Maintenance Supervisor – Automation & Controls

Newrest; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Newrest in Atlanta seeks an Automation Maintenance Supervisor to lead maintenance technicians and oversee automated production equipment. You will ensure safe corrective responses during production and manage spare parts availability.

You will coordinate with the Automated Line Lead and Automation Manager, drive preventive maintenance, and escalate issues to suppliers as needed. The role requires hands-on leadership and a commitment to reliability and food-safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance teams in an industrial setting.
• Strong knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and control systems.
• Familiarity with preventive maintenance and reliability practices.

Responsibilities

• Train, coach and assign maintenance technicians; verify competence for electrical, mechanical and controls tasks and safe work practices.
• Triage breakdowns during production, coordinate diagnosis and repair, communicate restoration estimates and confirm equipment readiness before release.
• Escalate complex defects to equipment manufacturers or supplier hotlines; open, track and close support tickets with evidence and follow-up.
• Maintain spare-parts master data, stock levels, movements and work-order records in Fractall.
• Set critical spares and reorder points using equipment risk, lead times and consumption; coordinate replenishment and periodic counts.
• Report equipment availability, maintenance backlog, preventive completion and critical stock risks to site leadership.
• Maintain a matrix relationship with Group Innovation to support deployment of automation strategy.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Controls systems

Team leadership

Tools

Fractall

Job description

At Newrest, we move forward thanksto those who get involved, take risks, and are eager to develop. Join a dynamicteam with an entrepreneurial and sporty mindset, where decisions are takenquickly without fear of failure. Here, hands-on experience matters, with SeniorLeadership being knowledgeable of the day to day operations and willing tosupport on all levels.

About Newrest

Newrest, an expert in out-of-homecatering and Facility Management, is one of the world leaders in multi-sectorcatering. Driven by a pioneering “Unlimited” spirit, the Group operates in 53countries with 60,000 employees.

Our services cover a wide range ofareas: airline catering, buy-on-board, onboard duty free, concession catering,remotes sites and Facility Management services, rail catering, airport andmotorway concessions.

More than just a company, Newrestrepresent a true family, with 97% of its capital owned by over 700 employees.

Your role

The Automation MaintenanceSupervisor directs the technicians supporting automated production equipment. The role owns safe corrective response during production, preventivemaintenance execution, supplier escalation and the availability and accuracy ofspare parts in Fractall. The role coordinates closely with the Automated LineLead and Automation Manager.

AM, PM and Grave Shifts available

Key responsibilities

Team leadership and corrective maintenance

• Train, coach and assign maintenance technicians; verifycompetence for electrical, mechanical and controls tasks and safe workpractices.
• Triage breakdowns during production, coordinate diagnosis andrepair, communicate restoration estimates and confirm equipment readinessbefore release.
• Escalate complex defects to equipment manufacturers or supplierhotlines; open, track and close support tickets with evidence and follow-up.

Preventive maintenance and reliability

• Build and schedule preventive maintenance with Production,execute to documented standards and record completion, findings and follow-upwork.
• Review recurring failures and downtime with the AutomationManager and Continuous Improvement team; drive root-cause corrective actions.
• Ensure lockout/tagout, guarding, contractor control and sitefood safety rules during all interventions.

Spare parts and records

• Maintain spare-parts master data, stock levels, movements andwork-order records in Fractall.
• Set critical spares and reorder points using equipment risk,lead times and consumption; coordinate replenishment and periodic counts.
• Report equipment availability, maintenance backlog, preventivecompletion and critical stock risks to site leadership.

Matrix relationship with Group Innovation

• In addition to the site reportingline, maintain a matrix relationship with the Group Innovation team atheadquarters to support deployment and consistent execution of the Groupautomation strategy.
• Share recurring faults, equipment availability,preventive-maintenance findings and critical spare-parts risks with GroupInnovation, in coordination with the Automation Manager.
• Propose reliability and maintainability improvements, contributetechnical lessons learned to common standards, and support deployment ofGroup-approved changes at the site.
• Escalate major technical issues, supplier support gaps andsystemic failures requiring Group intervention; maintain an action log andreport progress through resolution.