and #PeoplePowered!

Who We Want:

The Maintenance Supervisor assists the Department Manager with monitoring, planning, and implementing maintenance work activities to support production, preventive maintenance, and other assigned tasks. The maintenance group leader monitors Quality, Safety, and Efficiency of the maintenance team to ensure that customer (internal and external) needs are met. Maintenance Supervisors are also moral builders and responsible for creating a positive work environment for all employees and solve problems as a team.

What You'll Do:

• Manage processes with detailed accuracy, and discipline.
• Coaches and assist all employees with problem solving.
• Teaches, trains, and keeps accurate records of training.
• Ensures all quality standards are met.
• Ensures that preventive maintenance activities are performed properly and on-time.
• Pays close attention to detail. Example: Safety, Housekeeping, quality, performance, instructions given by management, and employee well-being.
• Incident reporting, and investigation of root cause for injuries, near misses, and mishits that occur on tools.
• Monitors employee attendance, and disciplines accordingly in accordance with the employee handbook.
• Manages maintenance team operations in accordance with expectations for safety, quality, performance, and attendance.
• Supports team members with completion of daily tasks.
• Conducts toolbox talks daily to ensure proper and consistent communication.

When and Where:This will be a 1st Shift / 5:30 AM - 1:30 PM M-F position located at our Plant in Spartanburg, SC.

Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.

What You Need to Have:

• Minimum 5 years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree from a 4-year college or university or HS Diploma/GED with 3-5 years of maintenance experience preferred
• Has high standards of performance for self.
• Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes.
• Is thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks; demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work.
• Takes positive action to objectively resolve conflict by listening, staying focused on issue to find resolution, and monitoring progress.
• Maintains positive relationships by constructively resolving conflicts.
• Uses feedback from others to continuously improve performance and work relationships.
• Moves within own and/or other work areas (flexes) to support plant flow.
• Works with sense of urgency to meet needs of customers.
• Has necessary experience, skills, and knowledge to perform all aspects of job; rotates through all job responsibilities.
• Maintains knowledge and skills to perform job effectively.
• Has ability to focus on benefits of change and see it as positive; approaches change or newness in constructive/objective manner; views change as learning opportunity.
• Looks for good in others; works collaboratively with others; shares information and knowledge.
• Is at work when scheduled and ensures coverage when absent; takes timely breaks/lunches; uses time wisely.
• Precision measurement skills using measure devises such as micrometers.
• Intermediate computer skills – Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and Outlook)
• Intermediate mathematic and blueprint reading skills
• Problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Steel toe boots and hard hats required on site

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Challenge Manufacturing is committed to working with and offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability for any part of the recruitment process, please contact the respective Talent Acquisition Partner.

Challenge Manufacturing is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. This company will provide equal opportunity to all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Information collected regarding categories as provided by law will in no way affect the decision regarding an employment application.

Challenge Manufacturing will not discharge or in any manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with Challenge Manufacturing's legal duty to furnish information.

Due to customer requirements, it is prohibited by federal export control laws from transferring controlled information and technology to “Foreign Persons” except as specifically authorized by the U.S. government. In the absence of such authorization, access to controlled information or technology must be limited to “U.S. Persons.” Accordingly, in order to comply with export control laws, the customer is required to verify a contractor’s status as being either a “U.S. Person” or a “Foreign Person.”

What We Offer:We’re excited to offer a range of awesome benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions, Flexible Spending Accounts, company-paid Short-Term Disability and Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life and Long-Term Disability options, an Employer 401k Match, ESOP shares, tuition reimbursement, a Referral Bonus Program, Challenge Incentive Program, and paid time off.

Please note, while these benefits are part of what we offer, they may not all apply to this specific role. The details shared in this job description are intended to give you a general idea, but duties and responsibilities may evolve over time, with or without notice. And of course, we’re happy to provide reasonable accommodations to help individuals with disabilities succeed in their role.