Posted August 09, 2026
Maintenance Supervisor 3rd Shift (10pm-7am)
NORTHEAST FOODS INC.
Dayville, CT, US
Full Time
Job Description
Job Description
- Reports directly to the Plant Engineer
- In the absence of Plant Engineer and Assistant – the Supervisor is in charge
- Must be able to work with all levels of plant personnel
- Willing to work weekends and flexible hours as directed
- Enforce company policies
- Assure only safe, legal, authentic, excellent quality products are made and distributed
- Ability to lift up to 50 lbs
- Ability to stand on your feet for long periods of time
Employee Management:
- Train employees
- Evaluate employees
- Recognize and reward employees
- Discipline employees
- Lead by example
- Motivate employees
- Think and promote safety
- Track birthdays – floating holidays – personal days
Equipment Management: Do and oversee also
- Keep plant running and put out quality product
- Deal with day-to-day problems – decide what needs repair now and what can wait
- Assign work to mechanics as downtime dictates – PM’s and work orders
- Assign work to mechanics to keep them productive
- Make sure work orders are written for equipment problems
- Update and revise PM’s to fit equipment needs
- Cancel out PM’s and work orders
- Track notes form PM’s and work orders and take appropriate action (order parts, reassign, investigate etc.)
- Make PLC changes – check with Engineer
Procurement:
- Manage timecards as needed
- Schedule weekly manpower
- Constantly update and revise PM’s to fit equipment and conditions
- Cancel out PM’s and work orders
- Track notes from PM’s and work orders and take appropriate action – order parts – reassign – go investigate etc.
- Generate list of tasks needed and assign
- Assure PM’s and work orders are done correctly
- Search out parts so we do not buy from OEM if possible
- Look up parts
- Order parts
- Try to get best pricing and service of parts
- Make sure we have parts for work scheduled
- Meet with vendors
- Log parts received into computer
General Duties:
- Receive and make sure parts get put away in their proper place
- Interact professionally with production, sanitation, and other bakery employees
- Look for ways to make equipment better, safer and more productive
- Maintain records as directed by Engineer
- Decide when to call in outside help
- Fill in with an absence of Plant Engineer/Assistant Engineer
- All other duties requested by the Plant Engineer/Assistant Engineer
- Be on call
- Read and respond t both production and maintenance logbooks
- Assure GMP’s are followed
- Attend meetings as required
- Flexible hours
