Maintenance Supervisor

Role Summary

We are seeking a Maintenance Supervisor responsible for leading and coordinating maintenance activities on all shifts to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of plant assets. This role focuses on driving compliance with Perrigo Work Standards (PWS), optimizing preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Safety, Quality, and Compliance: Full accountability for team member safety, including proactive hazard identification and corrective action.
• Ensure strict adherence to cGMPs, FDA requirements, food safety, and quality standards.
• Maintain process parameters within established specifications and ensure product quality expectations and appropriately escalate if and when those cannot be met.
• Lead and support deviation investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs).
• Maintenance Leadership: Lead manufacturing maintenance practices to achieve safety, quality, operational excellence, and people targets.
• Ensure adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions.
• Provide work direction and oversight across the department.
• Serve as the escalation point for maintenance issues.
• Coordinate activities across departments, including Operations, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain.
• People Leadership and Development: Directly supervise maintenance personnel and team leader; provide coaching, feedback, and performance management.
• Support onboarding, training, and development of maintenance team members.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, and continuous improvement. Communicate effectively (verbal and written), motivate and supervise; handle diverse and multiple assignments with minimal supervision.
• Continuous Improvement and Projects: Drive compliance with Perrigo Work Standards (PWS), optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and foster a culture of continuous improvement and reliability.
• Use root cause analysis to determine corrective actions for equipment failures.
• Lead and support maintenance improvement initiatives focused on productivity, efficiency, quality, and cost reduction.
• Lead or co-lead site projects, including equipment trials, process improvements, and standardization efforts.
• Support implementation of new processes, equipment, and systems.
• Identify and eliminate waste using Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement methodologies.

Qualifications

• Required: Hands-on experience as a working supervisor/foreman in an FDA-regulated facility.
• Required: A minimum of three years’ experience in GMP-related Food/Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.
• Required: Ability to read and understand process flow diagrams, process instrumentation, piping, mechanical, and structural drawings.
• Required: Must be able to work effectively with a computerized maintenance management system.
• Preferred: Associate Degree in Engineering or related discipline (or minimum of 4 years of leadership experience in maintenance and/or seven to ten years’ experience in a plant maintenance function with supervisory experience).
• Preferred: Journeyman certification and/or willing to participate in an Apprenticeship program.
• Preferred: Knowledge of contractual procedures, bidding documents, and purchasing.
• Preferred: Experience with repairs and maintenance of processing, process utility and building utility equipment – mechanical, plumbing, light electrical and instrumentation.
• Preferred: Experience with Programmable Logic Controller-based control systems.
• Required: General knowledge of computer-based applications and functions such as MS Office, Teams, etc.
• Preferred: Experience in Asset Reliability and predictive maintenance methodologies and technologies.
• Preferred: Experience in SAP.

Education

• Associate Degree in Engineering preferred/related discipline.

Skills

• Leadership and people development
• Effective communication (verbal and written)
• Root cause analysis and problem solving
• Lean, Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies
• MS Office and collaboration tools; SAP knowledge (asset)
• Understanding of cGMPs, FDA requirements, and quality standards
• Ability to read and interpret process diagrams and drawings
• Cross-functional collaboration and project coordination