Maintenance Supervisor at Lactalis USA Inc.

Wausau, Wisconsin, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 May, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Maintenance Leadership, Preventive Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance, Predictive Maintenance, Equipment Overhauls, Budget Management, SAP, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office, PSM Guidelines, HAZMAT, Continuous Improvement, Equipment Reliability, Capital Project Support, Food Safety Compliance, Environmental Policy Compliance

Industry

Dairy

Description

Description Ready for more than just a job? Build a career with purpose. At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed. As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together. In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®. At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued. Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy. From your PASSION to ours As a Maintenance Supervisor, the role will carry out responsibilities such as but not limited to provide leadership to the Maintenance Department in establishing, organizing, planning, and implementing maintenance programs which will support the maintenance strategy across all three shifts of the operation. Additionally, the Maintenance Supervisor will collaborate with all plant departments to align duties with the company's goals and values. From your EXPERTISE to our Key responsibilities for this position include: Ensures the department is properly trained on how to execute work safely and drive improvements to eliminate any safety risks across the factory. Ensures maintenance supports production of high-quality food products. Leveraging team members to propose and execute work that assures compliance to specifications and increases consumer satisfaction. Understand, enforce, and comply with the sites Environmental Policy. This position targets to support and introduce initiatives to reduce our environmental footprint. Owner for Maintenance programs such as Preventive Maintenance, Corrective Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, Predictive Maintenance, Equipment Overhauls, and Equipment Upgrades. -Position includes the supervision, development, training program and certification needs for the site maintenance team, and the provision of any of the technical services needed to support. Coach/mentor for the Maintenance Planners and Leads for the factory to ensure deep dives into break down elimination and support preventive maintenance planning. Monitor performance of PM compliance goals. Supports Maintenance Leads to prioritize work for execution. Prioritize work as it pertains to food safety and human safety. Provide coaching to areas on equipment reliability. Monitors cash flow per budget (MRO and labor), proposing capital projects where appropriate. Manage stockroom costs and best practices to site practices. Ensure critical spare parts and materials are available as needed. Provide cross functional support with the Engineering Department for capital projects executed at the site. This will include as appropriate: cost justification, design feedback, project implementation when local labor is used, and support at startups. They will provide back-up support for projects as needed. Support and propose new initiatives to reduce utility costs. This can include through improved efficiency and procurement practices. Pursue new technologies to improve operations on the processing lines, packaging lines and utilities equipment. Is critical to following up with facility team leaders on continuous cost reduction/process improvement ideas and performing other responsibilities as the need arises. Manage properly conservation systems (alarms, security, sprinklers, fire brigade, etc.). The candidate must comply with all federal, state, local and company regulatory guidelines. Ensure compliance to PSM guidelines. Be a key member of a HAZMAT team. Ensure mechanics and maintenance leads have the proper tools (equipment, training, support, etc.) to support their areas. Requirements From your STORY to ours Qualified applicants will contribute the following: Education A bachelor's degree is preferred. A major in Engineering is preferred. Experience 3+ years of maintenance supervisor experience is required. Food industry experience is preferred Knowledge of Packaging Lines and Dryers is preferred. Certifications and specific knowledge Requires intermediate computer skills using Microsoft Office, SAP, and AutoCAD to present all documents related to any projects. At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career. Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.

Responsibilities

Lead the Maintenance Department in planning and implementing maintenance programs across all three operational shifts to support factory strategy. Collaborate with plant departments to ensure safety, quality, and environmental compliance while managing budgets and critical spare parts.