Maintenance Supervisor

PepsiCo•Vancouver, WA

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor leads a maintenance department that includes Mechanic Leads and a team of mechanics. The role is responsible for developing and motivating the team, ensuring quality performance, and driving cost efficiency, continuous improvement, service, and safety across a business unit and all shifts. The supervisor is accountable for site performance in unplanned downtime, equipment reliability, True Efficiency, and overall maintenance. The role coaches team members in using established processes and facilitates problem solving on the plant floor. The supervisor develops and leads Corn Processing strategy, including food safety, personal safety, and capital expenditures (CAPEX), and leads FLNA food safety initiatives within the plant. The position requires effective change leadership, employee relations, hiring, training, communication, and collaboration with internal and external partners. Regular plant-floor presence is required, with occasional work in poor weather conditions. Off-shift and weekend work is required.

Requirements

At least 5 years of site-based manufacturing experience.
Strong leadership skills and the ability to achieve results through mentoring others.
Strong project management skills.
Ability to work in a results-oriented, dynamic environment.
Ability to think quickly, take initiative, think creatively, and challenge the team to do the same.
Must have an indefinite right to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree preferred, preferably in engineering, business, operations management, or a similar field.
Experience in beverage or food manufacturing, or in the Consumer Products Sector (Household & Personal Products Industry), strongly preferred.
Lean Six Sigma experience preferred, demonstrated by successful completion of a major improvement project.

Responsibilities

Develop Mechanic Leads and maintenance teams, hold them accountable for individual, team, and business-unit goals, and build their capabilities.
Motivate the team and ensure quality performance.
Drive cost efficiency and continuous improvement in processes, service, and safety across the business unit and all shifts.
Achieve site performance targets for unplanned downtime, equipment reliability, True Efficiency, and overall maintenance.
Coach team members in using processes and facilitate problem solving on the floor.
Resolve day-to-day operational issues and achieve short- and long-term performance goals.
Develop, implement, and lead the Corn Processing strategy, including food safety, personal safety, and CAPEX.
Develop, implement, and lead FLNA food safety initiatives within the plant.
Lead business changes while minimizing their impact on people.
Build employee capability through employee relations, hiring, training, and communication for front-line hourly and salaried personnel.
Communicate and collaborate cross-functionally to solve operational issues.
Work with suppliers and internal customers to deliver expected results.
Conduct presentations and formal training programs.

Benefits

Performance bonus with an eligibility target payout of 8% of annual salary, paid annually.
Paid time off, subject to eligibility and company policy, including vacation, holidays, sick leave, bereavement leave, and parental leave.
Eligible full-time employees receive a minimum of 15 paid vacation days.
Eligible full-time employees receive 10 paid holidays annually.
Eligible full-time employees receive 10 days (80 hours) of paid sick leave for absences related to non-job-related injury, accrued during the first year at one day per month worked in that calendar year.
Eligible full-time and part-time regular employees may receive up to three consecutive working days of paid bereavement leave following the death of an immediate family member.
Eligible employees may receive up to six weeks of paid parental leave for bonding with a newborn or newly adopted child.
Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
Disability coverage.
Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Accident, group legal, and life insurance.
Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.