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Maintenance Area Supervisor​/Production Supervisor

Job in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, 46901, USA
Listing for: Zobility
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-11-01
Job specializations:
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Industrial Maintenance, Production Manager, Operations Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Maintenance Area Supervisor / Production Supervisor
Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: 1341-1/ 1340-1 - Maintenance Area Supervisor

Responsibilities:

  • The Maintenance Supervisor leads and directs skilled trades employees to meet the objectives of the maintenance department in a fast paced, high volume, unionized, manufacturing environment.
  • Will coordinate safety, quality, delivery, cost and morale initiatives.
  • Drive throughput improvements and coordinate professional maintenance and breakdown maintenance activities.
  • Provide coaching and mentoring to team members (both hourly and supervisory) regarding techniques for problem solving and corrective action implementation.

Additional responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

  • Possess a general level of technical understanding related to maintenance, time based maintenance (TBM), condition based maintenance (CBM), and dynamic maintenance (DM).
  • Influence the key performance indicators (KPI's), mean time between failure (MTBF) of components and equipment in their area, mean time to repair (MTTR), as well as maintaining equipment at basic conditions and continuous improvements of the equipment in their area.
  • Address throughput, run to run, and downtime related issues with equipment in a production environment, supported by the Professional Maintenance Specialist (PMS) where applicable.
  • Direct supervision of the Skilled Trades.
  • Work with Skilled Trades staff in driving waste reduction efforts through implementation of methods / processes of Autonomous Maintenance (AM), Professional Maintenance (PM), Quality Maintenance (QM), Focus Improvement (FI) and People Development (PD).
  • Actively participate and lead kaizen project activities centered on Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) improvements and waste reduction opportunities identified through cost deployment.

Requirements:

  • Minimum 2 years of industrial automation experience with project management experience.
  • Ability to work any shift and overtime as required
  • Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with various levels of employees within all areas of the Plant from hourly represented employees to Senior Leadership as required
  • Ability to build effective business relationships with plant leadership and customers
  • Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
  • Demonstrated troubleshooting problem solving experience
  • Goal oriented self-starter with ability to lead teams.
  • Ability to coach/mentor/develop skilled trade employees
  • Must have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office

Preferred:

  • Bachelor's degree in technical/engineering field
  • Experience in continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing
  • Experience leading maintenance teams in a union environment
  • Experience with: controls, robotics, drives and system level communication systems, various conveyance systems, welding, vision systems and sensor use and application.

Education:

  • High School Diploma or GED

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1249-1 / 1248-1 - Production Supervisor - Kokomo

Job Description:

  • The Production Supervisor is responsible for ensuring team safety; building teams and training / allocating manpower; driving and implementing continuous improvement solutions to improve product quality and reach throughput and cost targets; and ensuring team morale.

Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the production plan is met, analyzes issues with other roles, drives and implements continuous improvement activities and sustainability of solutions inside the Area.
  • Ensure a safe workplace, leads the Team to improve Safety in the area and enforces the use of mandated Safety tools and procedures.
  • Understand losses during the Shift, use the C-Matrix to coordinate Client Industrial System activities and improve Area performances.
  • Proactively analyzes quality KPIs related to the Area, prioritizes quality issues and properly guides Team Leaders.
  • Ensure the right allocation of the people on the line, manages absenteeism, trains and builds teams.
  • Possess knowledge of the broader manufacturing organization and have the ability to mobilize support groups and resources to lead and assist in problem solving activities.
  • Actively participate and lead kaizen project activities centered on Safety, Cost, Quality and Throughput improvements and waste reduction opportunities identified through cost deployment.

Requirements:

  • Ability to work any shift and overtime as required
  • Excellent organization, written and oral communication skills
  • Excellent…
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