Maintenance Supervisor- Food

CSG Talent; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Client, a global leader in the Food Manufacturing sector, is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to lead a team in delivering reliability and TPM to support Safety, Quality and Production.

You will coach engineers and technicians, embed a zero-harm culture, and partner with Production and Quality to sustain plant capability and continuous improvement. The role focuses on reducing downtime, improving OEE, and driving best practice maintenance throughout the site.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership to drive Zero Harm culture.
• Mechanical aptitude with results-driven focus.
• Lean techniques and root cause analysis (desirable).
• Experience coaching maintenance teams.
• CPG industry experience preferred but not essential.
• Experience in equipment criticality and failure mode analysis.
• Exposure to lean principles for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance team and prioritise tasks to execute maintenance and reliability plans.
• Collaborate with Production and Quality to maintain plant production capability.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis on critical failures and implement actions.
• Enhance the site preventive maintenance program to support Operations and innovation.
• Set strategy and standards to improve efficiency and reduce downtime.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance management

Root cause analysis

Lean manufacturing

Coaching

Safety culture

OEE improvement

Problem solving

Job description

Our Client is a true global leader in the Food Manufacturing sector across all categories. They require a proven Maintenance Supervisor to join their team

About this opportunity

A critical leadership role, the Maintenance Supervisor will lead a team to ensure the highest standards of asset care, while transforming the team into an engineering powerhouse that will support Safety, Quality, and Production through condition and TPM functions that underpin OEE improvement.

With a strong commitment to accelerate safety and productivity performance, you will lead and coach your team to embed a culture of continuous improvement and best practice maintenance methodologies

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide leadership, coaching and support to the maintenance, allocating & prioritising tasks to execute maintenance and reliability plans
• Work closely with Production and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues and maintain plant production capability
• Perform Root Cause Analysis on all critical failures of plant and ensure action items derived are implemented and sustained
• Enhance and expand the site preventative maintenance program to efficiently support Operations and innovation
• Set the overall strategy and standards for best to improve efficiency minimise production downtime

Your skills and experience

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• Visible belief and demonstrated leadership in driving a Zero Harm culture
• Result driven focus with strong mechanical aptitude
• Formal training in Lean manufacturing techniques and root cause analysis (desirable)
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop maintenance teams
• Related industry experience, preferably within the CPG industry but not essential
• Experience in equipment criticality and failure mode analysis
• Exposure to lean principles for continuous improvement