Maintenance and Reliability Supervisor- night shift

Summary:

Maintenance & Reliability Supervisor Night Shift

Location: Sun Prairie Wisconsin

Department: Maintenance

Core Responsibilities

1. Lead Safe Maintenance Execution

- Provide hands-on leadership to ensure all maintenance work is performed safely and in compliance with site policies (e.g. LOTO confined space hot work).

- Proactively identify risks verify hazards and ensure proper controls are in place.

- Reinforce strong safety and environmental practices including food safety housekeeping and equipment guarding.

2. Own Nightly Maintenance Operations

- Lead the execution of the maintenance schedule aligning priorities with production needs.

- Ensure job readiness (scope tools instructions labor).

- Drive high-quality work order completion in the CMMS including documentation and follow-up actions.

3. Drive Equipment Reliability & Precision Maintenance

- Promote best practices in mechanical maintenance (precision alignment lubrication troubleshooting).

- Oversee installation and maintenance of bearings belts chains motors conveyors and packaging equipment.

- Partner with operations to reduce downtime and eliminate recurring issues.

4. Lead and Develop the Maintenance Team

- Set clear expectations for safety quality and performance.

- Provide coaching training and feedback to build technical and leadership capability.

- Foster accountability teamwork and continuous improvement.

5. Support Repairs Projects and Continuous Improvement

- Coordinate major repairs and maintenance activities.

- Support installation and startup of new equipment or process improvements.

- Work with leadership to implement reliability and efficiency improvements.

6. Strengthen Preventive Maintenance Execution

- Ensure preventive maintenance tasks are completed on time and to a high standard.

- Turn equipment inspections into planned corrective work.

- Continuously improve maintenance processes to increase uptime and reduce emergency repairs.

Success Metrics (First 6 12 Months)

- Reduction in unplanned downtime and emergency maintenance.

- Improved schedule execution and fewer delays.

- Increased equipment reliability and fewer repeat failures.

- A more engaged and skilled maintenance team.

- Strong collaboration between maintenance and production.

Key Performance Measures

- Safety & Compliance: Safe work practices incident reduction audit results.

- Execution: Schedule completion work order closure response time.

- Reliability: Equipment uptime repeat failures downtime reduction.

- Maintenance Systems: PM completion rate CMMS accuracy backlog health.

- Cost Control: Overtime management parts usage contractor efficiency.

Qualifications

- Experience in manufacturing food production or industrial maintenance.

- Proven leadership or supervisory experience in fast-paced settings.

- Strong mechanical knowledge with a focus on reliability and preventive maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in food or bakery manufacturing.

- Hands-on expertise with conveyors mixers ovens packaging equipment and drive systems.

- Experience with CMMS or similar systems.

- Strong troubleshooting skills and a proactive mindset.

- Technical training certifications or equivalent hands-on experience.