Packaging Maintenance Supervisor

Packaging Maintenance Supervisor

Experience: Senior Level

Salary: $80,000 - $105,000 per year

• Own daily and weekly maintenance planning and scheduling for all packaging equipment.
• Balance preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities with production requirements.
• Prioritize the maintenance backlog based on equipment risk, criticality, and impact on uptime.
• Coordinate planned downtime and ensure parts, tools, and procedures are kitted before work begins.
• Partner with Procurement and central Maintenance on critical spare-parts inventory and min/max levels.
• Lead the packaging TPM program, with particular ownership of Autonomous Maintenance.
• Train operators and shift leads on cleaning, inspection, lubrication, and minor equipment adjustments.
• Own packaging-line OEE and address breakdowns, setup losses, minor stops, reduced speeds, and product defects.
• Lead structured root cause analysis using 5-Why, fishbone, Ishikawa, and A3 methodologies.
• Develop and standardize PM procedures, CIL checklists, maintenance SOPs, and shift-handoff processes.
• Supervise and develop packaging maintenance technicians and shift leads.
• Use SQDC metrics, visual management, gemba walks, and frontline engagement to drive accountability.
• Partner with Maintenance, Quality, Operations, and Procurement to improve reliability and product flow.
• Maintain compliance with GMP, third-party audit, LOTO, machine-guarding, and other safety requirements.
• Sustain strong 5S practices throughout the maintenance and packaging areas.
• Provide maintenance support during planned outages, emergencies, and occasional off-hours operational needs.

• Associate or bachelor's degree in an industrial, mechanical, or electrical discipline preferred; equivalent hands-on maintenance or lean manufacturing experience will be considered.
• Minimum two years of supervisory leadership experience in maintenance, packaging, food manufacturing, or a comparable production environment.
• Hands-on experience implementing or sustaining a Total Productive Maintenance program.
• Experience with Autonomous Maintenance and OEE improvement.
• Strong working knowledge of packaging equipment and common equipment failure modes.
• Experience planning and scheduling preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance work.
• Demonstrated ability to improve equipment reliability, uptime, safety, quality, productivity, or waste reduction.
  
  Experience applying structured root cause analysis and implementing permanent corrective actions.
• Working knowledge of GMP requirements, LOTO, machine guarding, and manufacturing safety practices.
• Ability to support multiple shifts and occasional nights, weekends, planned outages, or maintenance emergencies.
• Ability to work extensively on the manufacturing floor and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.

Founded more than a century ago and with operations in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, we are a farmer-owned cooperative with a longstanding presence in the sugar industry. We process locally grown sugar beets into high-quality products while building our operations around safety, integrity, teamwork, continuous improvement, and responsible stewardship. Our Scottsbluff facility offers maintenance leaders the opportunity to directly influence equipment reliability, operational performance, and the continued development of a disciplined TPM culture.

High-Impact Leadership:
Own the maintenance strategy and reliability performance for the facility’s packaging assets.

Build a Mature TPM Culture:
Lead Autonomous Maintenance, Planned Maintenance, and Focused Improvement initiatives.

Hands-On Environment:
Spend the majority of your time on the floor working directly with technicians, shift leads, and operators.

Operational Ownership:
Drive measurable gains in OEE, uptime, safety, quality, productivity, and waste reduction.

Comprehensive Benefits:
Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k) with company match.

No Travel:
This position is fully focused on the Scottsbluff packaging and warehouse operation.