Maintenance Supervisor

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream•Fort Wayne, IN

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About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor coordinates and supervises Maintenance Technicians to support the entire site. The role prioritizes daily work based on production schedules, outstanding work orders, emergency requests, technician capabilities, and the availability of materials and parts. It also maintains communication with the Maintenance Team and Purchasing to support accurate equipment inventory reporting and minimum reorder levels. The supervisor compiles and evaluates maintenance reports, including downtime, work orders, and preventive maintenance activity, and recommends improvements. The position develops and adjusts preventive maintenance schedules, ensures work is completed in a timely manner, and organizes staffing and schedules to make effective use of available skills and personnel. It contributes to site safety, system-wide maintenance coordination, factory coverage, and employee and departmental skill development. The work takes place in a fast-paced manufacturing facility. Employees regularly work around others, in wet or humid and noisy areas, and near mechanical, electrical, and pressurized equipment. Some storage and production areas are cold and require cold-protective PPE. The work may involve extended standing and walking, repetitive hand and arm movements, bending, reaching, and lifting. Employees must follow food-safety and hygiene requirements and may be exposed to nuts and other potential allergens.

Requirements

PC proficiency.
Excellent organizational and communication skills.
Ability to develop a strong maintenance team in a high-performing environment.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Planning, scheduling, and budgeting ability.
Experience with CMMS and work orders.
Three or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment and knowledge of maintenance for utilities, facilities, or production equipment.
Ability to work in the described manufacturing environment, including cold areas requiring cold-protective PPE and compliance with food-safety and hygiene requirements.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of automatic controls.
An engineering degree or equivalent experience; military and work experience will be considered in lieu of formal education.

Responsibilities

Supervise and coordinate Maintenance Technicians’ daily activities based on production schedules and site needs.
Review work orders and preventive maintenance needs, taking into account priority, production schedules, and materials and parts availability.
Assign technicians according to the skills required and respond to production requests, prioritizing issues that could cause downtime.
Review factory downtime reports daily and discuss potential improvements with technicians.
Develop, distribute, and continually reevaluate equipment preventive maintenance schedules.
Ensure assigned work orders are completed in a timely manner.
Develop work schedules that make effective use of maintenance skills and personnel availability.
Promote a safer facility through regulatory compliance.
Participate in the system-wide maintenance network team to coordinate activities, plans, problem-solving, and plant-wide issues.
Participate in planning, scheduling, and supporting factory coverage as necessary.
Develop and implement skill-building plans for individuals and the department, including standard operating procedures.
Represent the Froneri Way of working through the company’s Operating Model behaviors and Core Values.
Maintain communication with the Maintenance Team and Purchasing regarding maintenance parts and accurate equipment inventory reports, and calculate minimum reorder levels.
Compile maintenance reports and evaluate and recommend actions related to downtime, work orders, and preventive maintenance.