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Supervisor, Facilities Maintenance Mechanical

Knott's Berry Farm
Buena Park, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/23/2026
Overview:

Supervises and coordinates the departments activities in maintaining and repairing mechanical parts of pumps, cranes, compressors, automobiles, trucks, tractors, and similar equipment used in construction and maintenance. Inspects defective equipment in shop or field to determine extent of wear or damage to direct repairs. Supervises and coordinates activities of employees engaged in production machining and repair of metallic or nonmetallic workpieces, applying knowledge of machine shop procedures, machine tool setup, welding, operating techniques, and production machining methods.

Salary Details: $68,640.00 - $80,000.00/yr. based on overall experience

Responsibilities:

  • Extensive knowledge of applicable laws, codes, standards, and industry practices relating to Machine Shop and Automotive maintenance and Plumbing trade work. Understand and operate according to State & Federal regulations, Company policy/procedures, and all safety requirements. Remain compliant with all health and safety rules and regulations applicable to the company.
  • Responsible for planned schedule creation and overseeing the adherence and timely completion of work carried out. Increase the site operational effectiveness, improve on project delivery, mean time between failure and down time reduction, and manage and implement improvement plans, driving key performance ensuring that project schedules, deadlines, health, safety and environmental requirements are adhered to.
  • Manage, plan, control and organize the planned preventive and corrective mechanical maintenance on all of the fleet and other equipment in order to maximize their lifespan and ensure safety. This involves monitoring the performance of mechanical machinery ensuring remedial work is undertaken to prevent failure/loss of the facilities and equipment. Monitor the production of jobs and allocate the work on a daily basis to the mechanical technicians, monitoring progress and inspecting completed work to ensure the required standards are achieved.
  • Asses the needs for stocking critical spare parts for continuous production on all critical components. Assess the need of consumables and PPE to support repair efforts.
  • Complete and maintain accurate, timely documentation and records as required.
  • Maintain departments operating expenses within approved budgets. Ensure that resources are used for optimum effect.
  • Provide technical and organizational leadership to departments. Motivate and coordinate department employees and handle any disciplinary issues that arise.
  • Manage e the introduction and purchase of new machinery, plant and equipment from specifications, to managing suppliers through to full installation in collaboration with all relevant work orders. Coordinate with the Purchasing Department the process of disposal of obsolete machinery, plant and equipment from gaining agreement to write off to physically removing it and its safe and lawful disposal.
  • Manage the application of and supervision of machine shop theories and procedures, shop mathematics, machinability of materials, and layout techniques: Studies blueprints, sketches, drawings, manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished workpiece, sequence of operations, and setup requirements.

Qualifications:

  • Associate's degree / vocational or technical school degree, emphasis in Mechanical/Automotive/HVACHVAC/Welding/Plumbing is required. Preferred focus in Mechanical and/or Structural Trades.
  • Certifications in Mechanical and/or Plumbing Trades preferred.
  • At least 10 years of prior, work related job experience.
  • Requires independent decision making, nonstandard problem solving, troubleshooting, planning, organizing and the supervision of Machine Shop, Automotive and Plumbing trades.
  • Thorough background in reading, modifying, or correcting blueprints, sketches, and drawings. Must fully comprehend manuals, specifications, or sample parts to determine dimensions and tolerances of finished work pieces, sequence of operations, and/or setup requirements. Must be able to manage and verify employee techniques and work in same.
  • Must be detail oriented to guide and instruct employees in trouble shooting and finding causes of mechanical, plumbing and electronic malfunctions.

Salary : $68,640 - $80,000

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