Maintenance Supervisor

Carrier; Tennessee; On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Carrier, located in Tennessee, is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a skilled team focused on plant maintenance. The role requires strong leadership, organizational skills, and a commitment to safety and quality in order to meet operational goals.

The ideal candidate should possess at least 5 years of maintenance planning experience and will be responsible for ensuring effective maintenance operations while adhering to safety standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with maintenance planning and scheduling.
• 5+ years of experience leading a maintenance team.
• Ability to lead a multi-discipline team both technically and as a supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of maintenance employees and set daily activities.
• Ensure safety and quality in all maintenance activities.
• Schedule preventive maintenance work across three shifts.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational skills

Time management

Maintenance methods knowledge

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate or Technical Trade

Tools

Outlook

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

About this role

This position supervises a team of support and/or production level or hourly/direct employees in Plant maintenance. Sets day-to-day activities for the team of skilled traders, other maintenance employees. Must be flexible and open to 1st and 2nd shift.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the maintenance team to achieve operations, quality, safety, and continuous improvement goals through training, coaching, discipline, and effective communications
• Champion the use of ACE tools to reduce downtime, improve quality, and achieve labor efficiency targets
• Model and promote adherence to environmental, health, and safety policies and initiatives
• Ensure safety is the top priority when assigning work
• Collaboration with the maintenance manager and engineering managers to prioritize project and maintenance work
• Monitor work order progress and drive quality and timeliness of completion
• Schedule preventive maintenance and project work across three shifts
• Create, modify, open and close preventive maintenance work orders
• Schedule work hours and overtime as required, meeting production goals, preventive maintenance work order completion, and engineering project work deadlines
• Inspect assigned work for completeness and captures completion comments from skilled trades
• Develop standard work for various maintenance processes
• Maintain timecards and overtime records
• Maintain a working relationship with the union by following the terms of the collective bargaining agreement
• Good knowledge of maintenance methods and equipment across the disciplines
• Ability to lead a multi-discipline team both as a supervisor and in a technical capacity

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED
• 5+ years of experience with maintenance planning and scheduling in a manufacturing environment
• 5+ years of experience leading a maintenance team

Preferred Qualifications

• Highly prefer Associate, Technical Trade or relevant military experience
• Experience supervising union-represented employees
• Experience with machine/manufacturing equipment maintenance
• Ability to make suggestions and informed decisions quickly
• Technical background in skilled trades and or engineering
• Strong organizational, leadership, and time management skills
• Highly motivated with possesses superior follow-up and follow-through skills
• Able to motivate and lead employees
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient in Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Must be willing to work first, second, or third shift as well as required overtime