Maintenance Supervisor, Day Shift

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Title: Maintenance Supervisor, Day Shift, 1st Shift Req : 8785

City, State: Hartwell, GA

Reports to: Maintenance Manager

Classification: Exempt

Summary: The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the effective utilization of the team to address plant process, equipment, and facility upkeep. With a “One Team, One Mission” approach, this position collaborates across shifts and with multiple departments (Production, Utilities, Planning, Safety) to support consistent production, minimize downtime, and enforce HACCP, USDA, and food safety protocol, all while providing continued growth opportunities to our team members.

• Supervises activities of Maintenance Techs and Apprentices, tracking completion of work orders, planned repairs/projects, and preventative maintenance. Administers scheduling, time and attendance, and provides performance feedback to ensure optimal job performance.
• Ensures quick and effective response to line breakdowns; investigates and completes failure analysis on work order challenges and works with teams to prevent future breakdowns.
• Communicates with supervisors across shifts and other departments to coordinate maintenance activities with production schedules, providing breakdown and equipment repair status reports.
• Provides a safe environment for continued growth, ensuring teamwork and cooperation among employees, resolving issues, and maximizing team member performance while maintaining safety procedures and policies.

• A bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a prior Engineering/Maintenance internship, or an Industrial Mechanics degree/equivalent technical diploma and five years plant maintenance experience, or seven plus years’ experience in an Industrial Mechanics/related position.
• Strong interpersonal skills, professional oral and written communication, team-focused approach, and ability to make decisions in stressful situations.

• Regulatory compliance knowledge, including USDA regulations, HACCP, GMP and Food Safety (SQF).
• Strong computerized maintenance management system knowledge.

This position will be responsible for supervising the Maintenance / Electrical team members at the Hartwell facility.

Wide variations in environment temperature (-10° freezer, 32° coolers, 40° plant, wet cold environment), dust, noise, slippery floors, and moving equipment. Appropriate PPE is required.

Extensive standing, sitting, lifting, climbing ladders, wearing factory required equipment, walking, visual attention, responding quickly to sounds.

This is an exempt role; may be asked to change schedule and work off-shifts.

Some travel may be required to assist in other facilities (less than 5%).

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice.

With base salary and bonus, total compensation for this position has the potential to exceeed $100K.

Successful completion of a pre‑employment drug test and background check is required.

Brakebush provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Applicants must have the legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States. We are currently unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of employment visas.

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