Schwan Food Co

Maintenance Supervisor - 1st Shift

Schwan Food Co$66K — $110K *
Food & Beverages
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalent; bachelor's degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of maintenance experience, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
  • Knowledge of general construction, electrical, electronic, and mechanical systems.
  • Familiarity with food plant production equipment preferred.
  • Understanding of safety regulations and maintenance management systems.

Responsibilities

  • Improve workspaces using tools and systems focused on safety and efficiency.
  • Supervise daily maintenance tasks, prioritizing based on production needs.
  • Participate in site meetings to report on maintenance performance metrics.
  • Track and report on key performance indicators for maintenance activities.
  • Lead troubleshooting efforts to resolve equipment breakdowns and reliability issues.
  • Enhance maintenance strategies using team feedback and incident analyses.

Benefits

  • Strong foundation of health benefits.
  • Retirement and financial wellbeing programs.
  • Time off programs for work-life balance.
  • Wellbeing support programs.
Full Job Description
We are hiring a 2ndshift Maintenance Supervisor in our Florence, KY-based Freschetta pizza plant. This is a 2-2-3-3-2-2 schedule with typical hours between 4 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. In this role, you will provide technical, process and people leadership for the assigned shift or platform and direct reactive, corrective, and planned maintenance activities in coordination with the site strategy. You are a key leader in the utilization of the Asset Optimization elements, specifically Planning and Scheduling, Defect Elimination, and Breakdown Elimination. You assist the Maintenance Leadership team to identify and eliminate top losses across the site, and have accountability for production throughput, downtime, OEE, and cost attainment on their assigned shift in partnership with Production Supervision.

Responsibilities:
  • Improves organization and effectiveness of physical workspaces through Shop Tools and Facilities system (Shop safety, 5S, precision tools, etc.)
  • Supervises daily work assignments including reactive, corrective, planned and condition-based maintenance in coordination with Maintenance Planner/Scheduler. Prioritizes and assigns resources based on shifting production and schedule demands.
  • Actively participates in the site DMS meetings with reporting ownership for maintenance metrics.
  • Weekly tracking and reporting of maintenance KPI's for team: PM and Corrective Completion, Backlog, WO aging, Mean Time to Complete, Breakdowns, Defects, etc.
  • Provides leadership in troubleshooting and problem-solving breakdowns and reliability losses with cross-functional team. Drives failures to root cause using Breakdown Elimination processes.
  • Participates in equipment maintenance strategy improvement using inputs from maintenance team, breakdown elimination findings, defect trends, and equipment condition monitoring.

Qualifications:
  • High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor's degree preferred.
  • 5+ years of maintenance experience, including 2+ years of maintenance leadership.
  • Must have knowledge and skills in the technologies of general construction, electrical systems, electronic systems, microprocessors, mechanical systems (e.g., production/process, refrigeration, boilers, HVAC, hydraulics, and pneumatics), and computerized maintenance management systems.
  • Working knowledge of food plant production and processing equipment preferred.
  • Knowledge of SAP, occupational hazards, safety, EPA regulations, USDA and sanitation standards preferred.
  • Must have previous supervisor experience.

Compensation and Benefits:

The base salary range for this position is $66,375 to $110,625 annually with eligibility for a 10% annual incentive bonus that is based on organizational performance. The pay range represents the numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to education, skills, work experience, certifications, geography etc. As such, starting pay for the successful candidate(s) could fall anywhere within the stated range.

Beyond base salary, we offer a competitive Total Rewards package focusing on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a strong foundation of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, and wellbeing support programs.

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About Schwan Food Co

The Schwan Food Company is a privately held company that manufactures and markets frozen foods. The company sells frozen foods from home delivery trucks, in grocery store freezers, by mail, and to the food service industry. The company produces, markets, and distributes products developed under brands such as Red Baron, Freschetta, Tony's, Mrs. Smith's, Edwards, Pagoda Express, and Larry's. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Marshall, Minnesota.
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12,000 employees
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Founded
1952

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