Maintenance Supervisor - 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 related to unplanned downtime, equipment reliability, True Efficiency, and overall maintenance, and coaches team members in operational processes and on-floor problem solving. The position includes developing and leading Corn Processing strategy, including food and personal safety and capital expenditures (CAPEX), and leading FLNA food safety initiatives within the plant. The supervisor provides change leadership, builds people capability through employee relations, hiring, training, and communication, and collaborates with other functions, suppliers, and internal customers to resolve operational issues and deliver results. The role involves regular presence on the plant floor, may involve poor weather conditions, and requires off-shift and weekend work.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of site-based manufacturing experience.
- Ability to think quickly, take initiative, think creatively, and challenge the team to do the same.
- Strong project management skills.
- Ability to work in a results-oriented, dynamic environment.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to achieve results through mentoring others.
- Indefinite right to work in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree, 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).
- Lean Six Sigma experience demonstrated through successful completion of a major improvement project.
Responsibilities
- Develop and hold Mechanic Leads and their teams accountable for individual, team, and business unit goals.
- 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 help teams resolve operational issues.
- Work with suppliers and internal customers to deliver expected results.
- Conduct presentations and formal training programs.
- Drive cost efficiency, continuous improvement, service, safety, unplanned downtime, equipment reliability, True Efficiency, and overall maintenance performance.
Benefits
- Annual performance bonus with an eligibility target payout of 8% of annual salary.
- Paid time off, subject to eligibility, 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 can accrue up to 10 days (80 hours) of paid sick leave during the first year.
- Eligible regular full-time and part-time employees may receive up to three consecutive working days of paid bereavement leave.
- Eligible employees may receive up to six weeks of paid parental leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Disability coverage.
- Health and dependent care reimbursement accounts.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Accident, group legal, and life insurance.
- Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
