Maintenance Supervisor

Overview

Shift: 1st/2nd/3rd Shift.

The Maintenance Supervisor plays a critical leadership role in overseeing and coordinating the maintenance and repair of production machinery and mechanical equipment. This position ensures optimal equipment performance while supporting team development, safety, and continuous improvement across the maintenance department.

• Test, monitor, and evaluate equipment performance.
• Observe and troubleshoot mechanical devices during operation.
• Dismantle devices and identify defective parts.
• Inspect parts for wear and dimensional changes.
• Adjust functional components and instrumentation.
• Repair or replace defective components.
• Install functional and structural parts.
• Lubricate, clean, and test equipment.
• Operate tools such as drill press, grinders, and other metalworking tools.
• Initiate purchase orders for parts and machinery.
• Repair electrical systems and perform skilled tasks (welding, plumbing, brazing).
• Service pumps, fans, motors, and valves.
• Adjust and repair electrical, electronic, and pneumatic systems.
• Perform and document preventative maintenance.
• Maintain good condition of tools and equipment.
• Develop and review maintenance work orders and schedules.
• Supervise maintenance of building, equipment, and grounds.
• Ensure proper use and accountability for maintenance tools and materials.
• Enforce safety protocols and GMP compliance.
• Address employee issues, complaints, and performance.
• Support company leadership and culture initiatives.

• Directly supervise employees in the Maintenance Department.
• Interview, hire, and train employees.
• Plan, assign, and direct work.
• Perform performance evaluations, recognition, and discipline.
• Resolve complaints and problems.
• Participate in leadership development programs and company culture efforts.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• High School Diploma or GED (required).
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory experience.
• Minimum 4 years of maintenance-related experience.

• Mechanically inclined with knowledge of electrical principles.
• Operate forklifts and mobile carts.
• Familiarity with preventative maintenance best practices.

• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and memos.
• Write and communicate clearly in one-on-one or group settings.

• Perform basic math (add, subtract, multiply, divide).
• Compute ratios, percentages, and interpret bar graphs.

• Follow detailed but straightforward written or oral instructions.
• Solve routine problems using common sense.

• Frequently required to walk, use hands, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, sit, climb, stoop, kneel, or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Requires close, distance, color, and depth vision.

• Frequently exposed to high places and airborne particles.
• Occasionally exposed to humidity, outdoor elements, extreme heat, and risk of electrical shock.
• Work environment is typically loud.

• Test, monitor, and evaluate equipment performance.
• Dismantle devices; repair or replace defective components.
• Repair electrical systems.
• Welding, plumbing, brazing.
• Enforce safety protocols and GMP.

• 5+ to 7 years experience.
• Seniority Level – Mid‑Senior.
• Management Experience Required – No.
• Minimum Education – High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Security Clearance Required – No.
• Visa Candidate Considered – No.