Plant Utilities Maintenance Team Supervisor

Lead Utilities, Elevate Reliability

Own the frontline leadership of a skilled utilities maintenance team in an automated, food manufacturing environment. Drive safety, quality, and uptime while developing technicians and coordinating daily work.

Why This Role Matters

• Safeguards personal safety, food safety, and product quality every shift.
• Keeps production running with on-time completion of planned and unplanned utilities tasks.
• Builds technician capability and creates a service-first partnership with production and quality.

Your Impact

• Provide immediate, hands-on supervision to utilities technicians.
• Assign tasks, verify progress at frequent intervals, and maintain daily/weekly schedules.
• Act as a working leader—balancing leadership with individual technical work as needed.
• Plan and schedule maintenance activities based on available resources and priorities.
• Serve as the facility’s utilities subject-matter expert for troubleshooting and resolution.
• Manage multiple people and tasks simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
• Model servant leadership and strong customer service to all internal stakeholders.
• Coach employees to reach organizational goals and performance standards.
• Handle competing priorities with time, staffing, and equipment constraints professionally.

Schedule & Other Details

• Weekend or overtime work may be required as determined by management.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate degree or equivalent mix of education and applicable experience.
• Advanced MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Outlook; strong written and verbal communication.

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience leading utilities technicians in a fully automated production facility.
• Electro-Mechanical or Industrial Electronics & Maintenance technical degree.
• HVAC certification.
• Experience with SQF, HACCP, and GMP standards.
• Food manufacturing experience.

Technical Strengths

• Facilities maintenance background
• Preventive maintenance and inspection practices
• HVAC maintenance competency
• HVAC troubleshooting

Tools & Systems

• HVAC systems
• Industrial control systems