Maintenance Supervisor

Cummins•Columbus, OH

20d

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor leads a maintenance team supporting manufacturing operations in Columbus, Indiana. The role focuses on developing technicians, maintaining safe work practices, improving equipment reliability and uptime, and ensuring manufacturing equipment remains available and production-ready. The supervisor coordinates troubleshooting and repairs, partners with Facilities, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and Operations, and addresses root causes of recurring equipment issues through long-term corrective actions. The position also manages preventive maintenance, maintenance data, work orders, documentation, and spare-parts and indirect-materials inventories in a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS). It contributes maintenance expertise to equipment design reviews and capital improvement initiatives, and uses continuous improvement to enhance equipment performance, reduce costs, and improve plant reliability. The role manages hourly employees and balances safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development in operational decisions.

Requirements

College, university, or equivalent degree required.
Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.
Ability to manage hourly employees.
Knowledge of manufacturing equipment, control systems, engineering drawings, and maintenance processes.
Ability to troubleshoot equipment issues, support repairs, review equipment designs, and contribute to equipment upgrades.
Ability to lead preventive maintenance and use data and maintenance management systems to prioritize work and optimize resources.
Ability to promote safety and ensure compliance with electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and other machine-control safety requirements.
Ability to manage spare-parts inventory, work orders, documentation, and maintenance records within a CMMS.
Strong cross-functional collaboration and communication skills, including adapting communication to technicians, leadership, engineers, and suppliers.
Ability to apply continuous improvement methods and balance safety, quality, delivery, cost, and people development.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop maintenance technicians in maintenance best practices, troubleshooting, safety, and standard work.
Oversee preventive maintenance activities to improve equipment availability, reduce downtime, and increase overall equipment effectiveness.
Partner with Facilities, Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, and Operations to troubleshoot equipment issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
Coordinate troubleshooting and repairs to minimize production disruptions and support production, quality, and delivery targets.
Maintain accurate spare-parts and indirect-materials inventories in the CMMS.
Contribute maintenance expertise to equipment design reviews and engineering and capital improvement initiatives.
Analyze maintenance data and trends and implement process improvements to improve equipment performance, reduce costs, and strengthen plant reliability.
Promote and enforce safety procedures, identify hazards, and ensure compliance with machine-control safety requirements.
Manage work orders, process documentation, and maintenance records in the CMMS, ensuring processes are standardized and consistently followed.
Manage hourly employees and foster cross-functional collaboration and inclusive leadership.
Evaluate equipment and capital investments with a focus on reliability, maintainability, ergonomics, and operational excellence.