Maintenance Supervisor (KTP)

Ford • Louisville, KY

3d • $86,600 - $144,900 • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor is a leadership role responsible for connecting strategic goals with daily execution and leading an hourly team. The supervisor fosters a safe, collaborative, and empowering environment while driving operational performance, quality, efficiency, and continuous improvement.

The role leads safety enforcement, production and maintenance performance, resource allocation, problem-solving, data-informed decisions, quality assurance, employee development, conflict resolution, accountability, and collaboration with team members, union representatives, suppliers, management, and other department stakeholders. The position requires rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends, and fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls.

This is a grade 7 position with a salary range of $86,600–$144,900. Visa sponsorship is unavailable, and candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• 3–7+ years of supervisory, manufacturing, military, or other relevant experience.
• Ability to work rotating shifts and hours, including nights and weekends.
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Lean / Six Sigma methodology.
• Experience with the Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP).

Responsibilities

• Champion workplace safety by enforcing regulations and fostering vigilance.
• Lead and direct an hourly team to produce high-quality products and meet or exceed production targets; address performance issues and recognize successes.
• Prioritize critical tasks and allocate human resources to maximize efficiency.
• Identify, analyze, and promptly address safety, quality, and operational problems; develop and implement effective solutions and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Build high-performing teams through servant leadership, employee development, motivation, and a positive, collaborative work environment.
• Use data and insights to reduce downtime and quality defects and improve efficiency and quality.
• Track and report employee time and attendance, translating data into actionable intelligence for decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Identify and eliminate inefficiencies, improve processes, and drive innovation in productivity, quality, and safety.
• Implement and maintain rigorous quality standards and pursue defect elimination.
• Address and mediate conflicts fairly, using active listening, empathy, and de-escalation to reach mutually acceptable solutions.
• Build positive working relationships with employees and partners, including suppliers and union representatives, through transparent communication.
• Promote accountability and ensure adherence to processes and standards among the supervisor and hourly workforce.
• Listen to and value perspectives of team members and department stakeholders; partner with employees, the union, and management on continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage.
• Flexible family care, parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
• Family-building benefits, including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement and fertility treatments.
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members, and management leases.
• Tuition assistance.
• Established and active employee resource groups.
• Paid time off for individual and team community service.
• Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager