Manufacturing Maintenance Supervisor

Kroger; Crawfordsville (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Manufacturing in Crawfordsville, IN seeks a Maintenance Supervisor to lead plant maintenance and projects, ensuring safety, quality and continuous improvement. You will guide a team of mechanics, manage budgets, and drive reliability under the SQR framework.

This role requires strong leadership, OSHA/EPA compliance knowledge, CMMS use, and the ability to plan and execute preventive maintenance while upholding Kroger's Food Safety and Quality Principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or 5 years of progressive experience in maintenance supervision.
• Experience in the food industry dealing with preventive/predictive maintenance process, technical guidance and development of the maintenance work force.
• Functional knowledge and use of Microsoft Office and CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise craft resources to ensure safe, efficient maintenance.
• Coach direct reports, perform performance reviews and provide feedback.
• Ensure OSHA, EPA, DHEC, NEC, and FDA compliance.
• Direct mechanics on maintenance work including quality, duration, cost and thoroughness.
• Assign and inspect all planned preventive maintenance (PPM) work orders.
• Review available planned job packages for completeness and correctness; refine and finalize labor, materials, parts, methods and priorities.
• Identify, arrange and track the skills training and development needs of each team member; ensure prompt assignment of mechanics to specific jobs relative to individual abilities.
• Ensure that good housekeeping and safe work practices are followed throughout the facility.
• Clean shop areas daily, including spare parts room and offices.
• Provide support and leadership in troubleshooting equipment.
• Ensure all labor, parts and work are reported daily through the CMMS.
• Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Must be able to work around ingredients and/or finished products known to contain food allergens.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Training & development

Education

Bachelor's Degree in related field

Tools

CMMS

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lead the effective execution of all plant maintenance and assigned projects, in support of safety, quality and continuous improvement. Perform all jobs safely, efficiently and accurately to maintain and improve the performance of the entire plant in the areas of Safety, Quality, Reliability (SQR) and our Customer 1st strategy. Provide leadership that embodies our 7 Kroger Manufacturing High Performance Work System principles. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a safe, efficient and effective use of all supervised craft resources
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Ensure compliance to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), National Electrical Code (NEC), and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations
• Direct mechanics in the performance of approved maintenance work including quality control, duration, cost and thoroughness
• Assign and inspect all planned preventative maintenance (PPM) work orders
• Review available planned job packages for completeness and correctness; refine and finalize labor, materials, parts, methods and priorities
• Identify, arrange and track the skills training and development needs of each team member; ensure prompt assignment of mechanics to specific jobs relative to individual abilities
• Ensure that good housekeeping and safe work practices are followed throughout the facility
• Clean shop areas daily, including spare parts room and offices
• Provide support and leadership in troubleshooting equipment
• Ensure all labor, parts and work are reported daily through the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe, quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
• Must be able to work around ingredients and/or finished products known to contain food allergens

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree a related field or 5 years of progressive experience in maintenance supervision
• Experience in the food industry dealing with preventative/predictive maintenance process, technical guidance and development of the maintenance work force
• Functional knowledge and use of Microsoft Office and CMMS