Maintenance Supervisor Powertrain

The ideal candidate has hands-on manufacturing or maintenance experience, strong mechanical aptitude, and the leadership skills necessary to work effectively with hourly employees, skilled trades, union representatives, and management. This role is responsible for leading skilled trades and maintenance personnel, improving equipment reliability, supporting production uptime, and promoting a strong safety and continuous improvement culture.

Maintenance Supervisor – Powertrain
Location: Livonia, MI
Worksite: Fully onsite
Industry: Automotive Manufacturing
Schedule: Rotating shifts, including nights and weekends
Contract Duration: 12 months
Pay Rate: $26/hour
Client: Ford Motor Company
Position Overview
We are seeking a Maintenance Supervisor – Powertrain to support Ford’s Livonia Transmission Plant. This role is responsible for leading skilled trades and maintenance personnel, improving equipment reliability, supporting production uptime, and promoting a strong safety and continuous improvement culture.
The ideal candidate has hands-on manufacturing or maintenance experience, strong mechanical aptitude, and the leadership skills necessary to work effectively with hourly employees, skilled trades, union representatives, and management.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and support skilled trades and maintenance personnel.
• Promote a strong safety and quality culture while ensuring workplace policies are followed.
• Support equipment reliability and asset management initiatives, including:
  • Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
  • Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Condition-based monitoring
• Utilize machine monitoring tools to identify production constraints and reduce equipment-related interruptions.
• Identify opportunities to improve equipment availability, cycle time, and production flow.
• Build strong working relationships with hourly employees, union representatives, leadership, and business partners.
• Administer the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) consistently and effectively.
• Evaluate team member performance and encourage continuous improvement.
• Maintain professionalism and effective communication in fast-paced and high-pressure manufacturing situations.

Required Qualifications

• 1+ years of supervisory and/or manufacturing experience
• High School Diploma or GED
• Mechanical aptitude and understanding of manufacturing processes
• Fundamental working knowledge of PLC logic and controls
• Working knowledge of:
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Outlook
• Ability to work rotating shifts, nights, weekends, and overtime as required
• Strong leadership, communication, interpersonal, and team-building skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with hourly team members, leadership, business partners, and customers
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement and problem-solving

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Previous safety and quality experience
• Experience supervising or working within a unionized manufacturing environment
• Experience administering or working with a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA)
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification
• Knowledge of constraint management principles
• Automotive or powertrain manufacturing experience

What We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a hands-on leader who is comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and can balance people leadership with technical maintenance responsibilities. Someone with experience supervising skilled trades, troubleshooting manufacturing equipment, working with PLC-controlled machinery, and improving equipment reliability would be especially well suited for this opportunity.

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