Maintenance Supervisor

Overview

Guides the day-to-day activities for a team that ensures electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic servicing and efficient maintenance of production machinery and equipment, physical plant, utilities, and grounds. Ensures compliance with all regulations and company policies and procedures.

At Butterball, we exist to help people pass love on. As the most recognized name in turkey, the brand represents more than 60 years of cherished memories, providing quality, great tasting products that make meals something to celebrate every day. Life at Butterball means having a team who supports you, having opportunities to grow personally and professionally, and making an impact on the health of others daily.

• Supervises the day-to‑day activities of a team of entry‑level individual contributors; provides guidance, coaching, and support to ensure successful completion of tasks.
• Participates in HR activities such as hiring, terminations, performance management, goal setting, team member development, and scheduling.
• Directs the maintenance and repair of processing equipment, mobile equipment, buildings, and grounds in a safe and efficient manner.
• Develops, schedules, and controls a preventive maintenance program to keep production machinery and equipment in proper working condition.
• Plans a continuous work schedule to maintain all company property in safe and healthy conditions.
• Inspects jobs in process and at completion to ensure standards of workmanship and safety are met.
• Ensures proper maintenance of facility machinery and building.
• Coordinates with Sanitation and Operations to ensure equipment is ready for production.
• Plans shift work to allow time for Safety Accountability Process and Maintenance Accountability Program activities.
• Recommends, plans, and implements equipment needs to improve production efficiency and/or achieve cost reduction.

• High school diploma, GED or equivalent.
• 4+ years of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role.
• 1+ year of relevant leadership experience.

• Practical knowledge of mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulic principles.
• Understanding of machinery principles and the total process.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to coach, support, and motivate a team.
• Ability to use math and physics to identify calculations needed in maintenance.
• Effective technology skills.
• Skillful root cause analysis, accident investigation, and troubleshooting.
• Ability to research, evaluate, and interpret data.
• Effective communication, organization, time‑management, problem‑solving, and critical‑thinking skills.
• Skillful resource management, delegation, and prioritizing deliverables.

• Regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

• Work performed in a variety of conditions including a climate‑controlled office environment and a manufacturing plant with varying conditions (cold, wet, warm, chemicals, other site conditions). The position requires the use of personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment.
• Noise level in the office, laboratory, and farm environment is usually moderate; noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 dBA and require hearing protection.
• Occasional travel may be required.

We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

This position is deemed safety sensitive for purposes of Butterball’s Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of what is required of personnel so classified. They do not imply or establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the employer.