Electrical Maintenance Superintendent - Acorn

Role Overview / Purpose and Scope

The Electrical Maintenance Superintendent is a key member of the Farmer Focus Maintenance leadership team. This position oversees and effectively manages electrical maintenance responsibilities to ensure production machinery operates safely, reliably, and at optimal capacity. The Superintendent provides leadership and direction to the electrical team, supervises shifts, and ensures repair needs are completed properly and on time. The role is responsible for managing industrial electrical systems, supporting maximum plant capacity, minimizing costs, reducing unscheduled downtime, and sustaining positive working relationships with production and operating teams.

• Provide leadership, direction, and day‑to‑day supervision for electrical team members to ensure safe, timely, and effective electrical operations.
• Manage electrical systems with a focus on maximizing plant capacity, minimizing costs, improving equipment reliability, and reducing unscheduled downtime.
• Assign, schedule, and prioritize electrical work to maximize task completion while minimizing disruption to plant operations.
• Oversee repairs, installations, troubleshooting, and equipment failure analysis to support smooth daily plant operations with minimal repetitive issues.
• Manage electrical staff through delegation, policy and procedure administration, assignment of work responsibilities, planning, organizing, directing, and follow‑up of work assignments.
• Promote plant safety performance through administration and enforcement of company and plant policies, procedures, and training requirements.
• Provide solutions and day‑to‑day support to operating teams experiencing troubleshooting needs, problem analysis issues, equipment failures, or other maintenance‑related concerns.
• Maintain compliance with key performance indicators used to track and report electrical performance, including supplier performance, equipment reliability, and overall equipment effectiveness.
• Oversee and engage in facility‑related electrical projects, repair of building utility systems such as electrical wiring and controls, heating, and ventilation systems.
• Support projects involving facilities and the alteration or modification of existing facilities.
• Administer training programs to ensure proper operations, repair programs, and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned and work within the framework of Farmer Focus CARES values:
  Community, Accountability, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship.

$115,000 - $130,000

Farmer Focus offers a competitive total rewards package designed to support team members’ health, financial well‑being, and professional growth. Available offerings may include weekly payroll, paid time off and sick leave, semi‑subsidized medical coverage, dental and vision plan options, a 401(k) plan with company match, HSA and FSA, education reimbursement opportunities, employee assistance programs (EAP), and internal learning, development, and career growth programs.

All benefits, programs, and offerings are subject to eligibility requirements, plan terms, and company policies, and may be changed, amended, or discontinued by Farmer Focus at any time.

• Bachelor’s degree and four years of relevant experience supervising maintenance teams in food processing or poultry environments.
• Knowledge of PLCs, HMIs, and electrical systems, including both control and industrial wiring.
• Proficiency in pipe fitting, plumbing, welding, shop machinery, sheet metal, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical controls and instrumentation, and automatic equipment operation including setup, repair, and tear down.
• Strong critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High level of organizational planning, teamwork, analytical reasoning, and leadership skills.
• Ability and willingness to work rotating weekends as required.

Work is performed on‑site in a poultry processing production environment. This role requires regular access to production areas and the ability to tolerate varying heat, wet, and chilled conditions within the plant. Hearing and eye protection are required in production areas, and team members must wear hair and beard nets and any additional personal protective equipment required by task, location, or safety standards.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Farmer Focus is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veteran status. All new employees are required to pass a drug, alcohol, and background screening post‑offer and prior to the start of their employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of their third day of work.