Technical Supervisor

J.M. Smucker Co•Columbus, GA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Technical Supervisor leads maintenance planning, scheduling, reliability, and storeroom activities at an on-site commercial bakery. The role focuses on improving equipment performance, reducing downtime, optimizing maintenance resources, and strengthening preventive and predictive maintenance, spare-parts readiness, work execution, and continuous improvement. The supervisor ensures maintenance work is carried out with a strong focus on employee safety, food safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. The position is based at the Hostess Manufacturing Plant, 1969 Victory Dr, Columbus, GA 31901. It is 100% on-site and primarily day shift, with flexibility required to work off shift, including nights, weekends, and/or holidays, and to support work as needed. The role also provides coaching and direction to the Storeroom Leader/Buyer, supports equipment installation, startup, and capital projects, and maintains an active floor presence. It serves as the Quality Assurance Key Element owner for equipment and maintenance requirements and as a Safety Key Element owner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least five years of maintenance experience in a food-manufacturing environment.
Working knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling, preventive and predictive maintenance, and reliability-centered maintenance principles.
Experience using a CMMS and analyzing equipment failures, downtime trends, and maintenance performance data.
Knowledge of commercial bakery or food-manufacturing equipment, food safety requirements, and safe maintenance practices.
Ability to coordinate planned work, contractors, vendors, and multiple priorities in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Word.
Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role, including sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching, climbing stairs or ladders, and lifting up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience in maintenance planning, reliability leadership, or storeroom and spare-parts management.
Experience with systems such as CAMS, SAP Plant Maintenance, IBM Maximo, or a similar CMMS.
Experience with inventory control, cycle counting, critical spare-parts strategy, and maintenance purchasing.
Electrical, electronic, and mechanical troubleshooting knowledge.
Experience facilitating root-cause analysis and using continuous-improvement or Operations Excellence tools.
Strong communication, coaching, collaboration, and problem-solving skills across technical and operations teams.

Responsibilities

Build, prioritize, and maintain weekly and long-range maintenance schedules aligned with production needs and equipment reliability priorities.
Plan maintenance work by coordinating labor, parts, tools, contractors, permits, and other required resources.
Manage the maintenance backlog and work-order priorities within the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
Coach and develop the department in CMMS and Operations Excellence tools and systems.
Lead preventive and predictive maintenance performance, including PM completion, schedule compliance, and program improvements.
Lead storeroom operations, including inventory accuracy, cycle counting, receiving, organization, and critical spare-parts availability.
Provide coaching and direction to the Storeroom Leader/Buyer and build team capability in CMMS and Operations Excellence tools.
Analyze downtime, work-order, and asset-performance data to identify recurring failures and reliability improvement opportunities.
Facilitate root-cause analysis and ensure corrective actions are assigned, completed, and sustained.
Ensure planned maintenance and reliability activities address food quality, safe processes, legal requirements, and continuous improvement.
Serve as the Quality Assurance Key Element owner for equipment and maintenance requirements and as a Safety Key Element owner.
Participate actively in daily direction-setting meetings and weekly line scorecard reviews.
Partner with Sanitation, Operations Excellence, Operations, and Maintenance to improve equipment performance, sanitation outcomes, asset utilization, and planned work execution.
Coordinate contractors and vendors, ensuring work is completed safely, efficiently, and within the defined scope.
Track and communicate maintenance performance, including PM completion, backlog aging, planned versus unplanned work, downtime, schedule compliance, and inventory results.
Support equipment installation, startup, capital projects, and other bakery improvement initiatives.
Maintain accurate maintenance, reliability, inventory, and purchasing records while maintaining an active floor presence to support safety, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).