Maintenance Supervisor - Biscuits

About the Role

We have a current opening for a Maintenance Supervisor and are actively reviewing applications.

Are you ready to lead a high-performing maintenance team and make a lasting impact on our operations? We are currently seeking a Maintenance Supervisor to oversee all aspects of plant maintenance, ensuring equipment reliability, safety, and operational efficiency across our production facility. This role is integral to the successful launch and ongoing support of the UGP Biscuits line and offers an exciting opportunity to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.

The Maintenance Supervisor position’s primary duties include supervising maintenance, supporting interventions, collaborating in the new projects’ realization. You will be responsible for defining, organizing and managing the realization of periodical revisions programs, ordinary, extraordinary and soft intervention, optimizing relative costs in order to achieve determined production results, both in qualitative and quantitative terms, respecting the given deadlines. Coordinating and organizing maintenance activities in order to ensure the plants workability (devices) and the highest level of reliability and efficiency of production lines.

If you are a strong leader with a passion for problem-solving, team development, and continuous improvement, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your career in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Hours:

This will start as a 3-shift rotation position: 1 week of days, 1 week of afternoons & 1 week of nights

• Guiding and mentoring maintenance technicians to follow safe work practices
• Supporting smart factory initiatives
• Collaborating across production, quality, and HR to keep operations flowing
• Partnering with OEMs and suppliers to source parts and troubleshooting support
• Assisting with maintenance scheduling and intervention planning
• Ensuring strict adherence to Ferrero’s maintenance policies and standards
• Support and facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Breakdown Analysis (BDA) following equipment failures, ensuring effective problem resolution and sustainable countermeasures.
• Support, implement, and sustain Centerlining (TPM) standards to reduce variability, stabilize processes, and improve first-time-right performance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing methodologies to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
• Drive Focused Improvement (FI) initiatives, collaborating with Production, Engineering, and Quality to improve equipment reliability and eliminate chronic losses.
• Ensure technicians understand and apply lean manufacturing principles and best practices to reduce variation, recurring failures, and unplanned downtime.

• Technical Problem Solving
• Strong Knowledge of Materials and Resources
• Critical Thinking
• Proven Ability to Make Tough Decisions
• Coaching, Mentoring, Teaching and Guiding
• Strong Written and Oral Communication Skills

You thrive in a fast-paced, automated manufacturing environment. With your strong problem-solving skills and leadership experience, you’re ready to make an impact.

We’re looking for someone who has:

• Support and facilitate Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Breakdown Analysis (BDA) following equipment failures, ensuring effective problem resolution and sustainable countermeasures.
• 3+ years of experience as a Maintenance Supervisor in a manufacturing setting
• Strong mechanical and electrical aptitude
• A history of tackling technical challenges with creativity and precision
• Support, implement, and sustain Centerlining (TPM) standards to reduce variability, stabilize processes, and improve first-time-right performance.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing methodologies to improve asset performance and maintenance efficiency.
• Drive Focused Improvement (FI) initiatives, collaborating with Production, Engineering, and Quality to improve equipment reliability and eliminate chronic losses.
• Ensure technicians understand and apply lean manufacturing principles and best practices to reduce variation, recurring failures, and unplanned downtime.

As part of our recruitment process, Ferrero may use artificial intelligence (AI)…