Maintenance Supervisor 2nd shift
Clarios · Illinois
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $75k–$90k
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 3+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 10 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Clarios (automotive) in Illinois. In this role, under minimal supervision, perform highly diversified duties to maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and modify manufacturing equipment and facility equipment to help achieve the site’s business goals and objectives.
- They ask for
- 3+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- TPM, OEE, PLC
- Base pay
- $75k–$90k
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How this role compares
Against 78 other live reliability postings in Illinois.
- Base pay
- In line with similar roles
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (3+ vs 4+)
Typical $70k–$98k, from 7 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 4+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 49%
- ✓ PLC 48%
- Welding 33%
- Automation 20%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for TPM, OEE, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
At a glance
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How to get in at this plant
Five moves over a week or two. The first one takes ten minutes.
- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Clarios
Engineers who joined in the last year or two reply the most. Use the team search on this page to find them.
- 2
Send a short, curious note
One real question about their work. No favors yet. Each person gets a different note, written for this role.
- 3
Turn a reply into a short call
Questions worth asking about this team:
- What does a normal week look like on your team?
- How did you land the job? What stood out in your interviews?
- 4
Apply with someone vouching for you
If the call went well, ask whether they’d pass your résumé to the hiring manager. Send your résumé link, apply that day, and let them know.
- 5
Bring proof to the interview
One page of before-and-after numbers from projects you led: scrap, OEE, cycle time, cost. Plant managers hire on results.
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What you will do
Maintenance Supervisor to manage our 2nd shift team. In this role, under minimal supervision, perform highly diversified duties to maintain, troubleshoot, repair, and modify manufacturing equipment and facility equipment to help achieve the site’s business goals and objectives. Maintain and improve mechanical and electrical equipment for five manufacturing areas. Accountable for all maintenance, storeroom, and wastewater resources on your shift.
Requirements
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree required, Engineering, Business, or Operations preferred
- ✓3+ years of experience in maintenance in a manufacturing setting
- ✓1+ years as a maintenance supervisor in a manufacturing setting
- ✓3+ years of experience with mechanical process equipment, PLC, electrical components, pneumatics, and hydraulics
- ✓Experience reading drawings and schematics
- ✓Creativity and problem solving skills
- ✓Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- ✓Able to effectively manage time and meet all specified deadlines.
- ✓Strong leadership and organizational skills and the ability to motivate team members.
- ✓Experience with Maximo CMMS and Kronos timekeeping is a plus.
This position offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as further described below.
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How you will do it
- •Keep the plant and equipment operating in a state that delivers the planned production capacity while delivering the required product quality for the least maintenance cost
- •Manage and track KPIs, such as OEE, MTTR, MTBF, PM/PdM Compliance, and Schedule Compliance. Support TPM and Reliability Excellence initiatives.
- •Maintain and uphold Clarios quality standards for product and workmanship.
- •Ensure that all maintenance activities are safely and appropriately carried out.
- •Provide communication, coordination, and cooperation with operations and other departments to achieve plant daily targets, monthly KPI’s, and business objectives.
- •Oversee Work Management processes (especially work identification, execution, and completion) and Materials Management processes (especially stores issue, receipt, cycle count, organization) on your shift.
- •Monitor work progress against the plan and schedule, and make adjustments as needed. Assure job clean up, data entry, documentation, and follow-up work orders are created as needed.
- •Provide leadership by effectively guiding the maintenance team to do the right work in the right way.
- •Actively build cohesion in the maintenance department and a more proactive culture.
- •Actively engage in continuous improvement of business processes.
- •Effectively interact with other departments to ensure the proper functioning of all systems in the plant.
- •Comply with all environmental, health and safety policies and procedures, including periodic review and update of maintenance related procedures.
- •Provide mechanic scheduling (including overtime), timecard review, and issue resolution.
- •Conduct performance reviews of direct reports. Discipline direct reports as required.
What we look for
What you get
- •Medical, dental and vision care coverage and a 401(k) savings plan with company matching – all starting on date of hire
- •Tuition reimbursement, perks, and discounts
- •Parental and caregiver leave programs
- •All the usual benefits such as paid time off, flexible spending, short-and long-term disability, basic life insurance, business travel insurance, and Employee Assistance Program
- •Global market strength and worldwide market share leadership
- •HQ location earns LEED certification for sustainability plus a full-service cafeteria and workout facility
- •Clarios has been recognized as one of 2026's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere. This prestigious recognition marks the fourth consecutive year Clarios has received this distinction.
Who we are
Clarios is the force behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials—setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we’re not just making batteries; we’re shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios—where your power meets endless possibilities.