What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Supervisor - 1st Shift - Holland, MI position at Haworth?
Job Overview
Supervise a team to manufacture high-quality products on schedule and within budget. Oversee daily production activities, prioritize tasks, and address production issues related to machinery and processes.
Essential Functions
Supervise a team to manufacture high-quality products on schedule and within budget. Oversee daily production activities, prioritize tasks, and address production issues related to machinery and processes.
Essential Functions
- Assign and oversee production tasks: Assign and oversee production tasks, ensuring clear understanding of work instructions, quality standards, and production targets.
- Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards: Enforce compliance with safety regulations, quality standards, and company policies, ensuring a safe and compliant work environment.
- Foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, promoting member engagement, sustainability, and continuous improvement.
- Foster a positive and collaborative team environment: Foster a positive and collaborative team environment, promoting open communication, teamwork, and a shared commitment to excellence.
- Implement continuous improvement and innovation: Champion and participate in continuous improvement initiatives, such as leveraging lean tools, to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.
- Manage team resources and budget: Manage team resources, including labor, materials, and equipment, to optimize production efficiency and control costs.
- Monitor production performance and provide feedback: Encourage Monitor production performance, track progress against goals, and identify areas for improvement.
- Supervise a team of manufacturing members: Provide day-to-day supervision, guidance, and support to a team of manufacturing members, ensuring a safe and efficient work environment.
- Must be able to perform all essential job functions with/without accommodation.
- Uses office automation, communication, software, and tools used in Haworth office environment.
- Performs other duties within scope as assigned.
- Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in relevant field of study
- Education Equivalency: Associate's Degree plus 2 years related experience OR 4 years related experience if no post-secondary education
- Work Experience: 3 years related experience
- Supervisory Experience: 2 years supervisory experience
- Military Equivalency at www.mynextmove.org/vets/find/military
- Internal Candidates: Supervisory or other leadership experience*
- *Examples of "other leadership experience" may include any of the following: Holding a Team Lead position in Operations; Serving as a project lead where the project had a sizeable business impact and involved guiding a cross-functional team to results, typically in a similar industry; Taking on a leadership role in a Member Resource Group (MRG) or other work-related committee requiring leadership skills; Leading a large-scale change where change management expertise was required; Creating and implementing a multi-year strategic plan; Completing a Haworth leadership development program, including our Aspiring Leader Program (ALP); Completing Haworth Management System (HMS) champion project(s); Mentoring interns.
- Demonstrated experience in strategic or long‑range maintenance planning, including predictive or condition‑based maintenance approaches.
- Strong digital aptitude, with the ability to leverage data, dashboards, or analytics tools to drive maintenance decisions and improve uptime.
- Working knowledge of AI‑enabled tools (e.g., predictive analytics, automated diagnostics, CMMS enhancements, or AI‑assisted troubleshooting).
- Foundational proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for data analysis, automation, or integration with maintenance systems (e.g., analyzing downtime trends, automating reports, or improving workflows).
- Experience using or optimizing CMMS/EAM systems; familiarity with data extraction, reporting, or API integrations preferred.Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to experiment with emerging technologies to improve reliability, safety, and efficiency.
- Strong systems‑thinking mindset with the ability to translate technical insights into practical, floor‑level execution.
- Effective communicator capable of coaching teams through technology adoption and change.
- Exposure to predictive maintenance tools (vibration analysis, thermal imaging, sensor‑based monitoring).Experience collaborating with IT, data, or automation teams.
- Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies supported by data analytics.