Misfitsmarket

Maintenance Supervisor

Northlake IL. Posted 2 months ago

The role

The Maintenance Supervisor will lead the maintenance team and manage preventive and corrective maintenance programs. This role involves coordinating vendors, supporting capital projects, and partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure facility and equipment reliability.

What you will do

  • Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team.
  • Manage daily maintenance operations including preventive, corrective, and emergency repairs.
  • Develop and maintain maintenance schedules and priorities.
  • Establish and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
  • Monitor equipment performance and implement root-cause corrective actions.
  • Conduct regular facility and equipment inspections.
  • Maintain an organized critical-spares inventory.
  • Manage maintenance vendors, contractors, and service providers.
  • Coordinate and oversee contractors for maintenance, construction, and equipment installation.
  • Support facility expansions, construction, and capital improvement projects.

Required qualifications

  • Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to lead and hold maintenance employees, contractors, and vendors accountable.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance practices for manufacturing, fulfillment, distribution, or food-processing equipment.
  • Experience managing maintenance and facility improvement projects using MS Project or comparable software.
  • Working knowledge of facility systems, utilities, material-handling equipment, refrigeration, electrical systems, mechanical systems, conveyors, and packaging equipment.
  • Understanding of applicable local, state, and federal building, electrical, mechanical, fire, environmental, safety, and permitting requirements.
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and urgent issues in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong vendor-management and contract-management skills.
  • Ability to analyze equipment failures and implement corrective actions.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
  • Minimum 3–5 years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing, food-processing, fulfillment, distribution, or similar industrial environment.

Nice to have

  • Strong computer skills and experience with CMMS or computerized maintenance-management systems
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Industrial Technology, Business, or a related field
  • Experience managing significant capital projects, including multi-million-dollar construction or facility improvement projects
  • Experience in a food, cold-storage, refrigerated, or temperature-controlled distribution environment

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Annual Misfits grocery box credit of $1200 paid in weekly installments
  • Life insurance
  • Paid vacation time
  • Paid holidays
  • Paid sick days
  • Commuter benefits

About the company

Misfits Market is a mission-driven, high-growth startup dedicated to reducing food waste and making shopping for sustainable, high-quality groceries easier and more affordable. The company delivers organic produce, meats, seafood, and other grocery items to nearly every zip code in 48 states.

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