1st Shift Maintenance Supervisor
UFP Industries · Janesville, WI
- Level
- Supervisor
- Team
- Reliability
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- Recently
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level reliability role at UFP Industries (industrial) in Janesville, WI.
- They ask for
- 5+ years
- Tools it names
- Welding
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How this role compares
Against 85 other live reliability postings in Wisconsin.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Team leadership 55%
- ✓ Welding 50%
- PLC 48%
- Robotics 28%
- Automation 23%
- Tooling 21%
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Pick 2–3 people on the Reliability team at UFP Industries
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Send a short, curious note
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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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Job Summary
The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for the direct supervision and coordination of the maintenance department functions and programs. Directs and coordinates support services. Training and development of its employees.
Responsibilities
- ◆Assists in interviews and hiring processes
- ◆Orientates and trains maintenance personnel
- ◆Coaches counsel employees, and initiates discipline as required
- ◆Evaluates the performance of subordinates
- ◆Develops and implements preventative and other maintenance programs to ensure proper equipment operation
- ◆Identifies, researches, and resolves problems
- ◆Coordinates maintenance activities with the operating department's
requirements
- ✓Leads employees in continuous improvement and safety initiatives
- ✓Performs regular/preventative maintenance on all machinery, tools, and buildings
- ✓Develops, implements, and supervises the plant’s Preventive Maintenance program
- ✓Repairs machinery, equipment, buildings, and other Company assets in accordance with diagrams, operating manuals, and manufacturing specifications, or by management request
- ✓Orders supplies and parts as required, at competitive pricing and rates
- ✓Maintains records of repair/maintenance activities, per Company policy
- ✓Prepares other reports as required
- ✓Performs duties consistent with established safety rules and procedures
- ✓Performs other duties as required
Qualifications
- ✓Post-high school education is required
- ✓Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in machine repair and maintenance area; 1 to 3 years of experience managing people
- ✓Working knowledge of electrical, hydraulic, and control technology, and welding
- ✓Working knowledge of safe equipment practices and applicable laws, rules, and regulations
- ✓Demonstrate working knowledge of hazardous wage and hazardous material handling procedures and practices
- ✓Working knowledge of the use of precision tools, measuring instruments, and other hand tools
- ✓Working knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook, and other business software
- ✓Preferred understanding of company policies, practices, and procedures
- ✓Must be at least 18 years of age