Maintenance Supervisor

Experience: Mid Level

Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 per year

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• Report to the Operations Manager and oversee maintenance and plant engineering activities.
• Lead maintenance staff while personally troubleshooting and repairing production and facility equipment.
• Support mechanical systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, automated packaging equipment, and electrical maintenance needs.
• Establish and reinforce safe maintenance practices, with particular emphasis on lockout/tagout.
• Build corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance programs; establish PM schedules and work priorities.
• Set up maintenance tracking in Excel initially and support development of a future CMMS.
• Maintain work order and purchase order processes, spare parts inventory, and replenishment practices.
• Schedule technicians and define job requirements to complete planned maintenance and emergency repairs.
• Manage staffing, overtime, attendance, technical training, and safety training.
• Develop the maintenance budget with the Operations Manager and control spending.
• Source parts, materials, equipment, and outside services efficiently.
• Coordinate equipment installation, modifications, and capital projects with engineering and contractors.
• Review downtime, investigate recurring failures, and improve equipment reliability.
• Develop SOPs and standard work instructions; lead selected continuous improvement projects.
• Conduct process analysis and mapping to identify production risks and improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate sanitation scheduling and oversight, along with facility and grounds upkeep.
• Work with production and quality teams and participate in daily production meetings.
• Support SQF, HACCP, GMP, QA/QC, sanitation, and hygiene requirements.
• Assess food safety prerequisite programs and conduct audits, document findings, and prepare reports.
• Research equipment and technology improvements and perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma required; technical college certificate or diploma strongly preferred.
• Minimum five years of progressive industrial maintenance experience.
• Intermediate-to-advanced mechanical skills and proven hands-on equipment troubleshooting ability.
• Experience with pneumatics, hydraulics, and automated production or packaging equipment.
• Strong health and safety knowledge, particularly LOTO, and the ability to reinforce safe work practices.
• Ability to establish PM schedules, maintenance records, and spare parts processes.
• Ability to lead, train, and coordinate technicians; previous formal maintenance leadership experience is a plus.
• Food manufacturing or consumer packaged goods experience preferred; coffee roasting and grinding experience especially valuable.
• Welding and fabrication skills highly desirable.
• Basic computer proficiency, including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of food safety procedures and the ability to support quality and sanitation requirements.
• Ability to prioritize repairs, recognize developing equipment problems, and use downtime trends to guide improvements.
• Effective communication with production, quality, engineering, vendors, and direct reports.
• Ability to perform frequent lifting and bending and occasionally lift 35 pounds, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.
• Local availability for onsite work in Lenoir City; no relocation assistance.
• Willingness to support changing operational needs as the facility transitions toward 24/7 production.

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Founded more than three decades ago and based in Lenoir City for this opportunity, with manufacturing operations across the U.S. and globally, we are a food and beverage ingredients organization investing in an expanding coffee manufacturing facility. Our non-union, 115,000-square-foot plant has approximately 20 employees and seven production lines supporting packaging, roasting, and grinding. With a new highly automated single-serve coffee line being installed, we offer the opportunity to build maintenance systems, strengthen safety practices, and improve reliability within a family-first culture.

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• Low-Cost Benefits:
  Access to affordable employee benefits.
• Ownership and Visibility:
  Help shape the maintenance function at a growing facility.
• New Automation:
  Support installation and reliability of a highly automated single-serve coffee line.
• Build the Systems:
  Develop PM schedules, spare parts processes, maintenance tracking, and future CMMS…