Maintenance Technician Supervisor

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Step into a role where your leadership and technical skills drive real results every day. In this role, you’ll supervise and support technicians while actively working alongside them to diagnose failures, improve systems, and keep production running smoothly. You’ll help build smarter processes, stronger teams, and more reliable equipment.

The goal at Meissner is to be more than simply good; it is to be extraordinary. Extraordinary performance comes from extraordinary people.

Meissner as a group is passionate about helping our clients manufacture lifesaving and life enhancing drugs, therapies, and vaccines. We develop, manufacture, supply and service advanced microfiltration products and single-use systems worldwide.

We know that when you are passionate about what you do, it’s more than just a job.

Meissner is focused on the development of the whole individual, and we have programs and tools in place to help us stay at our best mentally and physically. In alignment with our commitment to support the growth and development of the whole individual, Meissner has inaugurated a Learning and Development department to solely focus on cultivating our team. When you grow, we grow.

The Maintenance Technician Supervisor is a hands‑on technical leader who performs and oversees maintenance, troubleshooting, repair, and preventive maintenance activities across all Meissner’s manufacturing spaces, including membrane, hollow fiber filter, membrane/media filter, Single‑Use System, and injection molding production areas, along with all peripheral processes. This role requires extensive and practical maintenance experience that can be applied to custom manufacturing processes. Demonstrated ability to quickly diagnose and resolve complex process issues, and a proven track record of leading and developing maintenance teams is also required for this role.

The successful candidate thrives in a dynamic, high‑pressure manufacturing environment and regularly goes above and beyond to keep production running safely and efficiently.

• Provide daily supervision, coaching, scheduling, and performance management for maintenance technicians spanning multiple shifts and multiple buildings.
• Mentor and train technicians on safe work practices, technical skills, troubleshooting methodology, and record keeping.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory environments.
• Ensure shift coverage and support emergency response, which may include after‑hours and weekends, as required.

• Perform hands‑on maintenance activities including process and equipment troubleshooting, repair, alignment, and calibration of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and automated systems.
• Rapidly diagnose and resolve issues on custom, proprietary equipment, minimizing production downtime.
• Lead and execute preventive and predictive maintenance tasks and programs.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts towards improved equipment reliability, throughput, and output quality.
• Perform root cause analysis on equipment failures and lead corrective action efforts using various problem‑solving tools.
• Drive optimization initiatives to improve equipment efficiency and reduce waste.

• Ensure all repair and maintenance work is properly documented using company CMMS for work orders, scheduling, and asset history.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities including routine, emergency and shutdown work.
• Maintain parts inventory control for critical spare parts, and lead initiatives to establish and update reorder levels and spare parts control improvements.
• Source and purchase replacement parts and tools.
• Enforce lockout/tagout, electrical safety, confined space, and hazardous material safety.
• Communicate status, updates, and metrics to management and cross‑functional teams.
• Prepare and maintain clear records, work orders, and reports.

• Collaborate with production, engineering, quality, and facilities teams to prioritize work requests, support capability…