Night-Shift Maintenance Lead: Plant Floor Leader

Electrical Automation Services; Deatsville (AL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Electrical Automation Services is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor for an on-site, overnight shift in Deatsville, AL. You will lead the maintenance team, ensure safety and quality compliance, and coordinate with production to minimize downtime.

The role requires at least five years in manufacturing or maintenance supervision, strong leadership and communication skills, and hands-on expertise with hydraulic/pneumatic systems, drives, and SAP CMMS.

Qualifications

• At least five years of manufacturing or maintenance-supervision experience.
• Experience supervising and developing industrial maintenance personnel.
• Experience maintaining and troubleshooting hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
• Experience with drive systems, transmissions, and related mechanical equipment.
• Experience installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting industrial drives.
• SAP or comparable computerized maintenance management system experience.
• Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the maintenance team's compliance with safety, quality, food safety, and environmental requirements.
• Ensure all maintenance work orders, equipment changes, and process changes have complete work orders and required approvals.
• Attend daily shift-handover meetings to review events from the previous 24 hours.
• Lead maintenance shift-handover meetings and review downtime, completed work orders, outstanding issues, and follow-up actions.
• Represent maintenance during production meetings and communicate equipment-related priorities and concerns.
• Review planned job packages for labor requirements, materials, replacement parts, work methods, permits, and priorities.
• Assign work orders and provide each team member with a complete workload at the beginning of the shift.
• Partner with planners and schedulers to manage the maintenance backlog and establish work priorities.
• Spend at least 60% of the shift on the production floor engaging with maintenance mechanics.
• Direct and monitor maintenance work for safety, quality, completion time, cost, and thoroughness.
• Provide technical support and guidance to ensure maintenance jobs are completed correctly.
• Communicate with production regarding schedule changes, job duration, and conditions affecting maintenance work.
• Manage crew payroll, overtime, attendance, tardiness, and absenteeism according to site policies.
• Ensure maintenance team members follow workplace policies, procedures, and professional conduct expectations.
• Support improved changeover performance and changeover-parts management.
• Document labor hours, materials, failure causes, corrective actions, and equipment conditions in SAP.
• Maintain strong housekeeping standards and safe work practices throughout the shift.
• Own continuous-improvement activities for assigned equipment areas, including improvements to OEEs.
• Support reliability and innovation initiatives throughout production areas.
• Lead safety-awareness and information-sharing meetings.
• Promote employee engagement, accountability, and teamwork.
• Provide on-the-job training and observe individual performance to identify skill-development opportunities.
• Train maintenance personnel and other users on proper SAP procedures.
• Develop and maintain individual development plans and conduct regular one-on-one feedback sessions.
• Strengthen the maintenance team's capabilities in plant utilities and production equipment.
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous personal and professional development.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Organization

Safety awareness

Coaching/Training

Tools

SAP CMMS

Job description

Electrical Automation Services is seeking a Maintenance Supervisor for an on-site, overnight shift in Deatsville, AL. You will lead the maintenance team, ensure safety and quality compliance, and coordinate with production to minimize downtime.

The role requires at least five years in manufacturing or maintenance supervision, strong leadership and communication skills, and hands-on expertise with hydraulic/pneumatic systems, drives, and SAP CMMS.