Maintenance Supervisor

Maintenance Supervisor
Job Description

Job Title

Maintenance Supervisor

Base Pay Range

Department

Maintenance

Minimum

Classification

To be determined based on assigned duties

Midpoint

Career Level

Supervisor

Maximum

Grade

To be determined

Hourly Equivalent / Pay Type

$

Location

Assigned Company Facility

Reports to

Maintenance Manager, Plant Manager, or Operations Leader

Scope

Responsible for frontline maintenance supervision, daily work prioritization, employee coordination, safe-work execution, equipment reliability, contractor and spare-parts coordination, compliance, and continuous improvement in support of safe, reliable manufacturing operations at the assigned facility.

Position Summary / Essential Function
The Maintenance Supervisor directs daily maintenance activities and provides frontline leadership to maintenance employees. The essential function is to assign and coordinate work, enforce safe-work requirements, develop employees, maintain work controls, and support maintenance strategies and resource decisions that protect safety, compliance, equipment availability, product quality, and manufacturing continuity.
Key Responsibilities

Provide frontline leadership for the plant maintenance function and set daily priorities that protect employee safety, product quality, production continuity, equipment reliability, and lifecycle cost.
Schedule, assign, and oversee preventive, predictive, corrective, shutdown, facility, utility, and emergency maintenance work based on risk and operational requirements.
Supervise, train, coach, and evaluate maintenance employees; support staffing, skills development, time and attendance, accountability, and shift coverage.
Control assigned maintenance spending; coordinate contractors, service agreements, spare parts, warranties, and critical-equipment needs within approved budgets and authority.
Monitor downtime, PM compliance, backlog, repeat failures, work quality, and maintenance cost; participate in root-cause analysis and ensure corrective actions are completed.
Coordinate with Engineering and Operations on equipment installation, commissioning, change control, documentation, and maintainability.
Support compliance with permits, inspections, environmental requirements, electrical and mechanical codes, and company safety programs.
Enforce lockout/tagout, machine-guarding, electrical-safety, hot-work, confined-space, fall-protection, and other applicable safe-work requirements; stop and report unsafe conditions.
Direct and, when needed, assist with preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance work to meet established priorities.
Ensure labor, parts, findings, failure information, and follow-up needs are recorded accurately in the computerized maintenance management system or designated records.
Coordinate with Production, Engineering, Quality, EHS, Purchasing, and outside service providers to restore and sustain safe equipment operation.
Maintain orderly tools, work areas, replacement parts, and technical documentation, and support required inspections and audits.
Perform other related duties consistent with the role, grade, qualifications, and business needs.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent required; technical certificate, associate degree, apprenticeship, or equivalent advanced industrial maintenance experience preferred.
Progressive industrial maintenance experience involving production machinery, safe work control, troubleshooting, preventive maintenance, and cross-functional coordination.
Demonstrated ability to assign and prioritize work, coordinate downtime response, communicate risk, and maintain accurate records in a CMMS or equivalent system.
Working knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, controls, utility, and reliability principles appropriate to the role.
Prior experience leading or supervising industrial maintenance employees, contractors, shifts, projects, or work assignments required; formal supervisory experience preferred.
The position’s classification must be validated against its actual primary duty, authority, and exercise of discretion at the assigned site.

Preferred Qualifications / Certifications

Experience maintaining machinery in wire, cable, metalworking, rope, drawing, stranding, forming, heat-treatment, packaging, or comparable industrial manufacturing.
Formal training or certification in industrial maintenance, mechatronics, electrical systems, controls, welding, hydraulics, vibration, lubrication, supervision, or reliability appropriate to the role.
Experience using a CMMS, reading technical drawings, applying root-cause analysis, and participating in Lean or continuous-improvement activity.

Key Competencies

Safety leadership
Daily work planning and prioritization
Frontline leadership and accountability
Technical judgment
Reliability and root-cause thinking
Cross-functional communication
Resource and cost stewardship
Execution and follow-through

Physical and Work Environment Requirements
The role operates primarily in an active industrial manufacturing environment and may require prolonged standing and walking; frequent bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, climbing, and working in restricted or elevated areas; use of hand, power, diagnostic, and precision tools; and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling tools and components. Work may involve noise, heat, cold, oil, dust, vibration, sharp edges, rotating equipment, electrical energy, and other industrial hazards controlled through procedures and personal protective equipment. Schedule flexibility, overtime, call-in, shutdown, weekend, or shift work may be required based on assigned operations. The facility must validate specific frequencies and weights. Reasonable accommodations will be considered in accordance with applicable law.
Benefits
Subject to the terms, eligibility requirements, and amendment provisions of the applicable plans and policies:

401(k) with matching

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Referral program

Tuition reimbursement

Vision insurance

Pre-Employment Drug Testing
All applicants who are offered a position with the Company will be required to successfully complete a post-offer drug screening, where permitted by applicable law and in accordance with Company policy.

At-Will Employment
Employment with the Company is at will. Either the employee or the Company may terminate employment at any time, with or without cause or notice, subject to applicable law. Nothing in this job description creates a contract of employment or alters the at-will employment relationship.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination or harassment based on any protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.