Plant Maintenance Supervisor

Are you an experienced industrial maintenance supervisor that would benefit from a career with an essential, industry leading manufacturer where your expertise can make a larger impact? Experience a greater sense of accomplishment and room to grow with our organization.   

Darling Ingredients is looking for a Plant Maintenance Supervisor to join our plant maintenance team at our plant located in Lewiston-Woodville, NC. This is a high impact role that is responsible for the supervision of the plant maintenance staff, programs and processes, in order to ensure safe, timely, and efficient operation of all plant machinery and equipment. 

As a member of the team, you can expect:   

• Very attractive compensation  
• Great Benefits – medical, dental, vision, profit sharing, paid time off  
• $500-$1000 annual contribution towards your health savings account  
• Guaranteed contributions to your 401(k) account   
• Advancement opportunities – We are always looking for key players motivated to move up to higher level roles  
• Environmental impact – Make a positive impact on the environment and feel good about what you are doing!  You are helping to recycle useful by-products that would normally go into the landfill 

If you have the following, we want to hear from you: 

• Two to four-year college or university program degree in relevant Engineering discipline (mechanical, electrical, chemical or food processing), Industrial Management or other technical discipline required. 
• Critical thinking skills, problem solving, strategy development, and implementation experience required. 
• Experience implementing predictive/preventive maintenance programs. 
• 2 years Supervisory/Management experience in a manufacturing environment focused on process improvement. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build relationships at all levels and maintain a positive working environment. 
• Strong computer application skills in a network environment. 
• Strong mechanical and electrical skills. 

Essential duties/responsibilities: 

• Supervises the staff, processes and activities for maintaining all plant machinery to ensure safe, continual and efficient operation. 
• Ensures that periodic and preventive maintenance are appropriately scheduled and accomplished and that emergency troubleshooting and maintenance support are readily available as needed. 
• Oversees maintenance goal setting, activity scheduling, work performance and performance management to ensure measurable goals, proper workload distribution, goal satisfaction and effective staff performance management. 
• Monitors and continually improves maintenance processes and maintenance personnel performance to achieve enhanced levels of efficiency. 
• Expected to perform other duties as assigned. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  

• Must be able to climb stairs, stand for extended periods of time, and safely lift up to 50 pounds.  
• Work at heights by climbing stairs and ladders with proper PPE.  
• Standing, bending and stooping for the majority of the shift.  

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:  

• Hot and wet environment.  
• Strong odors.  
• Must be willing to have a presence on all shifts and must be willing to work weekends as the business requires. 

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