Maintenance Supervisor

Flagstone Foods:

At Flagstone Foods, we believe appreciation grows goodness. We have an appreciation for our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we live. Appreciation is our main ingredient! 

Headquartered in the North Loop of Minneapolis with plants in Robersonville, North Carolina, El Paso, Texas, and Dothan, Alabama, we are one of North America’s largest manufacturers and distributors of “feel good snacks,” like flavorful snack nuts, innovative trail mixes and wholesome dried fruits…and we are adding to our team! We hire creative, thoughtful, and entrepreneurial team members. If you share our enthusiasm and appreciation for goodness, you too may find a home with Flagstone Foods. 

POSITION: Maintenance Supervisor

REPORTS TO: Maintenance Manager

Position Summary

Provides leadership and direction to a plant maintenance shift. Responsible for repair, maintenance, and installation of machines, tools, and equipment in manufacturing operations. Responsible for eliminating all causes of failure and ensuring full equipment life in coordination with daily maintenance completed by operating personnel. 

Essential Functions

• Direct maintenance team leaders and hourly maintenance associates in their roles and responsibilities to meet plant objectives in safety, quality, cost, and customer service. 
• Provide technical support for efficient troubleshooting / problem solving activities and maintenance repair to maximize efficiencies and limit downtime. 
• Continuously applying sound mechanical and electrical solutions to resolve hindrances to plant efficiencies and to drive continuous improvement. 
• Provide leadership in implementing / maintaining preventive and predictive maintenance programs. 
• Provide input to ensure appropriate inventory levels for standard replacement parts are maintained. 
• Perform follow-up analysis to identify and resolve recurring downtime / inefficient operational issues. 
• Drive employee engagement, training, and development to maximize manufacturing, quality, safety, and productivity goal attainment. 
• Effectively communicate results and action plans to appropriate employees and managers. 
• Collaborate directly with human resources to ensure employee issues or concerns are correctly addressed and resolved. 
• Initiate cost savings measures. 
• Ensure all plant maintenance operations are conducted in a safe and controlled environment. 
• Ensure all food safety and quality standards, specifications and policies are met or exceeded. 
• Safely and accurately perform all duties as required for this position to ensure the safety and quality of our products. 
• All other job-related duties as assigned. 

Qualifications (Education/Experience)

• 7-10 years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment required. 
• 3-5 years Supervisory experience required. 
• High level of capability in mentoring and providing clear direction to Maintenance Techs and key production staff.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and work knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems, PLC knowledge required. 
• Experience with Allen -Bradley PLCs, VFDs, and machine vision (Cognex/Keyence) is a plus.
• Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills.  Ability to define problems and resolve quickly. 
• Experience in automated systems is a plus.
• Strong computer application skills, network, and PC business application software. 
• Basic mathematical and statistical skills. 
• Ability to organize, manage multiple priorities, and maintain high attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described within the Essential Functions section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform this job. Other duties or tasks may be assigned as required. Management may modify, change, or add to the duties of this description at any time without notice. 

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

• Communicate with others both verbally and in writing. 
• Be independently mobile.
• Use a computer and keyboard.
• Regularly sit, stand, walk, reach, stretch, stoop, bend, for extended periods.
• Ability to lift/carry 25 to 50 lbs.
• Exposure to noise levels requiring hearing protection.

Supervises - Yes

FLSA Designation: This position is a Salaried Exempt and not eligible for overtime.

Work Location: El Paso, TX – travel expected less than 10%

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.