Area Maintenance Supervisor
Reynolds Consumer Products · Louisville, KY
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Packaging
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Reynolds Consumer Products (packaging) in Louisville, KY.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Root cause
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How this role compares
Against 57 other live reliability postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (4+ vs 5+)
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 45%
- ✓ Team leadership 43%
- Welding 29%
- ✓ Root cause 28%
- Automation 24%
- Robotics 24%
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Stands out: this posting asks for Union environment, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Reynolds Consumer Products in Louisville
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Full description from Reynolds Consumer ProductsAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
Responsibilities
The Area Maintenance Supervisor provides technical leadership to optimize manufacturing asset reliability, maintenance execution, and operational performance across a complex unionized manufacturing environment. This role leads maintenance planning and execution strategies that improve equipment availability, reduce unplanned downtime, and maximize asset life while ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards. Working closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, and other business partners, the position drives continuous improvement initiatives, develops maintenance capability, and influences operational decisions that support plant performance and business objectives.
You Will Have the Opportunity to Make Great Things Happen!
requirements
throughout all maintenance activities.
- ✓Maintain accurate maintenance documentation, employee records, and performance information in accordance with company policies.
Required
- ✓Associate degree in a technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience to successfully perform the essential functions of the position.
- ✓4+ years of maintenance experience within a manufacturing, industrial, or process operations environment.
- ✓2+ years of maintenance leadership, supervisory, planning, scheduling, or engineering experience.
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Overview
Join Reynolds Consumer Products…and Drive Your Career across a world of opportunities!
We currently have an opportunity for an Area Maintenance Supervisor at our Manufacturing Facility in Louisville, KY .
Leadership
- •Lead safe and efficient maintenance operations to improve equipment reliability, asset utilization, and production performance.
- •Direct technicians, contractors, and maintenance resources to achieve operational and business objectives.
- •Develop team capability through coaching, performance management, and employee development initiatives.
- •Foster collaborative labor relations by maintaining productive communication with leadership and resolving workplace issues.
Maintenance & Reliability
- •Drive preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies to reduce equipment failures and improve long-term asset performance.
- •Analyze recurring equipment issues and implement sustainable corrective actions using structured problem-solving and root cause analysis.
- •Coordinate maintenance outages, shutdowns, and major repair activities to minimize operational disruption.
- •Prioritize maintenance backlog and work execution to maximize schedule compliance and equipment availability.
- •Ensure maintenance work is properly planned, scoped, staffed, and supported with required materials and resources.
Operations & Continuous Improvement
- •Partner with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Finance, and Human Resources to support plant initiatives and continuous improvement efforts.
- •Monitor maintenance performance metrics and implement actions that improve safety, reliability, cost, and operational effectiveness.
- •Support technical troubleshooting of complex manufacturing equipment and maintenance processes to improve operational performance.
- •Drive standardization of maintenance practices that improve equipment reliability and workforce effectiveness.
Financial & Compliance
- •Manage maintenance labor, overtime, contractor utilization, and maintenance-related expenditures to achieve financial objectives.
- •Ensure compliance with environmental, health, safety, regulatory, and company
You Will Love It Here If…
- •You listen, learn, and evolve
- •You thrive in a fast-paced environment
- •You put safety first, always
- •You are passionate about collaboration, teamwork, and achieving shared goals
- •You believe in treating all people with respect, operating ethically, and growing a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace
- •You are committed to improving our impact on local communities and creating positive experiences
Preferred
- +Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline.
- +Experience supporting unionized manufacturing operations.
- +Experience leading reliability improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- •Knowledge of industrial maintenance, equipment reliability, preventive and predictive maintenance principles, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- •Ability to troubleshoot complex mechanical and electrical equipment issues using structured problem-solving techniques.
- •Strong leadership, coaching, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- •Ability to prioritize competing work activities while supporting operational requirements.
- •Ability to build effective partnerships across Operations, Engineering, Quality, Safety, Human Resources, Finance, contractors, and union leadership.
- •Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- •Knowledge of industrial safety practices and regulatory compliance requirements.
Competencies
- •Drives Results – Consistently achieves operational objectives by establishing priorities, maintaining accountability, and delivering measurable business outcomes.
- •Decision Quality – Makes timely, informed decisions by balancing technical expertise, operational requirements, and business priorities.
- •Collaborates – Builds strong partnerships across functions and labor organizations to achieve shared operational goals.
- •Develops Talent – Coaches and develops employees to strengthen technical capability, engagement, and long-term organizational performance.
- •Plans and Aligns – Coordinates people, resources, and priorities to optimize maintenance execution and business performance.
- •Ensures Accountability – Establishes clear expectations, monitors performance, and reinforces ownership for safety, quality, and operational excellence.
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