Maintenance Supervisor - Days

Post Holdings Inc.

Norwalk (IA)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus
Relocation assistance
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Job summary

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Norwalk, Iowa, seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a maintenance and reliability team on a day shift. The role focuses on keeping equipment in top condition and driving asset health improvements while partnering with the ARM team and plant operations. Strong leadership and safety adherence are essential.

The position offers a competitive annual bonus, merit reviews, and relocation assistance as needed, with a schedule supporting a 6AM–6PM day shift.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field required or equivalent experience.
  • CMRP certification preferred for maintenance leadership roles.
  • Understanding of PLC, automation, and equipment controls is highly desirable.
  • Experience leading maintenance or reliability improvements in industrial settings.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and supervise maintenance personnel to ensure safety, quality, and reliability.
  • Oversee contractors on-site ensuring safety, food safety, and GMP compliance.
  • Assist planning and budgeting for capital and operating projects.
  • Utilize CMMS tools to manage maintenance data and reporting.
  • Drive root cause analysis and RCA/RCM initiatives to improve asset health.

Skills

Leadership
Industrial maintenance
Safety & GMP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field
CMRP certification (preferred)
Understanding of PLC & equipment automation

Tools

SAP (preferred)

Job description

Brand: Michael Foods Inc.

Categories: Operations Administrative

Locations: Norwalk, Iowa

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Remote Eligible: No

Req ID: 33820

Job Description
Business Unit Overview

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leader in the food processing and distribution industry with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products. We offer exciting job possibilities throughout our organization where you can enhance your career, sharpen your talents and make an impact. Join our company and be part of an innovative team that’s First in Food.

Location Description

Michael Foods, Inc. located in Norwalk, Iowa is a southern suburb in the Des Moines, Iowa metropolitan area. We are known for knowing our neighbors and enjoying a great quality of life! Our location produces high quality precooked egg patties as well as various French Toast products.

Responsibilities

This is a DAY Position from 6AM-6PM. We operate on a 2-2-3 Schedule. This position offers annual bonus, annual merit reviews, and relocation when needed.

SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Supervisor is accountable for leading, directing, and supervising plant reliability and maintenance personnel. The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for keeping the equipment and facilities in optimum operating condition while on shift. The Maintenance Supervisor will be expected to run a professional quality maintenance team by exhibiting strong leadership abilities, setting expectations, and ensuring consistent communication with personnel. This position provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, championing executional excellence and asset health improvement efforts. The Maintenance Supervisor will ensure results while partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Lead and supervise department team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Engage and develop the asset care team members to deliver expected levels of reliability. As part of the greater maintenance leadership team, be an active member who contributes to the MFI culture's advancement. Direct responsibility for the maintenance team members and their performance.

  • Responsible for supervising maintenance or project contractors while onsite to include human safety, food safety, and plant GMP requirements.

  • Responsible for all maintenance team metrics. Ability to balance maintenance (tactical and strategic) initiatives that align with plant business strategies while on shift.

  • Assists with planning and cost estimates for annual and longer-term capital and operating budgets to deliver to business plan. Investigate the condition of buildings, equipment, and grounds, and recommend improvements in the facilities to ensure that business needs are met.

  • Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support maintenance reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.

  • Keeps accurate and up-to-date records (i.e., SAP data, Kronos, KPI’s, etc..).

  • Works with planning and scheduling to utilize team personnel in a cost-effective manner.

  • Adhere to established MFI standards for assessing the quality of work performed by employees and contractors.

  • Supervise the completion of work through review of reports and frequent site inspections.

  • Recognizes and takes steps to resolve operating problems to minimize their impact on the business.

  • Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and reliability centered maintenance (RCM) to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement. Will champion the plant’s RCM and RCA process.

  • Create and foster a team environment that demonstrates genuine concern for personal and professional development of all employees by providing team members opportunity for development to their full potential through the MFI ARMED program.

  • Ability to coordinate and partner with corporate stakeholder groups to build and maintain programs and processes consistent with MFI standards.

  • Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.

  • Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Assumes personal responsibility to ensure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

  • Adheres to quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports on any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.

  • Always ensures required regulatory compliance.

  • Participate in acquiring talent within maintenance organization. Includes interviewing, recruiting, and selection for salaried and hourly team members. Actively support recruiting events and talent pipeline efforts.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field is preferred. Can also have an associate's degree, two-year technical certificate, and / or a relevant combination of experience which demonstrates technical and leadership aptitude. Demonstrated leadership experience.

  • Minimum of 5 years of proven leadership or supervisory experience in industrial operations or maintenance or utilities operations is preferred

  • Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification preferred.

  • Understanding of PLC and equipment automation preferred.

  • Trained and competent in MFI MTL1, MTL2, & MTL3 skills preferred

  • Prior experience in SAP preferred

  • Ability to interact with all levels of the organization

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with superb time management skills

  • Ability to lead teams and hold team members accountable, while successfully achieving results through internal and external resources

  • Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve successful maintenance and repair programs.

Qualifications
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and listen. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This is a DAY Position from 6AM-6PM. We operate on a 2-2-3 Schedule. This position offers annual bonus, annual merit reviews, and relocation when needed.

SUMMARY:

The Maintenance Supervisor is accountable for leading, directing, and supervising plant reliability and maintenance personnel. The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for keeping the equipment and facilities in optimum operating condition while on shift. The Maintenance Supervisor will be expected to run a professional quality maintenance team by exhibiting strong leadership abilities, setting expectations, and ensuring consistent communication with personnel. This position provides both Maintenance and Reliability services within the plant, championing executional excellence and asset health improvement efforts. The Maintenance Supervisor will ensure results while partnering with the MFI ARM team, plant maintenance team personnel, plant operational team, and all other plant support teams members for success. This position has the responsibility to comply with Safety work rules at all times as well as an obligation to reinforce Safety as a Core Value. Ensures that all policies, procedures and activities, related to Food Safety & Quality, are followed and complied with uniformly, in an effort to reduce product and process variability. This role must be available to work scheduled work times, weekends, and holidays, as necessary.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Lead and supervise department team members to ensure personal safety, quality, delivery, and cost, are continuously being improved to achieve company objectives. Engage and develop the asset care team members to deliver expected levels of reliability. As part of the greater maintenance leadership team, be an active member who contributes to the MFI culture's advancement. Direct responsibility for the maintenance team members and their performance.

  • Responsible for supervising maintenance or project contractors while onsite to include human safety, food safety, and plant GMP requirements.

  • Responsible for all maintenance team metrics. Ability to balance maintenance (tactical and strategic) initiatives that align with plant business strategies while on shift.

  • Assists with planning and cost estimates for annual and longer-term capital and operating budgets to deliver to business plan. Investigate the condition of buildings, equipment, and grounds, and recommend improvements in the facilities to ensure that business needs are met.

  • Utilize MFI approved CMMS to manage, document, and support maintenance reporting and decision making. This will be accomplished through the guidance of MFI ARM standards.

  • Keeps accurate and up-to-date records (i.e., SAP data, Kronos, KPI’s, etc..).

  • Works with planning and scheduling to utilize team personnel in a cost-effective manner.

  • Adhere to established MFI standards for assessing the quality of work performed by employees and contractors.

  • Supervise the completion of work through review of reports and frequent site inspections.

  • Recognizes and takes steps to resolve operating problems to minimize their impact on the business.

  • Provides input for root cause analysis (RCA) and reliability centered maintenance (RCM) to create an environment of continuous asset reliability improvement. Will champion the plant’s RCM and RCA process.

  • Create and foster a team environment that demonstrates genuine concern for personal and professional development of all employees by providing team members opportunity for development to their full potential through the MFI ARMED program.

  • Ability to coordinate and partner with corporate stakeholder groups to build and maintain programs and processes consistent with MFI standards.

  • Promote, and foster Michael Foods culture, values, and principles.

  • Act as a role model by demonstrating safe work behaviors. Assumes personal responsibility to ensure safe and healthy workplace for everyone. Adhere to all safety policies and procedures and incorporate safety and health in all jobs and tasks.

  • Adheres to quality work practices, follows GMP’s, maintains sanitary conditions and ensures that product quality is maintained. Reports on any conditions or practices that may adversely affect food safety and quality.

  • Always ensures required regulatory compliance.

  • Participate in acquiring talent within maintenance organization. Includes interviewing, recruiting, and selection for salaried and hourly team members. Actively support recruiting events and talent pipeline efforts.

  • Perform other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or technical field is preferred. Can also have an associate's degree, two-year technical certificate, and / or a relevant combination of experience which demonstrates technical and leadership aptitude. Demonstrated leadership experience.

  • Minimum of 5 years of proven leadership or supervisory experience in industrial operations or maintenance or utilities operations is preferred

  • Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification preferred.

  • Understanding of PLC and equipment automation preferred.

  • Trained and competent in MFI MTL1, MTL2, & MTL3 skills preferred

  • Prior experience in SAP preferred

  • Ability to interact with all levels of the organization

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills along with superb time management skills

  • Ability to lead teams and hold team members accountable, while successfully achieving results through internal and external resources

  • Excellent administrative and follow-up skills to achieve successful maintenance and repair programs.

Post Holdings provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, status as a covered veteran and any other category protected under applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other 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 the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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