Maintenance Supervisor
J.M. Smucker · Emporia, KS
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 1+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at J.M. Smucker (food & beverage) in Emporia, KS.
- They ask for
- 1+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause
- Day to day
- some off-shift / weekend coverage
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How this role compares
Against 34 other live reliability postings in Kansas.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (1+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 66%
- PLC 40%
- Welding 29%
- ✓ Root cause 20%
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This plant: J.M. Smucker in Emporia
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- Assistant Production Manager · Production · Manager
- Assistant Maintenance Manager · Reliability · Manager
- Production Supervisor · Production · Supervisor
Full description from J.M. SmuckerAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
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.
Requirements
- ✓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.
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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
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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