Senior Maintenance Supervisor- Food

Job Description

Our Client is a true global leader in the Food Manufacturing sector across all categories. They require a proven Senior Maintenance Supervisor to join their team. A critical leadership role, the Senior Maintenance Supervisor will lead a team to ensure the highest standards of asset care, while transforming the team into an engineering powerhouse that will support Safety, Quality, and Production through condition-based and TPM functions that underpin OEE improvement.

With a strong commitment to accelerate safety and productivity performance, you will lead and coach your team to embed a culture of continuous improvement and best-practice maintenance methodologies.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• Provide leadership, coaching and support to the maintenance team, allocating and prioritising tasks to execute maintenance and reliability plans.
• Work closely with Production and Quality teams to troubleshoot issues and maintain plant production capability.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis on all critical failures of plant and ensure action items derived are implemented and sustained.
• Enhance and expand the site preventative maintenance program to efficiently support Operations and innovation.
• Set the overall strategy and standards to improve efficiency and minimise production downtime.
• Co‑ordinate all contractor support, services, and maintenance activity (including financials).
• Actively support the implementation of capital projects.

To be successful in this role, you'll have:

• Visible belief and demonstrated leadership in driving a Zero Harm culture.
• Result-driven focus with strong mechanical aptitude.
• Formal training in Lean manufacturing techniques and root cause analysis (desirable).
• Proven ability to coach, mentor and develop maintenance teams.
• Related industry experience, preferably within the CPG industry but not essential.
• Experience in equipment criticality and failure mode analysis.
• Exposure to lean principles for continuous improvement.
• Understanding of OHS regulations and food safety practices.
• Exceptional communication skills and strong rapport-building techniques.
• Advanced skills in CMMS software/systems such as MEX or SAP.
• A flexible, resilient approach that encourages a positive work/team environment.