Maintenance Supervisor Cleveland, OH

Maintenance Supervisor

Position Summary:

As the Maintenance Supervisor you will be responsible for all maintenance functions necessary to ensure efficient plant operations: manufacturing, processing, packaging and associated utilities. You will provide mentorship, skill development, loss elimination, risk management and life cycle asset management to sustain a proactive planned maintenance program. Other responsibilities include training, mentoring and assessing mechanics on maintenance & engineering related elements of Nestlé Continuous Excellence (NCE) using TPM as the multi-disciplined approach to establish Continuous Improvement and Zero Loss culture, in addition to supervision and regulatory compliance of the environmental program.

Monday‑Friday, 2pm – 10:30pm (hours flexible based on business needs)

• Guide the factory to reduce technical stoppages in equipment or areas of common occurrence (priority given to areas of highest incidence or impact).
• Ensure the detailed review of all line, processes, and utilities that are essential to the business and those where failure can have an unacceptable impact on safety, personnel safety, food safety, environment or compliance with the law.
• Monitor plant/equipment trends to ensure highest possible operation and reduction of planned/unplanned downtime.
• Propose and monitor key performance indicators in accordance with the Best Maintenance Practices.
• Facilitate the evolution/refinement of maintenance activities to minimize planned and unplanned downtime (PM's, changeovers, etc.).
• Maintain processing and packaging equipment and systems, decreasing unplanned downtime and growing reliability and availability.
• Implement all repairs/modifications resulting from Gap assessments, plant audits and notifications on time and with high‑quality workmanship.
• Own the job planning and validate all material and services planning for accuracy and efficiency.
• Lead the documentation for equipment history, damage code and root cause analysis and ensure they are completed accurately.
• Develop and lead a team of maintenance/electrical and automation technicians to develop them as Factory SME's and provide training in the NCE Reliability program.
• Evaluate the performance of team members and provide periodic feedback to ensure development.
• Share maintenance‑related standard methodologies across all Nestlé factories via the corporate engineering website, leadership/training guides, etc.
• Collaborate with corporate engineers, suppliers, contractors and plant partners to ensure customer needs are met.
• Encourage close partnership between all functions (Maintenance, Engineering, Production, Quality Management, etc.).
• Conduct regular inspections of plant to identify potential problems and solicit operator feedback.
• Consolidate and analyze the factory maintenance budget, drive valuable and sustainable improvements with Nestle Group Engineering Specialists and Maintenance Manager.
• Support the technical stores, systems and processes, oversee scheduled Work Orders execution, labor hour allocation and prioritize the equipment Bill of Material (BOM) review process.
• Support and back‑fill rollout and sustainability of TPM‑PM Pillar across the factory.
• Ensure compliance with government regulatory requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

• 3‑5 years of experience as a maintenance technician in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of production equipment maintenance.
• 1‑3 years of direct experience supervising/management of maintenance mechanics.
• Previous experience as a maintenance specialist within a food manufacturing facility.
• Some knowledge of utilities, facility processes and packaging equipment.

• Strong technical and leadership skills: ability to lead, motivate, develop others; prioritize, coordinate and direct multiple tasks.
• Knowledge of TPM / PM Pillar tools:
  Breakdown Analysis, Reliability Center Maintenance Practices, PM Optimization and Predictive Maintenance Technologies (infrared, ultrasonic, vibration analysis, etc.).
• Understanding of regulatory requirements for food safety and human safety and Nestlé compliance.
• Proficiency…