Maintenance Supervisor

Founded in 1954, Vibrant Ingredients is a leading provider of natural, clean label ingredients and systems that power extraordinary food and beverage experiences. The company's broad portfolio - including natural flavors, botanical extracts, functional nutrition, cold brew coffee, tea essences, and food protection solutions - enhances taste, texture, color, shelf life, and performance across a wide range of applications. Vibrant operates four state-of-the-art facilities across the United States and works with leading brands, manufacturers, and food service operators.

With vertically integrated capabilities and a proven track record of innovation and execution, Vibrant helps customers accelerate to market without compromise.

About the role:

We are a trusted partner to our customers when it comes to innovation and an industry leader in clean label ingredients, we are a true partner. We collaborate with our customers in ways that respect people and the environment. A commitment to Purely Better™ drives our innovation team to discover new, on trend solutions.

As a Maintenance Supervisor, you will play a critical role in building and leading a cohesive team of maintenance professionals responsible for executing planned and unplanned maintenance activities across Vibrant Ingredients facilities. This role drives the safe, efficient, and cost-effective growth of our production units by maximizing equipment reliability, improving overall equipment effectiveness, and creating long-term solutions that enhance safety, quality, productivity, and equipment uptime.

How will you contribute:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions. Essential job functions and duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide leadership and direction to the maintenance team, including work planning, task assignment, skill development, and performance accountability.
• Build and sustain a strong team environment that owns downtime, rate performance, and equipment reliability across the facility.
• Oversee the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System), spare parts inventory, and preventative maintenance (PM) program to ensure equipment readiness and reliability.
• Fully develop the plant CMMS to include spare parts setup, inventory optimization, PM updates, and workload leveling.
• Ensure timely planning and execution of work orders and PMs to maintain and improve equipment availability.
• Collaborate with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams to identify root causes of equipment failures and implement long-term corrective actions.
• Plan, direct, and coordinate maintenance mechanics and contractors required for process improvement and maintenance projects.
• Train and develop maintenance mechanics on new technologies, processes, and engineered modifications.
• Identify, plan, and execute projects that enhance equipment reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
• Develop tools and techniques to analyze and optimize preventative maintenance procedures.
• Evaluate new materials, equipment, processes, and procedures to improve production lines and equipment performance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Manufacturing Engineering preferred.
• Or 5 years of equivalent experience.
• Experience in maintenance within a food manufacturing environment preferred.
• Knowledge of food processing and/or chemical processing, GMPs, clean design principles, etc.
• Familiarity with batch and continuous processing, including filtration, extraction, and packaging technologies.
• Proficiency with MS Office applications.
• Hands-on experience with automation implementation, including project scoping, equipment selection, and commissioning.
• Familiarity with food safety programs such as SQF, Kosher, and others.

Work Environment:

• May involve exposure to allergens such as Soy, Wheat, Fish, Shellfish, Milk, Egg, Tree Nuts and Sesame.

What Vibrant Ingredients can offer you:

• Generous time off for vacations
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Health & Wellness programs

More about us:

Vibrant Ingredients, headquartered in Lake Mary, FL, is one of the world's leading independent providers of natural ingredients. With a legacy spanning over 70 years, we deliver a diverse portfolio of clean label ingredients and innovative system solutions to the food and beverage industry.

Our commitment to quality and performance is reflected in our American-made products, which enhance both taste and functionality. Backed by advanced manufacturing capabilities, we specialize in fermentation, patented cold brew extraction, custom flavor development, and a range of drying and blending technologies. Operating from four state-of-the-art facilities strategically located across the U.S., we ensure the accessibility of real,…