Maintenance Supervisor
Kerry · Clark, NJ
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Base pay
- $70k–$109k
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Kerry (food & beverage) in Clark, NJ. You will provide first-line leadership to the plant maintenance team, ensuring the reliable operation and long-term performance of site assets.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- TPM, Root cause, SAP
- Base pay
- $70k–$109k
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How this role compares
Against 32 other live reliability postings in New Jersey.
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 55%
- PLC 45%
- Welding 30%
- EHS / safety 27%
- FDA / GMP 21%
- ✓ SAP 21%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for Cost reduction, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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- 1
Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at Kerry
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- 2
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- 3
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Bring proof to the interview
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This plant: Kerry in Clark
1 other open role at this site.
- Reliability Engineer · Reliability
Maintenance Supervisor at Kerry in other locations
Kerry lists this title in 2 places. Pick the plant you can get to.
- Owatonna, MN · $70k–$109k
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About the role
As a Maintenance Supervisor, you will provide first-line leadership to the plant maintenance team, ensuring the reliable operation and long-term performance of site assets. This role is focused on maximizing equipment availability and ensuring all machinery remains fit for purpose while maintaining compliance with safety, quality, and regulatory standards. You will lead efforts to identify root causes of equipment failures, implement permanent corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that extend asset life and deliver optimal value.
Key responsibilities
- ◆Provide first line leadership for the plant maintenance team responsible for asset care.
- ◆Drive employee engagement, training, and development to maximize manufacturing, quality, safety, regulatory standards and productivity goal attainment.
- ◆Manage maintenance labour and spares part budget.
- ◆Initiate cost savings measures.
- ◆Ensure that plant maintenance operations are conducted in a safe and controlled environment.
- ◆Ensure all maintenance related works align with corporate engineering standards including sanitary design, ergonomics, employee safety and food safety requirements.
- ◆Continuously apply sound mechanical and electrical solutions to resolve obstacles to plant efficiencies and to drive continuous improvement.
- ◆Perform follow-up analysis to identify and resolve recurring downtime / inefficient operational issues.
- ◆Manage maintenance schedule to efficient execution.
- ◆Works with the production team on maintenance planning and execution.
- ◆Monitor crew performance and provide feedback.
- ◆Ensure work order compliance including predictive and preventive maintenance.
Qualifications
and skills
- ✓Engineering degree or technical school training preferred.
- ✓5+ years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- ✓Good understanding of mechanical and electrical systems.
- ✓Excellent troubleshooting ability.
- ✓Experience with predictive/preventive maintenance programs.
- ✓Experience implementing predictive/preventive maintenance programs.
- ✓Experience with TPM and/or Lean initiatives.
- ✓Experience implementing TPM and/or Lean initiatives.
- ✓Experience with SAP PM or other Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
- ✓Strong computer application skills, network and PC business application software.
- ✓Supervisory / Management experience.
The pay range for this position is $70,100 - $109,050 in Annual Salary. Kerry typically does not hire an individual at the top or near the top of the range, as we are a pay-for-performance company, and this range is set to continue to reward performance annually while in role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate within the above range may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and internal equity. In addition, this position is also eligible to earn a performance-based incentive compensation. Kerry offers a competitive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, Employee Share Plan, Life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement. This job posting is anticipated to expire on November 9th, 2026.
We may use artificial intelligence tools to support the review and assessment of applications and assist with scheduling interviews. We do not use AI to make decisions during the interview process. All candidate assessments and hiring decisions are made by our recruitment and leadership teams.
Beware of scams online or from individuals claiming to represent us. A Kerry employee will not solicit candidates through a non-Kerry email address or phone number. In addition, Kerry does not currently utilise video chat rooms (e.g., Google Hangouts) to conduct interviews. Refuse any request that asks you to provide payment to participate in the hiring process (e.g., purchasing a “starter kit,” investing in training, or something similar). Kerry will not ask you to pay any money at any point in the hiring process with the exception of reimbursable travel expenses. In addition, any payments made by Kerry will be from official firm accounts bearing the Kerry name.
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About Kerry
Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.
