On-Site Maintenance Shift Lead - Food & Beverage

ASHFORD CONNEX, LLC; Prattville (AL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

ASHFORD CONNEX, LLC in Prattville, AL seeks a Maintenance Shift Supervisor for a new food and beverage manufacturing plant. You will supervise a shift crew, drive safety, quality, and environmental results, and allocate daily work orders to optimize uptime and output.

The role requires strong discipline in preventive maintenance, hands-on leadership on the floor, and collaboration with planning to balance backlog and staffing while controlling costs and cycle times.

Qualifications

• Engineering or technical degree preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 5+ years leading or supervising maintenance in manufacturing.
• Food, beverage, or CPG experience preferred; other industries will be considered.
• Strong hydraulic, pneumatic, drive, and industrial electrical troubleshooting background.
• ERP-based CMMS experience required.
• A floor-first leader who is credible with technicians.
• Communicates clearly and holds a crew accountable through a full shift.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a shift crew of maintenance technicians and own safety, quality, food safety, and environmental results for the shift.
• Hand out a full shift of work orders at the start of each day and confirm every job is finished right.
• Lead shift handoffs and represent maintenance in production tier meetings.
• Work with planning and scheduling on backlog, priorities, and staffing.
• Manage how jobs get done: quality, time, cost, and completeness.
• Move the team away from reactive repairs and toward planned and preventive work.
• Run root cause investigations on breakdowns and see corrective actions through.
• Make sure work orders are closed out fully in the CMMS with cause, action, and parts.
• Develop technicians through on-the-job coaching, development plans, and regular one-on-ones.
• Support OEE and continuous improvement work on assigned equipment.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Troubleshooting

Industrial knowledge

Team coordination

Education

Engineering/technical degree

Tools

CMMS

Job description

ASHFORD CONNEX, LLC in Prattville, AL seeks a Maintenance Shift Supervisor for a new food and beverage manufacturing plant. You will supervise a shift crew, drive safety, quality, and environmental results, and allocate daily work orders to optimize uptime and output.

The role requires strong discipline in preventive maintenance, hands-on leadership on the floor, and collaboration with planning to balance backlog and staffing while controlling costs and cycle times.