Maintenance Supervisor (night shift)

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery,LLC•Tarboro, NC
•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor oversees and directs Maintenance Mechanics to ensure efficiency and reduced downtime. This role involves planning, scheduling, and supervising preventative maintenance tasks, daily work orders, and small projects. The supervisor will develop scopes of work, estimate time and labor costs, determine necessary teams, prepare material requisitions, and monitor material delivery. They will also monitor work progress, communicate problems, document changes, and provide reports. Ensuring timely and efficient completion of tasks with acceptable quality standards is key. The role requires the ability to build and lead an agile, high-performing team, with daily supervision of up to 15 mechanics. Participation in team meetings and decisions, continuous improvement of the plant maintenance program, and troubleshooting mechanical and electrical problems are also essential. Maintaining equipment histories and participating in Continuous Improvement and Total Preventative Maintenance activities are part of the responsibilities. A trained designee will be appointed by plant management to cover for absences or vacancies.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of work experience in the field of maintenance/production equipment including supervisory experience in a manufacturing facility.
  • Blueprint reading of building and mechanical systems.
  • Working knowledge of programmable logic controllers (PLCs); electro-mechanical systems; PLC programming techniques; advanced industrial controls; operator interface components; detection devices.
  • Thorough knowledge of maintenance control systems, including scheduling of all work orders (preventative, corrective and mechanical and mechanics).
  • Ability to implement MSC systems at the floor level.
  • Strong organizational and leadership skills.
  • Able to work with cross functional departments within the organization.
  • Good problem-solving skills.
  • Strong computer skills with experience using Word, Excel, Access, Power Point.

Nice To Haves

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering degree or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, schedule, and supervise preventative maintenance tasks, daily work orders and small projects.
  • Develop scope of work, estimate work time and labor cost, determine groups necessary to complete work, prepare material requisitions and monitor material delivery for requested projects, work orders and PM tasks.
  • Monitor progress of assigned work, communicate problems, document scope of changes resulting from work done and provide periodic reports as requested.
  • Assure mechanics' work tasks are complete in a timely and efficient manner through acceptable quality work standards.
  • Build and lead an agile, high-performing team.
  • Daily supervision of up to 15 mechanics.
  • Participate in team meetings and decisions within the work unit.
  • Ensure continuous improvement, development, and continuation of plant maintenance program.
  • Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical problems as needed.
  • Maintain equipment histories.
  • Participate in Continuous Improvement and Total Preventative Maintenance activities.
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