Maintenance Supervisor

The Maintenance Supervisor leads the maintenance team at Rohrer’s Wadsworth facility, supporting the Printing Segment’s pressroom, finishing, and converting operations. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on equipment reliability: the Supervisor builds and runs a disciplined preventive maintenance (PM) program, owns MaintainX as the plant’s maintenance management system, and uses maintenance KPIs to reduce unplanned downtime and move the department from reactive repair to planned, proactive work.

The Supervisor plans and schedules the team’s work, develops technicians’ skills, partners with Production and Operations leadership on equipment priorities, and remains directly involved in complex mechanical and electrical troubleshooting on the plant floor.

ESSENTIAL JOB TASKS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Team Leadership & Development

• Supervise, coach, and develop the maintenance team; set clear expectations, conduct performance reviews, and address performance or conduct issues in line with company policy.
• Assign daily work based on priority, criticality, and technician skill; manage shift coverage, overtime, and on-call schedules to support production.
• Build a skills matrix for the team and close gaps through on-the-job training, OEM training, and cross-training on critical equipment (presses, die cutters, folder-gluers, and support systems).
• Participate in recruiting, selecting, and onboarding maintenance technicians.
• Remain hands-on for complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and repair.

Preventive Maintenance & Reliability

• Own the facility’s preventive maintenance program: define PM tasks, intervals, and procedures for all production and support equipment, and ensure PMs are completed on time and to standard.
• Rank assets by criticality and focus PM, spare-parts, and reliability effort on the equipment with the greatest impact on press uptime, quality, and safety.
• Coordinate planned maintenance windows and shutdowns with Production and Scheduling to minimize disruption to customer orders.
• Lead root cause analysis on repeat and high-impact failures and drive corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Continuously refine PM content and frequency based on failure history, OEM recommendations, and run hours; introduce condition-based and predictive practices (e.g., vibration, thermography, lubrication analysis) where they add value.

MaintainX (CMMS) Ownership

• Serve as the site administrator and champion for MaintainX; ensure all corrective, preventive, and project work flows through work requests and work orders.
• Maintain an accurate asset hierarchy, PM schedules, meter-based triggers, digital procedures/checklists, and equipment documentation in MaintainX.
• Hold the team accountable for complete work order documentation (labor time, parts used, failure codes, and notes) so that maintenance history and reporting are reliable.
• Use MaintainX to manage the work order backlog, build weekly schedules, and track parts inventory and purchasing.
• Train technicians, operators, and supervisors on submitting requests and using MaintainX in their daily work.

KPI Development & Performance Management

• Develop, track, and report maintenance KPIs, including PM compliance, planned vs. reactive maintenance percentage, unplanned downtime by asset, mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), work order backlog, and maintenance cost.
• Build MaintainX dashboards and report results to Operations leadership on a regular cadence; set improvement targets and action plans when results fall short.
• Partner with Production to understand and improve equipment availability and its contribution to overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).

Safety & Compliance

• Champion a safety-first culture; ensure the team follows Lockout/Tagout, arc flash/NFPA 70E, machine guarding, confined space, and other OSHA and company requirements.
• Keep maintenance procedures, LOTO procedures, and training records current; participate in safety meetings, audits, and incident investigations.
• Ensure equipment modifications and installations meet safety, electrical, and building code requirements.

Parts, Vendors & Budget

• Manage the maintenance storeroom and critical spare parts; set min/max levels and reorder points to avoid stock-outs on critical equipment while controlling inventory cost.
• Purchase parts, supplies, and services in line with company purchasing procedures.
• Manage relationships with OEMs, contractors, and service providers; coordinate and oversee contractor work on site.
• Develop and manage the maintenance budget and provide input on capital equipment, rebuild, and replacement decisions.

Facilities, Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Oversee maintenance of plant utilities and building systems (compressed air, electrical distribution, HVAC, lighting, and material handling equipment) as they support production.
• Support equipment installations, relocations, and capital projects, including commissioning and establishing PMs for new equipment.
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement activities (5S, TPM/autonomous maintenance with operators, and kaizen events).
• Communicate clearly and regularly with Production, Quality, and Operations leadership on equipment status, risks, and priorities.
• Foster a culture based on Rohrer’s Core Values (see KSA’s below).
• Perform other duties as required.