Location: Plainwell,MI, USA
**Description**
**GB Maintenance Supervisor 1st shift**
**_Four 12-hour days and 3 days off a week_**
**_Hours: 5:00am to 5:30pm_**
+ Manage and supervise hourly employees, schedule and direct workforce. Ensures area is properly staffed/ crewed to meet operational needs.
+ Coordinates maintenance employee's responsibilities and oversees mechanical equipment
+ Process maintenance downtime reports
+ Assign work orders or special projects to maintenance employees
+ Maintain department budget within specified guidelines
+ Track Time and attendance for payroll
+ Responsible for meeting volume goals, reducing claims, maximizing yields, reducing costs and employee retention
+ Conducts pre-operational inspection, and handles maintenance concerns of Production Supervisors to ensure operation begins as scheduled
+ Conducts safety meetings and safety audits
+ Provides technical, mechanical, and/or electrical assistance throughout shift
+ Knowledge of PM's
+ Delegates training procedures to maintenance employees
+ Assign projects to appropriate maintenance personnel
+ Maintains good working relationships with the Union, USDA, and maintenance employees.
+ Manage job changes/ rotations
Required Skills:
+ Able to communicate verbally and in written form in English
+ Mechanical inclination and knowledge of job specifications
+ General knowledge of machinery associated with the industry
+ Strong mechanical and electrical skills
+ Strong trouble shooting skills, with the ability to make quick decisions
+ Knowledge in electrical, hydraulic, welding and some PLC training
+ Ability to work 50+ hours
+ 1-2 years proven supervisory experience; preferably in a manufacturing or production environment but not required
+ People management skills
**EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled**