Maintenance Supervisor

Your Opportunity as a (Technical) Maintenance Supervisor

Supervise and train maintenance personnel in the upkeep of existing equipment and the installation of new equipment. Plan and direct engineering and maintenance activities for a work shift. Focus on meeting standards for quality, productivity, downtime, and defects.

Location: 1525 Industrial Rd, Emporia, KS 66801 (Hostess Manufacturing Plant)

Work Arrangements: 100% on-site, 2nd Shift, 3pm-11pm. Flexibility required. Willingness to work off shift (including nights, weekends, and/or holidays) and flow to the work as needed

In This Role You Will

• Provide problem solving expertise and root cause analysis to Operations
• Execute predictive and preventative PM programs
• Direct and deploy technical resources to repair or maintain equipment
• Build mastery level skills in advanced technicians, advanced technical skills in equipment owners, and basic technical and trouble-shooting skills in all technicians
• Ensure technical documentation, PMs, and spares for department equipment and systems are identified and in place
• Create necessary PMs and SOPs to properly maintain equipment and enable resources to execute work
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to technical resources within a department
• Collaborate with Area Leaders, Process Engineers, and Coordinators in the development of work plans that maximize sanitation and startup effectiveness and efficiency
• Administrator of timekeeping, attendance tracking, and payroll approval processes to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

What We are Looking For:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 1 year of relevant experience supervising technical/maintenance individuals
• Demonstrated experience teaching and leading others
• 2 years of industrial maintenance experience
• Strong technical and mechanical ability, including problem solving and troubleshooting capabilities
  
  

Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• Prior experience in food manufacturing
• Project management experience
  
  

Work Environment

This job operates in a manufacturing environment. The noise level in the work environment and manufacturing sites can be loud.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Able to lift objects up to 50 pounds frequently.
• May push and pull heavy objects.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  
  

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