Maintenance Supervisor (Background in Mechanical, Chemical, or Electrical Industry)

Company: Butterball
Location: Raeford
Posted on: April 18, 2025

Job Description:

Butterball, LLC, one of America's most iconic brands, helps consumers celebrate Thanksgiving and every day in between. Located in the thriving Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina area, our goal is to provide a diverse array of career opportunities and paths which include our farms, processing facilities and support offices.
We are the largest producer of turkey products in the U.S., and we make a lot more than Thanksgiving turkeys. Our company's measurable growth is in no small part due to our team members in North Carolina, Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri, who each have a seat at the table to contribute to our success
Job SummaryGuides the day-to-day activities for a team that ensures electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic servicing and efficient maintenance of production machinery and equipment, physical plant, utilities, and grounds. Ensures compliance with all regulations and company policies and procedures. - -Essential Functions: - - - - - - - - - Supervises the day-to-day activities of a team of entry level individual contributors. Provides guidance, coaching, and support to ensure successful completion of tasks. Participates in HR activities such as hiring, terminations, performance management, goal setting, team member development, scheduling, etc. Enforces systems, policies, and procedures. - - - - - - - - - - Directs the maintenance and repair of processing equipment, mobile equipment buildings and grounds in a safe and efficient manner. - - - - - - - - - - Develops, schedules, and controls a preventive maintenance program to maintain production machinery and equipment in proper working condition. - - - - - - - - - - Plans a continual work schedule to maintain all company property in a safe and healthy condition to achieve the best working conditions possible for all team members. - - - - - - - - - - Inspects jobs in process and at completion to ensure that standards of workmanship and safety are maintained. - - - - - - - - - - Ensures proper maintenance of facility machinery and building. - - - - - - - - - - Coordinates with Sanitation and Operations to ensure that the equipment is ready for production. - - - - - - - - - - Plans the work shift to allow time for activity in the Safety Accountability Process and the Maintenance accountability Program. - - - - - - - - - - Recommends, plans, and implements equipment needs to improve production efficiency and/or achieve cost reduction. - -Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - - - - - - - - - Knowledge of practical use of Mechanical, pneumatic, electrical, and hydraulic principals - - - - - - - - - - Understanding of the principal of machinery and the total process - - - - - - - - - - Good leadership skills with the ability to coach, support, and motivate a team - - - - - - - - - - - Ability to use math and physics to identify calculations needed in maintenance - - - - - - - - - - Effective technology skills - - - - - - - - - - Skilled at root cause analysis, investigating accidents, and troubleshooting - - - - - - - - - - Ability to research, evaluate, and interpret data - - - - - - - - - - Effective communication, organization, time-management, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills - - - - - - - - - - Skilled at resource management, delegation, and prioritizing deliverables -Education and Experience: - - - - - - - - - High school diploma / GED. - - - - - - - - - - - 4+ years of relevant experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role. - - - - - - - - - - 1+ year of leadership experience or the knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the role. - -Physical Demands: - - - - - - - - - While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, talk, hear, reach, stoop, kneel, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, color vision and the ability to adjust focus. -Work Environment: - - - - - - - - - Work will be performed in a variety of conditions including a climate-controlled office environment(s) and in a manufacturing plant environment with varying conditions, such as cold areas, wet areas, warm areas, chemicals, and other site conditions. This position requires the individual to wear and work in personal protective equipment while in the manufacturing environment. - - - - - - - - - - The noise level of the office environment is usually moderate; the noise level in the manufacturing environment may exceed 85 DBA and require hearing protection. -Travel Requirements: - - - - - - - - - Occasional travel may be required. - -We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law. -
We embrace equal opportunity employment. Butterball is committed to the fair and impartial treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, military/veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, marital status, parental status, pregnancy, or any other status protected by law.

This position is deemed Safety Sensitive for purposes of Butterball's Drug/Alcohol Screening & Testing Policy. Details will be provided to individuals who receive a conditional job offer, or upon request.

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