Maintenance Supervisor: Lead Tech Team in High-Volume Plant

Rock Entertainment Group; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Pregis Performance Flexibles seeks a maintenance supervisor to ensure safety and world-class equipment reliability in a high-volume production setting. You will lead a small team, direct daily activities, and coordinate with engineering and vendors to sustain operations.

Ideal candidates have 8–15 years on industrial maintenance, strong PLC and drive-system skills, and proven leadership. This role requires standing, lifting, and overtime with multiple shifts.

Qualifications

• Advanced mechanical/technical aptitude required.
• Proficient in electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic repair.
• Experience with AC/DC vector and servo drive systems.
• PLC maintenance and programming is pivotal.
• Able to read mechanical, piping and electrical drawings.
• Experience leading a technical team (3–5 members).
• Strong verbal and written communication with a customer-service attitude.
• Familiarity with very high-volume production environments.
• Ability to fabricate parts and follow blueprints.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain an environment where safety is a high priority.
• Maintain and sustain equipment and facilities to meet world-class service levels via preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Direct day-to-day activities of team members.
• Identify key issues in sustained production, prioritize and allocate resources to improve uptime.
• Drive root cause problem solving and cost-saving ideas.
• Lead Predictive maintenance measures and audit work orders in Emaint.
• Measure team and self against KPI's weekly and adjust as needed.
• Develop training plans to improve technician skills.
• Operate and fabricate parts when needed; read blueprints for custom parts.
• Collaborate with engineering to improve production output and coordinate with vendors.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Electrical repair

Hydraulic and pneumatic

AC/DC vector and servo drives

PLC maintenance

Welding and machining

Reading drawings

Team leadership

Communication

High-volume production

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

8–15 years industrial maintenance experience

Job description

Pregis Performance Flexibles seeks a maintenance supervisor to ensure safety and world-class equipment reliability in a high-volume production setting. You will lead a small team, direct daily activities, and coordinate with engineering and vendors to sustain operations.

Ideal candidates have 8–15 years on industrial maintenance, strong PLC and drive-system skills, and proven leadership. This role requires standing, lifting, and overtime with multiple shifts.