Preventive Maintenance Supervisor

UDA; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 106,020,000 - 128,943,000; Full time

Job summary

UDA in Tempe, AZ is seeking a PM Supervisor to lead a 5-person maintenance team in a food manufacturing environment. You will execute, schedule, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs based on RCM principles to boost equipment reliability and minimize downtime.

The role partners with Operations and Engineering to plan maintenance windows, review PM performance, and drive adherence to safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3–6+ years leading maintenance teams or reliability initiatives.
• Demonstrated success improving maintenance performance metrics (e.g., PM compliance, downtime reduction).
• Proven experience advancing a maintenance programme from reactive → planned → predictive.
• Hands‑on experience implementing or sustaining RCM, PM optimisation, or PdM programmes.
• Experience working in food, beverage, dairy, or regulated manufacturing environments strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, coach, and develop a team of 5 multi‑craft maintenance technicians.
• Assign daily and weekly work based on priority, safety, and production needs.
• Ensure effective labor utilization and schedule adherence.
• Lead daily shift meetings and weekly maintenance planning reviews.
• Enforce maintenance standards, safe work practices, and quality of execution.
• Partner with Operations to coordinate maintenance windows and minimise disruption.
• Execute and sustain a structured PM program based on RCM principles and asset criticality.
• Ensure >90–95% PM compliance on a weekly basis.
• Audit PM quality and continuously improve task effectiveness.
• Eliminate non‑value‑added PMs and optimise frequencies using failure history.
• Maintain a healthy maintenance backlog (2–4 weeks of planned work).
• Execute PdM routes including vibration, thermography, ultrasound, and oil analysis.
• Review PdM findings and generate corrective work orders.
• Prioritise and schedule corrective actions based on risk and severity.
• Support condition monitoring initiatives (online or route‑based systems).
• Ensure PdM technologies are effectively used to identify developing failures early.
• Utilise CMMS as the system of record for all maintenance activities.
• Ensure all work is properly planned, scoped, and documented before execution.
• Review and approve work orders for completeness and accuracy.
• Track and report KPIs including PM compliance, backlog, downtime, and labour utilisation.
• Drive continuous improvement in work‑order quality and data integrity.
• Enforce precision maintenance practices (alignment, balancing, torque, soft‑foot correction).
• Lead lubrication best practices including contamination control and proper intervals.
• Ensure proper installation and repair techniques to prevent premature failures.
• Coordinate with storeroom or purchasing to ensure parts availability for scheduled work.
• Support min/max inventory levels for critical spares.
• Ensure parts are kitted and ready prior to scheduled maintenance.
• Support maintenance activities during shutdowns and planned outages.
• Provide maintenance input for new equipment installations and commissioning.
• Assist in developing PM strategies for new assets.

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Main Plant – Tempe, AZ 85282
Position Type: Full Time
Salary Range: $37.00 – $45.00 Hourly
Job Shift: DAY – 6:00am‑3:00pm

Job Summary/Objective

The Preventive Maintenance (PM) Supervisor leads a team of multi‑craft technicians and is responsible for the execution, scheduling, and continuous improvement of the site’s preventive and predictive maintenance program. This role applies Reliability‑Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles to improve equipment reliability, reduce unplanned downtime, and ensure safe, compliant operations in a food manufacturing environment. The PM Supervisor partners with Operations, Engineering, and Reliability resources to ensure maintenance activities are properly planned, prioritized, and executed, with a strong focus on preventive maintenance (PM), condition‑based monitoring (PdM), and precision maintenance practices.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervise, coach, and develop a team of 5 multi‑craft maintenance technicians
• Assign daily and weekly work based on priority, safety, and production needs
• Ensure effective labor utilization and schedule adherence
• Lead daily shift meetings and weekly maintenance planning reviews
• Enforce maintenance standards, safe work practices, and quality of execution
• Partner with Operations to coordinate maintenance windows and minimise disruption
• Execute and sustain a structured PM program based on RCM principles and asset criticality
• Ensure >90–95% PM compliance on a weekly basis
• Audit PM quality and continuously improve task effectiveness
• Eliminate non‑value‑added PMs and optimise frequencies using failure history
• Maintain a healthy maintenance backlog (2–4 weeks of planned work)
• Execute PdM routes including vibration, thermography, ultrasound, and oil analysis
• Review PdM findings and generate corrective work orders
• Prioritise and schedule corrective actions based on risk and severity
• Support condition monitoring initiatives (online or route‑based systems)
• Ensure PdM technologies are effectively used to identify developing failures early
• Utilise CMMS as the system of record for all maintenance activities
• Ensure all work is properly planned, scoped, and documented before execution
• Review and approve work orders for completeness and accuracy
• Track and report KPIs including PM compliance, backlog, downtime, and labour utilisation
• Drive continuous improvement in work‑order quality and data integrity
• Enforce precision maintenance practices (alignment, balancing, torque, soft‑foot correction)
• Lead lubrication best practices including contamination control and proper intervals
• Ensure proper installation and repair techniques to prevent premature failures
• Coordinate with storeroom or purchasing to ensure parts availability for scheduled work
• Support min/max inventory levels for critical spares
• Ensure parts are kitted and ready prior to scheduled maintenance
• Support maintenance activities during shutdowns and planned outages
• Provide maintenance input for new equipment installations and commissioning
• Assist in developing PM strategies for new assets

Travel Requirements

None

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• 3–6+ years leading maintenance teams or reliability initiatives
• Demonstrated success improving maintenance performance metrics (e.g., PM compliance, downtime reduction, planned vs reactive work)
• Proven experience advancing a maintenance programme from reactive → planned → predictive
• Hands‑on experience implementing or sustaining RCM, PM optimisation, or PdM programmes
• Experience working in food, beverage, dairy, or regulated manufacturing environments strongly preferred

Education and Certifications

• Required: High School Diploma or GED; Technical certification in electrical, mechanical, or related field
• Preferred: Associate’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance or related field, Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician (CMRT)

Work Environment & Demands

• Requires ability to walk and stand for 12 or more hours at a time
• Requires ability to stoop, bend, reach, lift, climb ladders or stairs of various heights and carry items in excess of 55 pounds
• Requires ability to push and pull items frequently including items up to 150 lbs
• Requires ability to climb ladders and stairs of various heights including floors of 100 ft or more
• Requires ability to hear and speak frequently in very noisy environments
• Requires ability to work in varying extreme hot, cold, and wet temperatures and conditions
• Requires ability to work in confined spaces frequently
• Requires the ability to visually observe the condition of surroundings
• Requires ability to work safely with hazardous chemicals
• Requires ability to walk entire facility multiple times for each shift
• Ability to drive and operate a forklift and similar equipment