Area Maintenance Supervisor
About The Position
The Area Maintenance Supervisor provides technical leadership to optimize manufacturing asset reliability, maintenance execution, and operational performance in a complex unionized manufacturing environment. The role leads maintenance planning and execution strategies to improve equipment availability, reduce unplanned downtime, and maximize asset life while meeting safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements. The supervisor works with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Human Resources, and other partners to advance continuous improvement, develop maintenance capability, and support plant performance and business objectives. The position leads maintenance technicians, contractors, and other resources; develops team capability; supports productive labor relations; and drives preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance. It coordinates outages and major repairs, prioritizes backlog and work execution, supports complex troubleshooting, monitors performance metrics, manages maintenance expenditures, and ensures accurate documentation and compliance.
Requirements
- Associate degree in a technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience to perform the essential functions.
- At least 4 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or process operations environment.
- At least 2 years of maintenance leadership, supervisory, planning, scheduling, or engineering experience.
- Knowledge of industrial maintenance, equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance principles, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex mechanical and electrical equipment issues using structured problem-solving techniques.
- Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to prioritize competing work activities while supporting operational requirements.
- Ability to build partnerships across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Human Resources, Finance, contractors, and union leadership.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Knowledge of industrial safety practices and regulatory compliance requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
- Experience supporting unionized manufacturing operations.
- Experience leading reliability improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Lead safe and efficient maintenance operations to improve equipment reliability, asset utilization, and production performance.
- Direct technicians, contractors, and maintenance resources toward operational and business objectives.
- Develop team capability through coaching, performance management, and employee development.
- Maintain productive communication with labor leadership and resolve workplace issues.
- Drive preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies to reduce equipment failures and improve asset performance.
- Analyze recurring equipment issues and implement sustainable corrective actions using structured problem-solving and root cause analysis.
- Coordinate maintenance outages, shutdowns, and major repairs to minimize operational disruption.
- Prioritize maintenance backlog and work execution to maximize schedule compliance and equipment availability.
- Ensure maintenance work is properly planned, scoped, staffed, and supplied with required materials and resources.
- Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Finance, and Human Resources on plant initiatives and continuous improvement.
- Monitor maintenance performance metrics and implement improvements to safety, reliability, cost, and operational effectiveness.
- Support technical troubleshooting of complex manufacturing equipment and maintenance processes.
- Standardize maintenance practices to improve reliability and workforce effectiveness.
- Manage maintenance labor, overtime, contractor utilization, and related expenditures to meet financial objectives.
- Ensure maintenance activities comply with environmental, health, safety, regulatory, and company requirements.
- Maintain accurate maintenance documentation, employee records, and performance information according to company policies.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
Associate degree
