Maintenance Supervisor (Utilities)

Reporting to the Plant Engineering Manager, you will lead the safe, compliant, and reliable operation of plant utility systems, including boilers and steam, ammonia refrigeration, compressed air, process water and wastewater, natural gas distribution, and fire protection systems. You will oversee utility maintenance activities, team development, budgets, and reliability initiatives to maximize uptime, maintain regulatory compliance, and support continuous improvement across the facility.

A Taste of Your Responsibilities

Lead the Utilities Maintenance team, including scheduling, coaching, development, and performance management.

Oversee the reliability, compliance, and performance of utility systems including boilers, refrigeration, compressed air, wastewater, natural gas, and fire protection.

Drive asset care strategies through preventive, predictive, and autonomous maintenance programs.

Minimize utility-related downtime through maintenance best practices and system optimization.

Manage maintenance budgets and support capital improvement planning.

Ensure compliance with safety, food safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.

Oversee Process Safety Management, Risk Management Plans, wastewater permits, refrigeration standards, and fire protection programs.

Implement Reliability Center of Excellence standards and SAP Plant Maintenance work management processes.

Monitor utility performance indicators, conduct audits, and lead continuous improvement efforts.

Maintain utility documentation, inspections, testing records, and emergency response procedures.

Supervise contractors and ensure safety, quality, and compliance expectations are met.

Ingredients Required for Your Success

Associate's degree required; Bachelor's degree preferred

Minimum 5 years of maintenance experience; manufacturing utility maintenance experience preferred.

Experience with boilers, steam systems, ammonia refrigeration, wastewater treatment, compressed air, and fire protection systems preferred.

Knowledge of Process Safety Management, Risk Management Plans, Environmental Protection Agency, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, National Fire Protection Association, and related regulatory requirements.

Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance preferred.

Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared thermography, and ultrasound monitoring.

Understanding of programmable logic controllers and industrial control systems preferred.

Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Demonstrated success leading teams, managing contractors, and improving equipment reliability and operational performance.

Physical Requirements

More information about essential tasks and the facility will be shared during the hiring process. This role may require you to be in our manufacturing facilities. When visiting these sites, the physical requirements below may apply: You may be required to walk around the facility, climb stairs/ladders, kneel, or perform repetitive tasks that require hand-eye coordination. You may be required to lift or carry materials that can vary in weight and size. This is a manufacturing environment with large, moving equipment.

Noise levels can be high, and temperatures may vary.