The Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for overseeing the preventative maintenance, installation, repair, and work orders assigned to maintenance crews. Oversees maintenance of processes to reduce mechanical downtime and keep product flows and production lines running at maximum efficiency. This role will also be responsible for working closely with engineering and operations to ensure good cross-functional communication.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Engagement & Involvement

• Assist in the communication within the maintenance area and across functions.
• Operates as contact and reliable resource for employee and team needs. This includes timely and meaningful follow-up to all questions, concerns & ideas, and being very visible and approachable in the eyes of the employees.
• Involves and engages employees through regular team meetings, process improvement discussions, follow-up on suggestions, and regular communication.
• Models a positive, resilient, and results-oriented approach.
• Makes sure employees know their opinions count.
• Responsible for the efficient maintenance of all plant equipment.

Performance Management

• Ensures clear expectations.
• Responsible for effective formal and informal employee coaching, performance management and development.
• Provides recognition and praise to encourage positive work behaviors and focus.
• Utilizes performance metrics to improve efficiency.
• Continually assesses team effectiveness needs and seeks resources to assist in team development.

Process & Resource Management

• Responsible for area-specific maintenance projects involving the installation, modification, or renovation of equipment.
• Responsible for the execution of effective preventive maintenance program to minimize unscheduled down time.
• Participates in the maintenance and people scheduling process and adjust as needed.
• Provides regular communication and follow up with maintenance on work order status.
• Works with employees to effectively manage downtime.
• Accountable for housekeeping, sanitation, and food safety practices.
• Manages resources effectively to ensure maximum up time, quality, and maximum productivity.
• Assists in the hiring process for new maintenance employees.
• Update equipment and facility records and procedures such as equipment manuals, schematic drawings, and facility drawings.
• Follows through on issues to resolution or establishes an agreed-upon hand-off.

Human and Food Safety

• Operates as a champion of safety and as a model of safe work behaviors.
• Responsible for Safety Incident documentation and investigation.
• Accountable for reducing safety risks in area through proactively identifying risks (behavior and facility issues) and ensuring quick resolution.
• Ensures use of proper procedures and team’s attendance at required training.
• Ensures compliance with all quality, sanitation and food safety processes and policies.

• Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.

Training

• Ensures proper training, coaching and feedback to new employees.
• Assesses, identifies, and addresses training opportunities, including job skills training, goal setting; facilitates effective team meetings, and rewards and recognizes the team’s progress.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years of supervisory experience including hiring, employee development, performance coaching, and day-to-day supervision of multiple lines in a production environment.
• 5+ years plant manufacturing experience in a food industry or related manufacturing facility.

• Knowledge of food packaging principles, food industry quality and food safety requirements, ingredient performance and interactions with equipment, sanitation procedures, statistical process control, critical control points, and new product scale-up dynamics.

• Demonstrated leadership and team development skills. Can build a positive and productive team environment.
• Experience with lean manufacturing or similar continuous process improvement training is preferred. Strong orientation for continuous improvement.
• Experienced in the implementation, training and administration of SOP, OSHA, GMP, SQF, HACCP or other quality, food, and human safety programs.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively manage projects and manage change.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate well cross-functionally and work well at all levels of the organization.

• Strong troubleshooting and judgment skills.

• Resourceful, proactive, high energy, results driven.

• Solid computer skills including Microsoft Office tools and CMMS.

• Desire to work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Demonstrated time management and organizational skills.

HOURS AND PAY:

This position is at our Neenah, Wisconsin facility. Hours are 6a-6p on a 2-2-3 schedule, but may fluctuate due support business needs. We offer competitive base pay rate and comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, and bending throughout the shift. The employees must frequently lift and/or move items up to and including fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job are close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. This employee may occasionally have to operate business machinery. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Mental demands include multi-tasking, decision making, problem solving, comparing, copying, computing, compiling, analyzing, coordinating, and synthesizing data.

SAFETY STATEMENT:

At Horseshoe Beverage safety is every employee’s first responsibility. We expect all employees to adhere to all safety practices, have the moral courage to stop other individuals from performing unsafe acts, and immediately report unsafe conditions.

DISCLOSURES:

• The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.
• Responsible for following food safety/regulatory policies and procedures, executing responsibilities as identified in standard operating procedures, and reporting food safety/regulatory concerns to the Production or Quality Manager.
• Horseshoe Beverage is a Drug Free Workplace. All applicants are subject to a background check as a condition of employment.
• EEO/AA including Vets and Disabled
• If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Jobs@TrilliantFood.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

HORSESHOE BEVERAGE COMPANY, headquartered in Neenah, WI, is a leading ready-to-drink beverage manufacturer focused on providing consumers with an outstanding beverage experience wherever, whenever. Leveraging industry-leading talent, state-of-the-art equipment, and our vertically integrated supply chain, we strive to be at the forefront of beverage innovation each day and deliver the highest quality beverages to our customers first. Today, Horseshoe offers a variety of nutritional, tea, and coffeehouse-inspired beverages within the brands of Black Stag and Victor Allen, as well as private label and contract manufacturing capabilities for our customers. Learn more at horseshoebeverage.com.