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For more than 160 years, the originating companies have delivered the material solutions their partners need to thrive. Through economic upheaval, global pandemics and changing end-user needs, they have consistently found ways to solve problems and exceed expectations. By bringing together these legacy companies, the distinct scale and comprehensive portfolio of products will bring customers more materials and choices. With a combined legacy of resilience, Magnera will build personal partnerships that withstand an ever-changing world.\nResponsibilities\nJOB SUMMARY: The Maintenance Supervisor leads maintenance technicians supporting Magnera’s 24/7 Fort Smith operation, including production equipment, utilities, and facility assets within the department’s scope. This role is accountable for safe execution, repair quality, technician development, and effective use of labor across day and night shifts. The supervisor partners with Operations, Engineering, Reliability, and the Storeroom Manager and Maintenance Planner to execute work and improve reliability within approved budgets.\nDirect reports include nine multi-craft maintenance technicians supporting day and night shifts.\nJOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:\nSafety and work quality\nLead field safety reviews and verify that technicians and contractors follow site requirements for lockout/tagout, permits, electrical safety, guarding, and other applicable hazards; stop and escalate unsafe work.\nConfirm appropriate skills, procedures, tools, and equipment isolation before work starts. Verify repair quality, testing, housekeeping, and readiness before returning equipment to Operations.\nTeam leadership and shift coordination\nSupervise technician performance, attendance, and work assignments; provide coaching, performance reviews, and consistent accountability in coordination with the Maintenance Engineering Leader and Human Resources.\nBuild technician skills through a maintained skills matrix, cross-training, mentoring, and development plans; support recruiting and onboarding.\nMaintain regular contact with day and night crews. Establish shift lead responsibilities, backup coverage, and escalation expectations within site policy.\nMaintain an approved on-call and backup coverage plan for 24/7 operations, including escalation contacts, vacation coverage, and response expectations.\nEnsure clear shift handovers covering equipment condition, work in progress, isolations, temporary repairs, outstanding risks, and next-shift priorities.\nDaily execution and scheduling\nReview work priorities with Operations and the planner; confirm staffing and equipment access for the weekly schedule, then assign daily work based on technician skills and available capacity.\nDirect breakdown response and troubleshooting; coordinate support and communicate equipment status, recovery expectations, and changes in priority.\nRemove barriers to execution, monitor progress, and manage schedule changes. Document emergency work and return deferred jobs to the backlog with clear status.\nReview the ready backlog with the planner and Operations to use available production downtime effectively for approved maintenance and engineering work.\nProvide field input and feedback to the planner on job scope, labor estimates, safety requirements, and job steps. The planner prepares future work packages and coordinates the weekly schedule; the supervisor owns daily assignments and execution.\nReliability outages and improvement projects\nEnsure preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance is completed; verify quality, follow up on inspection findings, and escalate overdue critical work or unresolved defects.\nPartner with Reliability and Engineering to investigate recurring failures, identify follow-up repairs, and improve maintenance tasks and equipment performance.\nSupport outage scope and resource reviews with the planner and outage coordinator. Lead assigned technicians and contractors during execution, track milestones, and communicate risks and changes.\nVerify repair completion and equipment turnover; contribute to post-outage reviews and capture unfinished work and lessons learned.\nLead assigned maintenance improvement projects through completion, including safety, schedule, cost, and equipment turnover.\nSystems materials and cost control\nUse the CMMS proficiently to review backlog, assign work, monitor progress, and verify closeout records, including labor, parts, findings, failure information, and follow-up work.\nUse SAP for assigned maintenance cost, materials, and purchasing workflows. Coordinate parts needs, reservations, shortages, and issue or return records with the storeroom/planner under defined system ownership.\nManage overtime, contractor use, and maintenance spending within delegated authority; identify variances and communicate resource needs.\nAssist the Maintenance Engineering Leader with the annual operating budget, spending forecasts, and upcoming maintenance needs.\nEnsure that labor, materials, requisitions, and contractor charges are assigned to the correct work orders, assets, and cost centers under site procedures.\nHelp determine when outside expertise is needed, define technical requirements, and evaluate contractor quality and vendor performance with Engineering and Purchasing.\nQualifications\nREQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:\nAt least five years of industrial maintenance experience and two years of demonstrated supervisory or team leadership experience.\nStrong working knowledge of mechanical and electrical maintenance, including PLCs, sensors, instrumentation, motors, drives, bearings, power transmission, hydraulics, pneumatics, fluid flow, pressure, and filtration; ability to read drawings and equipment documentation.\nDemonstrated ability to lead technicians, prioritize work, coordinate with Operations, and make sound decisions during equipment failures.\nProficiency using a CMMS and working knowledge of SAP maintenance materials, purchasing, or cost workflows; ability to use Microsoft Office and interpret maintenance data.\nClear communication, organization, and problem-solving skills; a consistent commitment to safe work, respectful teamwork, and follow-through.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supervising maintenance in a continuous process or 24/7 manufacturing facility, including planned outages and contractor coordination.\nTechnical trade training, an associate degree, or a relevant maintenance or reliability certification; equivalent applicable experience is valued.\nExperience with airlaid manufacturing, root cause analysis, preventive or predictive maintenance, and employee relations.\nWORK ENVIRONMENT AND SCHEDULE:\nWork is performed in office and industrial plant settings. The role requires regular floor presence and availability for assigned after-hours support, shift overlap, and planned outages, including nights and weekends as scheduled. Follow site PPE requirements and perform essential duties with or without reasonable accommodation.\nPERFORMANCE MEASURES:\nPerformance measures include safety performance and corrective actions, repair quality, repeat-failure reduction, PM completion, schedule adherence, emergency work percentage, work-order closeout quality, budget and overtime management, outage performance, project completion, and technician development. Track OEE and production downtime as shared outcomes with Operations and Reliability. Set targets from site baselines and priorities.\nWHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE:\nCrews execute work safely and correctly, planned jobs progress with fewer delays, shift handovers are reliable, maintenance records are complete, and repeat failures decline. 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