Plant Engineering Supervisor

3M Company; Ames (IA); On-site; USD 109,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Travel up to 10% domestic

Job summary

3M is seeking a Plant Engineering Supervisor in Ames, IA to lead maintenance teams and improve machine, system, and facility reliability. You will drive proactive maintenance strategies, coach staff, and ensure safe, efficient operations in a 24/7 environment.

The role emphasizes leadership, technical guidance, and building capabilities in CMMS and reliability practices to sustain continuous improvement across the site.

Qualifications

• Seven years of manufacturing maintenance experience or five years with an Associate’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and direction to maintenance technicians to maximize reliability and efficiency.
• Lead, coach and develop employees with clear expectations and feedback.
• Supervise Plant Engineering personnel performing maintenance on machines, systems and facilities.
• Shift maintenance practices to proactive and predictive strategies using root cause analysis and data.
• Build future-ready team capabilities in technical skills and reliability practices.
• Schedule, assign, and direct maintenance work while ensuring quality and safety.
• Support site initiatives and 24/7 operations, improving asset reliability and maintenance effectiveness.

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Associate’s degree

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title

Plant Engineering Supervisor

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

The person hired for the position of Plant Engineering Supervisor will provide supervision and direction to maintenance technicians, performing maintenance tasks on machines, systems, and facilities to maximize reliability and efficiency of operations.

As a Plant Engineering Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Promoting a safe, sustainable, and learning-oriented work environment by modeling safe behaviors, resolving safety risks, leading incident investigations, and implementing sustainable corrective actions that prevent recurrence while capturing and applying organizational learning to continuously improve systems, processes, and risk controls
• Leading, coaching, and developing employees through strong floor presence, clear expectations, timely feedback, recognition, and a focus on employee development that leverages individual strengths, talents, and passions while building problem-solving capabilities and ownership for continuous improvement at all levels of the organization.
• Supervising and providing technical guidance to Plant Engineering personnel performing maintenance on machines, systems, and facilities to improve equipment reliability, eliminate chronic equipment losses, and maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness.
• Shifting maintenance practices from reactive response to proactive and predictive strategies by using root cause analysis, precision maintenance best practices, maintenance history, and cross-functional input to identify and eliminate the systemic causes of recurring failures, reduce downtime, improve asset performance, and ensure problems are permanently improved rather than repeatedly repaired.
• Building future-ready team capabilities in areas such as technical skills, CMMS utilization, reliability practices, data-driven decision-making, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement, while fostering a culture that challenges the status quo and seeks sustainable improvements over temporary fixes.
• Scheduling, assigning, and directing maintenance work while monitoring progress, confirming proper procedures, evaluating quality of work, and supporting structured problem-solving that drives corrective, preventive, and improvement actions.
• Supporting Plant Engineering priorities and site initiatives, which may include oversight of support functions such as custodial, buildings and grounds, stockroom, specialty maintenance parts procurement, alternative shift coverage, on-call support, and flexible schedules to support 24/7 operations while identifying opportunities to improve asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational excellence across the site.

Your Skills and Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• High School Diploma/GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and Seven (7) years of manufacturing maintenance experience in a private, public, government or military environment

OR

• Associate’s degree (completed and verified prior to start) and Five (5) years of manufacturing maintenance experience in a private, public, government or military environment.

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Supervisory experience in a manufacturing environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Work location:

• Ames, IA

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic

Relocation Assistance: May be authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life — both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

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Applicable to US Applicants Only: The expected compensation range for this position is $109,202 – $133,469, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 09/09/2026 To 10/09/2026 Or until filled

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Pay & Benefits Overview: https://www.3M.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/

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