Maintenance Supervisor

Misfits Market•Northlake, IL

6d•$75,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor leads the maintenance team and manages preventive and corrective maintenance programs, vendors and contractors, capital projects, and facility improvements. The role partners with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and other teams. It calls for a hands-on leader who can prioritize competing demands, hold employees and vendors accountable, and drive issues to resolution. The supervisor manages maintenance activities and facility operations to support safety, reliability, compliance, and operational excellence. The position also tracks maintenance performance, responds to equipment and facility emergencies, and identifies opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and extend asset life.

Requirements

Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to lead maintenance employees, contractors, and vendors and hold them accountable for performance and deadlines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills across all organizational levels.
Strong understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance for manufacturing, fulfillment, distribution, or food-processing equipment.
Experience managing maintenance and facility improvement projects using MS Project or comparable project-management software.
Working knowledge of facility systems, utilities, material-handling equipment, refrigeration, electrical and mechanical systems, conveyors, packaging equipment, and other industrial equipment.
Understanding of applicable local, state, and federal building, electrical, mechanical, fire, environmental, safety, and permitting requirements.
Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and urgent maintenance issues in a fast-paced environment.
Strong vendor- and contract-management skills.
Ability to analyze equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement long-term corrective actions.
Ability to work collaboratively with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and other cross-functional teams.
Proactive, hands-on leadership approach with a focus on accountability and follow-through.
Minimum 3–5 years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing, food-processing, fulfillment, distribution, or similar industrial environment.
Experience supervising and developing maintenance personnel.
Experience with facility systems, utilities, production equipment, material-handling systems, and industrial equipment.
Experience managing contractors, service providers, and outside vendors.
Experience supporting or managing construction, facility expansion, equipment installation, or capital improvement projects.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Industrial Technology, Business, or a related field; equivalent education and experience will be considered.
Strong computer skills and experience with CMMS or computerized maintenance-management systems.
Experience managing significant capital projects, including multi-million-dollar construction or facility improvement projects.
Experience in a food, cold-storage, refrigerated, or temperature-controlled distribution environment.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, and develop maintenance team members, ensuring maintenance work is completed safely, efficiently, and on time.
Manage daily preventive and corrective maintenance, emergency repairs, and equipment troubleshooting.
Develop maintenance schedules, priorities, and timelines, and ensure work meets expected standards.
Establish and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to increase reliability and reduce downtime.
Monitor equipment performance, identify recurring failures, and implement root-cause corrective actions.
Inspect facilities and equipment to identify safety, reliability, and maintenance concerns.
Maintain accurate critical-spares inventory while balancing parts availability and cost.
Manage maintenance vendors, contractors, and service providers; build relationships and hold them accountable for quality, response time, cost, and performance.
Identify and develop vendor relationships to improve service coverage and facility support.
Coordinate and oversee contractors performing maintenance, construction, equipment installation, and facility improvement work.
Support facility expansions, construction, equipment installations, relocations, upgrades, and capital improvement projects.
Develop project schedules, track milestones, monitor budgets, and communicate project status to leadership and stakeholders.
Partner with Engineering, Operations, Safety, Quality, and other departments on equipment, facility, and process projects.
Ensure maintenance and facility operations comply with applicable codes, permits, regulations, and company standards.
Support safety, environmental, food-safety, and audit requirements related to maintenance and facility operations.
Maintain accurate work orders, maintenance and PM records, equipment documentation, vendor information, and compliance documents.
Establish and track maintenance KPIs, including uptime, PM completion, downtime, response time, work-order backlog, repeat failures, and costs.
Respond to equipment and facility emergencies and coordinate resources to minimize operational disruption.
Promote a proactive culture focused on safety, reliability, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
Identify ways to reduce maintenance costs, improve reliability and efficiency, and extend asset life.
Keep maintenance areas, tools, equipment, and spare-parts storage clean, organized, and properly maintained.