Maintenance Supervisor

Mitsubishi Chemical Group•Sacramento, CA

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor provides day-to-day leadership and supervision to maintenance personnel, setting expectations, monitoring performance, coaching employees, and ensuring assigned work is completed safely, accurately, and on schedule. The role plans and coordinates preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance work in accordance with production needs, equipment condition, safety risks, resources, and departmental priorities. It coordinates planned downtime and unplanned responses with Production, Engineering, and other departments to minimize disruption. The supervisor ensures work follows company procedures, equipment specifications, regulatory requirements, and quality standards; uses Stop Work Authority when needed; and escalates critical incidents according to company protocols. The role maintains accurate CMMS records, provides technical guidance during complex troubleshooting and critical maintenance work, supports employee training and development, and communicates equipment status, staffing, priorities, constraints, safety concerns, and unresolved issues across shifts. It also coordinates vendors and contractors, monitors maintenance materials and resources, and assists with performance indicators, backlog management, preventive maintenance compliance, downtime analysis, labor utilization, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement. This position supports a 24-hour, seven-day-per-week manufacturing operation. The supervisor must adjust schedules as reasonably necessary to provide coverage across shifts and participate in an on-call rotation or otherwise be available outside normal scheduled hours as assigned. The position requires the ability to wear and complete maintenance work tasks using full-face respirators and SCBAs.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
At least five years of progressively responsible industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing, processing, or similarly complex operating environment.
Prior experience leading, directing, or supervising maintenance employees or skilled trades personnel.
Ability to wear and complete maintenance work tasks requiring full-face respirators and self-contained breathing apparatuses (SCBAs).
Working knowledge of electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, programmable logic controller inputs and outputs, variable-frequency drives, instrumentation, and industrial control systems.
Knowledge of maintenance safety requirements, including lockout/tagout, electrical safety, confined-space entry, hot work, personal protective equipment, and hazard recognition.
Ability to plan, prioritize, schedule, assign, and monitor maintenance work while coordinating multiple priorities, projects, shutdown activities, and unplanned maintenance demands.
Demonstrated ability to lead employees, set expectations, delegate work, monitor performance, provide feedback, and address performance or conduct concerns professionally and consistently.
Ability to assess equipment failures, determine appropriate resources, solve problems, and exercise sound judgment in time-sensitive or emergency situations.
Clear and proactive communication skills with employees, the Maintenance Manager, contractors, cross-functional partners, and management.
Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems and Microsoft Office applications, including maintaining accurate records and using maintenance information and performance indicators to identify risks and improvement opportunities.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree, technical degree, apprenticeship completion, military technical training, or equivalent formal training in industrial maintenance, electrical systems, mechanical systems, instrumentation, controls, or a related discipline.
Experience supporting a continuous or 24/7 manufacturing operation, with strong working knowledge of industrial mechanical and electrical systems, equipment troubleshooting, preventive and corrective maintenance practices, and safe maintenance work execution.

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, coaching, and supervision to assigned maintenance personnel; establish expectations, monitor performance, provide feedback, and hold employees accountable.
Plan, prioritize, schedule, assign, and monitor preventive, predictive, corrective, and breakdown maintenance work.
Coordinate planned downtime and unplanned maintenance response with Production, Engineering, and affected departments.
Ensure maintenance work complies with company procedures, equipment specifications, regulatory requirements, and quality standards; exercise Stop Work Authority and escalate critical incidents.
Ensure accurate and timely CMMS documentation, including work orders, maintenance logs, equipment histories, labor hours, parts usage, and corrective actions.
Provide technical direction and hands-on assistance during complex troubleshooting, equipment failures, shutdowns, startups, and other critical maintenance activities.
Coach and develop Maintenance Department personnel and ensure they receive necessary technical, safety, equipment, and procedural training.
Complete required classroom, on-the-job, and computer-based training; learn emergency response procedures and operate powered industrial equipment only when trained and authorized.
Communicate proactively with the Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Shift Leads, maintenance personnel, Production leadership, and affected departments; ensure effective shift communication and turnover.
Coordinate maintenance vendors and contractors and monitor compliance with work scope, schedule, safety, permitting, documentation, and site requirements.
Monitor maintenance parts, materials, tools, and supplies; assist with performance indicators, backlog management, preventive maintenance compliance, downtime analysis, labor utilization, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
Promote a professional, respectful, and accountable work environment and perform other related duties as assigned.
Adjust work schedules as reasonably necessary to provide leadership coverage and support across shifts in a 24/7 operation.
Participate in an on-call rotation or remain available outside normally scheduled hours as assigned.