Maintenance Supervisor
Sazerac · Bardstown, KY
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A supervisor reliability role at Sazerac (food & beverage) in Bardstown, KY.
- Tools it names
- Lean, TPM, PLC, Automation
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How this role compares
Against 57 other live reliability postings in Kentucky.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
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 TPM, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Sazerac in Bardstown
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Job Description/Responsibilities
The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for leading a team of skilled maintenance technicians and electricians to support safe, reliable, and efficient production operations. This role serves as a key leader within the facility, driving equipment reliability, employee development, continuous improvement, and operational excellence while partnering closely with production and engineering teams.
Required
- ✓Bachelor’s Degree
- ✓Strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- ✓Leadership experience
Requirements
- ✓Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
- ✓Ability to work in manufacturing environments with moving mechanical equipment, elevated noise levels, vibration, humidity, and electrical systems.
- ✓Ability to stand, walk, and perform physical tasks throughout the shift.
Culture and Benefits
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Sazerac Company Overview
Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, Traveller, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Svedka, Wheatley, BuzzBallz, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.
We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.
What You’ll Do
- •Coach, develop, and support maintenance technicians and electricians while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- •Direct safe maintenance execution by ensuring employees and contractors comply with established safety procedures and best practices before, during, and after maintenance activities.
- •Oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities to maximize equipment uptime and production efficiency.
- •Partner with production, engineering, and quality teams to troubleshoot equipment issues, improve reliability, support operational goals, and communicate critical equipment issues to facility leadership.
- •Drive continuous improvement and cost-saving initiatives that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and overall equipment performance.
Schedule: 2nd Shift (2:30-11:00pm) M-F, weekends as needed.
Preferred
- +3 years of maintenance, manufacturing, engineering, or related industrial experience.
- +Experience within beverage, food manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, or other highly automated production environments.
- +Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, TPM, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), or other continuous improvement methodologies.
- +Background in PLCs, motor controls, and industrial automation, with hands-on experience troubleshooting and resolving controls-related issues.
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