Maintenance Supervisor

Pregis • Elgin, IL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing maintenance operations, ensuring equipment reliability, minimizing downtime, and leading maintenance technicians in the inspection, repair, and preventive maintenance of facilities, machinery, and equipment. This role ensures compliance with safety regulations, quality standards, and company policies while maintaining efficient plant or facility operations. Experience with converting, printing, and extruding equipment and various other ancillary equipment, as well as general repairs to building and grounds. Emphasis on Good analytical skills and ability to source other/outside resources to resolve issues, troubleshoot and repair electrical/electronic and mechanical problems; repairing and replacing faulty components or parts, installing new machines and equipment, maintaining parts and supplies inventories. This position will be responsible to support the plant by maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, installing, and modifying mechanical, pneumatic and electrical equipment. Including PLC, DCS and multiple systems.

Requirements

• Ability to take coaching well and communicates respectfully with others
• Promote positive teamwork culture
• Ability to effectively and respectfully communicate with team and during shift transition
• Knowledgeable of safety requirements and guidelines in manufacturing/warehouse environment
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, follow standardized work instructions and adhere to safe work practices in a continuous improvement culture
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
• Use Office software and enter work orders in our CMMS software
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with variety of concrete variables in situation where limited standardization exists
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Prior experience in a machine repair and Maintenance Department, or technically oriented position desired.
• 3–7 years of maintenance experience, including supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Understanding of workplace safety regulations and maintenance best practices.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with converting, printing, and extruding equipment and various other ancillary equipment, as well as general repairs to building and grounds.
• Good analytical skills and ability to source other/outside resources to resolve issues, troubleshoot and repair electrical/electronic and mechanical problems; repairing and replacing faulty components or parts, installing new machines and equipment, maintaining parts and supplies inventories.
• Including PLC, DCS and multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate daily maintenance activities.
• Assign work orders and monitor task completion.
• Develop and implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Troubleshoot equipment failures and coordinate repairs.
• Ensure machinery, systems, and facilities operate efficiently and safely.
• Manage maintenance schedules to minimize operational disruptions.
• Train, mentor, and evaluate maintenance technicians.
• Maintain maintenance records, reports, and documentation.
• Monitor inventory of spare parts, tools, and maintenance supplies.
• Coordinate with production, operations, and external contractors.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Assist in budgeting and controlling maintenance costs.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and equipment upgrades.
• Manage apprenticeship program, intern duties and development.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED