Hands-On Maintenance Supervisor - Coffee Manufacturing | $75K-$85K + 10% Bonus | Build the Maintenance Function | New AutomationThis Jobot Job is hosted by: Amanda Ahmad
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Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 per year
A bit about us:Founded more than three decades ago and based in Lenoir City for this opportunity, with manufacturing operations across the U.S. and globally, we are a food and beverage ingredients organization investing in an expanding coffee manufacturing facility. Our non-union, 115,000-square-foot plant has approximately 20 employees and seven production lines supporting packaging, roasting, and grinding. With a new highly automated single-serve coffee line being installed, we offer the opportunity to build maintenance systems, strengthen safety practices, and improve reliability within a family-first culture.
Why join us?- Low-Cost Benefits: Access to affordable employee benefits.
- Ownership and Visibility: Help shape the maintenance function at a growing facility.
- New Automation: Support installation and reliability of a highly automated single-serve coffee line.
- Build the Systems: Develop PM schedules, spare parts processes, maintenance tracking, and future CMMS capabilities.
- Family-First Culture: Work within a small plant team backed by a global organization.
- Current Schedule: Single-shift operation working Monday-Thursday, 10.5-hour days. The facility plans to expand to 24/7 operations; the future supervisory schedule needs confirmation.
Job DetailsKey Responsibilities and Duties
- Report to the Operations Manager and oversee maintenance and plant engineering activities.
- Lead maintenance staff while personally troubleshooting and repairing production and facility equipment.
- Support mechanical systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, automated packaging equipment, and electrical maintenance needs.
- Establish and reinforce safe maintenance practices, with particular emphasis on lockout/tagout.
- Build corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance programs; establish PM schedules and work priorities.
- Set up maintenance tracking in Excel initially and support development of a future CMMS.
- Maintain work order and purchase order processes, spare parts inventory, and replenishment practices.
- Schedule technicians and define job requirements to complete planned maintenance and emergency repairs.
- Manage staffing, overtime, attendance, technical training, and safety training.
- Develop the maintenance budget with the Operations Manager and control spending.
- Source parts, materials, equipment, and outside services efficiently.
- Coordinate equipment installation, modifications, and capital projects with engineering and contractors.
- Review downtime, investigate recurring failures, and improve equipment reliability.
- Develop SOPs and standard work instructions; lead selected continuous improvement projects.
- Conduct process analysis and mapping to identify production risks and improvement opportunities.
- Coordinate sanitation scheduling and oversight, along with facility and grounds upkeep.
- Work with production and quality teams and participate in daily production meetings.
- Support SQF, HACCP, GMP, QA/QC, sanitation, and hygiene requirements.
- Assess food safety prerequisite programs and conduct audits, document findings, and prepare reports.
- Research equipment and technology improvements and perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Needed
- High school diploma required; technical college certificate or diploma strongly preferred.
- Minimum five years of progressive industrial maintenance experience.
- Intermediate-to-advanced mechanical skills and proven hands-on equipment troubleshooting ability.
- Experience with pneumatics, hydraulics, and automated production or packaging equipment.
- Strong health and safety knowledge, particularly LOTO, and the ability to reinforce safe work practices.
- Ability to establish PM schedules, maintenance records, and spare parts processes.
- Ability to lead, train, and coordinate technicians; previous formal maintenance leadership experience is a plus.
- Food manufacturing or consumer packaged goods experience preferred; coffee roasting and grinding experience especially valuable.
- Welding and fabrication skills highly desirable.
- Basic computer proficiency, including Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Knowledge of food safety procedures and the ability to support quality and sanitation requirements.
- Ability to prioritize repairs, recognize developing equipment problems, and use downtime trends to guide improvements.
- Effective communication with production, quality, engineering, vendors, and direct reports.
- Ability to perform frequent lifting and bending and occasionally lift 35 pounds, with reasonable accommodation as applicable.
- Local availability for onsite work in Lenoir City; no relocation assistance.
- Willingness to support changing operational needs as the facility transitions toward 24/7 production.
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