One Table, One Team Where every seat matters.

At Schwan’s Company, the opportunities are real, and the sky is the limit; this isn’t just a job, it’s a seat at the table. Around here, every job matters, every voice counts, and every person contributes in a big way. As part of our front lines, we look to you to execute business, build relationships, and take pride in your work because at Schwan’s, you lead the way and we value what you bring. Our passion is our food. Our secret is our people.  

Schwan’s Company, a U.S. affiliate of the global lifestyle company, CJ CheilJedang Corporation, is a leading U.S. manufacturer and marketer of quality foods offered through retail-grocery and food-service channels. Our many popular brands include Red Baron®, Tony’s®, Big Daddy’s®, Villa Prima™ and Freschetta® pizza; Mrs. Smith’s® and Edwards® desserts; and Pagoda® and Bibigo Asian-style snacks. Schwan’s is a place for people with an appetite for more. To learn about joining a team where you can belong, contribute, and thrive, visit www.schwanscompany.com. 

What we are looking for:

We are hiring a Maintenance Supervisor with Automation and Controls Knowledgefor our manufacturing facility in the Westfield, NY area. This position is responsible for supervising maintenance, including predictive maintenance equipment, repairing and rebuilding electrical equipment, noise control, and maintenance training programs. Must be capable and willing to work any shift and be on 24-hour call for emergency situations as necessary.

What you will get from us:

• The opportunity to work in a growing segment of a major food manufacturer and showcase your leadership and technical skills to make a big impact on the profitable growth of Schwan’s Company.
• Opportunities for career growth with a well-established food company.
• A culture focused on ensuring the health, safety and well-being of its employees.
• Support and mentorship from team members who are authentic, good-natured and highly skilled.
• Competitive wages, incentive pay and a comprehensive package of benefits.

The Maintenance Supervisor provides technical, process and people leadership for assigned shift or platform and directs reactive, corrective, and planned maintenance activities in coordination with the site strategy. This position will direct the planning and scheduling of work for the controls and electrical team to Install, troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, and tune control devices which automate our industrial manufacturing processes. This role is a key leader in the utilization of the Asset Optimization elements, specifically Planning and Scheduling, Defect Elimination, and Breakdown Elimination. The Supervisor assists the Maintenance Leadership team to identify and eliminate top losses across the site. The Maintenance Supervisor has accountability for production throughput, downtime, OEE, and cost attainment on their assigned shift in partnership with Production Supervision.

Responsibilities

• Ensures team maintains a safe work environment to eliminate human safety and food safety risk. Adjust daily work schedule as needed to meet production requirements.
• Ensures all company, state, and federal requirements for human and food safety are met by maintenance employees, contractors, and vendors.
• Improves organization and effectiveness of physical workspaces through Shop Tools and Facilities system (Shop safety, 5S, precision tools, etc.)
• Supervises daily work assignments including reactive, corrective, planned and condition-based maintenance in coordination with Maintenance Planner/Scheduler. Prioritizes and assigns resources based on shifting production and schedule demands.
• Actively participates in the site DMS meetings with reporting ownership for maintenance metrics.
• Weekly tracking and reporting of maintenance KPI’s for team: PM and Corrective Completion, Backlog, WO aging, Mean Time to Complete, Breakdowns, Defects, etc.
• Provides technical leadership in the development and utilization of Clean-Inspect-Lubricate and Centerlines.
• Ensures equipment is maintained at basic condition through coaching Defect Elimination.
• Provides leadership in troubleshooting and problem-solving breakdowns and reliability losses with cross-functional team. Drives failures to root cause using Breakdown Elimination processes.
• Responsible for cost management and budget compliance in partnership with site Maintenance Leadership team.
• Participates in equipment maintenance strategy improvement using inputs from maintenance team, breakdown elimination findings, defect trends, and equipment condition monitoring.
• Supervises & manages Electrical and Controls technicians, equipment repair and rebuilds during scheduled outages. Reviews equipment to ensure all safety devices are properly installed. Monitors breakdowns, determine needs, assigns resources.
• Teaches, coaches, and develops maintenance team members in areas of technical, leadership, and process utilization.
• Performs work quality audits to ensure compliance to expectations. Keeps upper management informed of issues that affect the performance of the department.
• Ensures teams leverage SAP PM (or applicable CMMS) for maintenance activities. Ensures compliance to CMMS data integrity standards.
• Identifies and resolves issues regarding spare part availability.
• Provides regular communication to direct team, site leadership and key stakeholders.
• Lead and direct contractor and vendor work execution.
• Leads performance management cycle for employees, including objective setting, development, performance reviews, discipline, rewards, and recognition.
• Leads wage interviewing, staffing, and onboarding of new employees for all three shifts.
• Responsible to conduct yourself and ensure your subordinates (if applicable) conduct themselves in a manner consistent with company mission, values, code of ethics, policies, and other standards of conduct.

Preferred Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent. Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Years of Related Experience: 3+ years related experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Must have knowledge and skills in the technologies of fasteners, lubrication, mechanical drive systems, pneumatics, hydraulics, fabrication, electrical power systems, electrical control systems, production/process, refrigeration, boilers, HVAC, and computerized maintenance management systems. Provides controls technical assistance to the plant team to support, control, and automation modifications, and/or improvements, to help reach attainment goals on new or existing production lines. Experience with Robotic programming and or related certifications- Fanuc ABB. Working knowledge of food plant production and processing equipment preferred. Knowledge of occupational hazards, safety, EPA regulations, USDA and sanitation standards preferred. Must have previous supervisor experience. Basic PC skills including expertise with MS Office and Outlook. SAP experience beneficial. Responsible for the effective utilization of employees’ skills, development, mechanical downtime, equipment effectiveness, housekeeping, safety policy administration, discipline, employee relations, cost control, and problem solving while ensuring budgeted performance is monitored and compliant. Responsible for the documentation, implementation, startup, and technical support of Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) and Human Machine Interface (HMI) programming in an industrial automation environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must have basic mathematical and problem-solving skills to generate and maintain departmental reports. May be required to be clean shaven if trained in the use of and required to use a respirator.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications associated with the job. An individual must be able to perform all of the duties and responsibilities listed in a fully competent manner to be considered successful in the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties and responsibilities.

The employing subsidiaries of Schwan’s Company are Equal Employment Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, age, race, color, religion, gender, vet status, national origin or other protected class.