HTM Erlanger Mfg - Supervisor, Maintenance

Human Resources•Erlanger, KY

21h•Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Supervisor — Second Shift is a senior leadership role within the Maintenance Department at LifeMade Erlanger. Reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager, this position carries dual responsibility: first, the operational leadership of the second shift maintenance team — ensuring all equipment is maintained to the highest standard, all preventive maintenance activities are executed on schedule, and all maintenance personnel receive the technical guidance and support they need to perform at their best; and second, strategic ownership of the plant's maintenance parts inventory and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), ensuring that work orders, parts procurement, and maintenance records are accurate, timely, and fully integrated with plant operations. This role requires a technically exceptional maintenance professional with demonstrated leadership experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to operate effectively across departmental boundaries. The Maintenance Supervisor is the primary maintenance authority on shift and is expected to set the standard for technical excellence, process discipline, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

Technically exceptional maintenance professional
Demonstrated leadership experience
Strong communication skills
Ability to operate effectively across departmental boundaries
Comprehensive working knowledge of all injection molding equipment at LifeMade Erlanger — including Netstal, Arburg, and Sumitomo presses — as well as associated automation including Wittmann robots, Campetella Robots, Ilsemann systems, Nordson hot melt units, and Husky hot runner controllers
Expert-level technical guidance during fault diagnosis
Ability to lead or directly participate in complex, multi-system, or safety-critical maintenance activities
Knowledge of LOTO procedures
Proficiency in Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) administration and work order management
Knowledge of maintenance parts and spares inventory management

Responsibilities

Provide day-to-day leadership, direction, and support to all second shift maintenance technicians and shift lead direct reports, ensuring all personnel understand their responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations.
Conduct structured shift start briefings — communicating open work orders, priority equipment, PM obligations for the shift, and any carry-forward items from the outgoing shift.
Review and approve end-of-shift passdown communications to ensure completeness, accuracy, and that all open issues are clearly communicated to the incoming shift and to the Maintenance Manager.
Identify skills gaps across the second shift team and work with the Maintenance Manager to structure on-the-job coaching, training opportunities, and development plans for each technician.
Provide consistent performance feedback, recognize strong work, and address performance concerns early and constructively in partnership with HR and the Maintenance Manager.
Set and model the standard for professionalism, technical rigor, documentation discipline, and safety compliance on second shift.
Maintain comprehensive working knowledge of all injection molding equipment at LifeMade Erlanger — including Netstal, Arburg, and Sumitomo presses — as well as associated automation including Wittmann robots, Campetella Robots, Ilsemann systems, Nordson hot melt units, and Husky hot runner controllers.
Provide expert-level technical guidance to maintenance technicians during fault diagnosis — directing the troubleshooting approach, reviewing diagnostic findings, and advising on corrective action. Serve as the final technical authority on second shift before OEM escalation.
Lead or directly participate in complex, multi-system, or safety-critical maintenance activities, ensuring correct procedures are followed and appropriate precautions are taken.
Enforce and support the plant's Maintenance Escalation Protocol — ensuring technicians correctly classify faults as Known Fix or Open Problem, escalate at the correct tier, and communicate clearly to all required contacts.
Ensure that LOTO procedures are correctly applied and verified before any maintenance work requiring equipment isolation. Never accept a compromise on safety procedures.
Review equipment alarm history, failure trends, and maintenance records on a shift and weekly basis to identify recurring issues, degrading equipment, or systemic problems that warrant investigation or programmed adjustment.
Take ownership of second shift PM execution — ensuring all scheduled PM tasks for presses, robots, automation, and support equipment are completed on schedule, to the correct standard, and are fully documented in the CMMS.
Review PM completion rates, outstanding tasks, and overdue activities at the start and end of each shift. Identify and resolve barriers to PM completion — whether resource, parts, access, or planning-related.
Verify PM quality — not just completion. Conduct random audits of completed PM work and documentation to confirm that tasks are being performed to the correct standard, not simply marked done.
Work with the Maintenance Manager to adjust PM schedules, task content, or frequency when equipment condition, failure history, or OEM guidance indicates a change is warranted.
Ensure technicians are trained and confident on PM procedures for all equipment types in their rotation. Address gaps through direct coaching or structured training.
Serve as the primary owner and administrator of the plant's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) for second shift — responsible for the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of all work order records.
Ensure every maintenance event that results in downtime or corrective action has a corresponding CMMS work order opened at detection, updated throughout, closed with full root cause, corrective action, parts used, and labor time recorded.
Review all work orders closed by second shift technicians for completeness and quality before the end of each shift. Return incomplete records to the originating technician for correction.
Generate and analyze CMMS reports on a weekly basis — including work order backlog, PM compliance rate, mean time between failure (MTBF) by equipment, and repeat failure analysis. Present findings and recommendations to the Maintenance Manager.
Maintain and continuously improve asset records, PM task libraries, and equipment documentation within the CMMS — ensuring records reflect current equipment configuration, installed spare parts, and OEM documentation.
Champion CMMS adoption and discipline across the maintenance team — training technicians, reinforcing correct usage, and making the case for the value of accurate records in preventing future failures.
Take ownership of the maintenance parts and spares inventory — ensuring correct stock levels are maintained for critical and high-frequency replacement parts across all equipment types, including servo encoder batteries, heating bands, vacuum cups, hydraulic seals, filter elements, and drive components.
Review parts consumption data from CMMS work orders and identify trends — parts that are consumed more frequently than expected may indicate a root cause that requires investigation rather than continued replacement.
Initiate parts requisitions and purchase orders in a timely manner to prevent stockouts of critical spares. Escalate any critical parts shortage that presents a production risk to the Maintenance Manager immediately.
Maintain the physical organization and cleanliness of the maintenance parts room — correct labelling, logical storage, accurate bin counts, and a first-in-first-out (FIFO) discipline for perishable or shelf-life-limited items.
Manage OEM and supplier relationships for parts procurement — obtaining quotes, verifying specifications, confirming lead times, and ensuring parts received match purchase orders before accepting into stock.
Conduct or oversee a periodic physical inventory count against CMMS stock records, resolve discrepancies, and report inventory accuracy metrics to the Maintenance Manager.
Maintain proactive, professional communication with second shift Production Supervisors and Operations Managers — providing real-time updates on equipment status, estimated return-to-production timelines, and any maintenance activity that may affect output or scheduling.
Participate in shift transition meetings, plant-wide production reviews, or daily operations briefings as required, representing the Maintenance Department with accurate, concise, and actionable information.
Partner with the Quality Department when equipment condition or maintenance activity is implicated in a quality event — provide equipment history, maintenance records, and technical assessment to support root cause analysis.
Work collaboratively with the Process Engineering team when injection molding process issues require investigation of equipment condition as a contributing factor.
Communicate to the Maintenance Manager on all significant events — including major equipment failures, safety incidents, open problems unresolved after 2 hours, critical parts shortages, and any situation that requires a management decision or resource beyond shift authority.
Representing the Maintenance Department professionally in all cross-functional interactions — the Supervisor is a visible leader whose conduct and communication style reflects directly on the department's reputation and credibility.