Maintenance Supervisor

Job Description:
The Maintenance Supervisor will supervise the maintenance team and maintenance activities to ensure that maximum operational potential is realized for plant operation and reliability. This includes functions in the areas of Maintenance Business Management, Maintenance Materials Inventory (MRO), Manufacturing Process Reliability and Equipment Reliability e.g. departmental budgets, computerized maintenance management systems, preventive/predictive and corrective maintenance programs.

Responsibilities:

• Assures the safe execution of all Maintenance and Facilities team activities - oversees that plant activities are conducted following all safety procedures.
• Champions safety as the first consideration of all employees/contractors and promotes a safe work environment through example.
• Maintains facility and assets to meet regulatory guidelines e.g. USDA- FDA- OSHA- and EPA.
• Optimizes costs through effective budget planning and management and maintains a cost-effective approach toward asset management and minimizing loss and waste.
• Optimizes the availability and safe operation of production assets through appropriate predictive and preventative maintenance and safe and effective execution of corrective maintenance and projects.
• Coordinates major maintenance and projects.
• Trains maintenance staff on effective maintenance practices, including effective use of the computerized maintenance management system, problem solving tools, risk and failure analysis, maintenance scheduling and analysis of maintenance related data and equipment histories.
• Sets and evaluates departmental goals and objectives through a collaborative effort with maintenance departmental supervision, plant leadership team, Regional Reliability Managers and the Maintenance Manager.
• Conducts special studies as assigned or self-initiated to improve departmental services, equipment reliability and factory operations or satisfy external requirements.
• Provides direction to the operation and maintenance of the Facilities (Air- Steam- Water- Nitrogen- Ammonia- etc) to assure they meet production demands.
• Assists with evaluating reliability utility, facility, production and packaging needs for Capital Equipment.
• Partner with business leaders on implementation of equipment and manufacturing reliability, process improvements (Six Sigma / Lean) including leading change initiatives, planning, and facilitation of improvement project(s) completion.
• Supervise and evaluate the Maintenance staff, including but not limited to performance management, employee improvement and employee development plans, etc.
• Any and all other duties as assigned by Maintenance Manager to support the facility.

Minimum Qualifications

• 10 total years in maintenance engineering field or in a manufacturing environment.
• 5 years Supervisory experience.
• Proven experience in project management execution.
• Experience in predictive/preventive maintenance programs and on TPM and/or Lean initiatives.
• PSM Management experience.
• HVAC & Ammonia systems experience.
• Operations and projects budget planning and managing.
• Known to be an inspiring leader cascading the vision of the organization.
• Known to be a team and people developer.
• Microsoft Office and CMMS experience and proficiency.
• Ability to manage a continuous operation (24 hrs-7 days per week).
• Interpersonal and communications skills to motivate, empower, train, direct, lead, evaluate and coach a diverse group of team members to reach their fullest potential.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Temperatures vary throughout the plant, depending on the area and setpoint.*

Office Conditions
Regular Room Temperature

Plant Conditions
35° – 48° F; Humidity.
5° F Freezer.
Slippery Floors.

Protective Clothing Required in Plant:
Hard Hat
Steel Toed Shoes
Hearing Protection

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, talk and/or hear, and/or use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects, tools, or controls. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and push/pull up to 80 lbs while moving product and/or packaging. Specific vision abilities required by this job include far and near vision and the ability to see color. Depth perception is required to move around departments and supplies.

Company Description:
Moments to remember don't just happen, they are made right by the occasion. Made right by the people. And especially made right by the food. For over 65 years, we’ve been helping make moments better by making food the right way. Right here in Milwaukee. Crafted in small batches from old family recipes by us to make any moment one to savor.