Maintenance Supervisor - Night Shift at Flora Food… · New…

Location: On-site at our plant in New Century, Kansas

Working Model: Night shift and every other weekend off

Why this role matters

In your first year as Maintenance Supervisor, you will drive improvements in equipment reliability and plant throughput, directly impacting our ability to deliver better food consistently. This role is vital to maintaining and enhancing the operational excellence of our facility by reducing downtime and increasing overall equipment effectiveness. You will lead a team on the B shift, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration across shifts to keep production running efficiently. Your work supports Flora Food Group’s mission to provide delicious, nutritious, and reliable food solutions by keeping our manufacturing processes strong and dependable.

What you'll do

• Execute the day-to-day maintenance program, prioritizing preventive maintenance and rapid response to breakdowns.
• Lead root cause analysis to identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures and reduce downtime.
• Build and develop a skilled, motivated maintenance team through effective leadership and communication.
• Coordinate closely with production and other shifts to ensure seamless handovers and shared priorities.
• Track and report on maintenance compliance, downtime, and equipment reliability metrics to drive continuous improvement.

Performance

You will own the reliability of critical equipment, measured by key performance indicators such as maintenance downtime percentage, preventive maintenance compliance, schedule adherence, and mean time between failures. Your data-driven approach will deliver measurable improvements in plant throughput and operational efficiency, contributing directly to Flora Food Group’s growth and success.

Care

This role reports to the Maintenance Manager and leads a team of 9 associates on the B shift. You will foster a culture of safety, respect, and integrity while collaborating closely with production teams and peers across four shifts. Your leadership will ensure sustainable maintenance practices that support long-term plant performance and employee well-being.

Passion

As a Maintenance Supervisor, you bring a genuine passion for food manufacturing and a commitment to excellence in your craft. Your curiosity about equipment functionality and reliability drives you to innovate and raise maintenance standards. You understand that your work enables the creation of better food by keeping our production lines running smoothly and efficiently.

About you

You have experience leading maintenance teams in manufacturing environments, with strong skills in troubleshooting electrical and mechanical systems, including familiarity with PLCs such as Allen Bradley or Siemens. You demonstrate a track record of improving equipment reliability through root cause analysis and problem-solving. Your leadership style builds team capability and sets clear priorities under pressure. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are motivated to deliver results that matter.

You take pride in working for a company with over 150 years of expertise in food, and you understand that excellent work in every function is what allows Flora Food Group to put better food on tables around the world. You bring the same rigour and care to your discipline that our teams bring to every product, because how we work is as important as what we make.

Where this could lead to

This role typically leads to positions such as Maintenance Manager or Senior Maintenance Manager within a few years. You will have the opportunity to expand your leadership scope and influence broader plant maintenance strategy and performance.

What's next

If this opportunity sounds exciting, we'd love to hear from you!

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