Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor

Primary Responsibilities: This position leads daily maintenance execution, develops employees, improves equipment reliability, and ensures maintenance work is completed safely, efficiently, and to a high standard. The Team Leader works closely with Operations, Planning, Reliability, and Engineering to maximize equipment availability while maintaining a strong focus on safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

This is a leadership position for someone who enjoys developing people, driving accountability, and improving maintenance performance.

Lead Maintenance Operations

• Lead and coordinate daily activities of an industrial mechanical maintenance team.
• Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, productivity, and workmanship.
• Hold employees accountable to established standards while providing coaching and development.
• Ensure maintenance work is completed safely, efficiently, and with a focus on long-term equipment reliability.
• Provide technical guidance and support for complex mechanical repairs and troubleshooting.

Execute Maintenance Work

• Coordinate preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities.
• Partner with Maintenance Planning to execute scheduled work with minimal disruption to production.
• Verify completed work meets quality expectations before equipment is returned to service.
• Support planned outages, major shutdowns, and capital improvement projects.
• Assist in prioritizing maintenance activities based on safety, equipment criticality, and production impact.

Improve Equipment Reliability

• Identify recurring equipment failures and lead efforts to eliminate repeat problems.
• Support root cause investigations and implementation of permanent corrective actions.
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance practices and work execution.
• Promote precision maintenance techniques and quality workmanship.

Develop People

• Coach and develop maintenance craftsmen through daily feedback and hands-on leadership.
• Identify training opportunities and support employee skill development.
• Foster teamwork, accountability, and professional growth within the department.
• Reinforce company policies, procedures, and safety expectations through consistent leadership.

Partner Across the Operation

• Build productive working relationships with Operations, Planning, Reliability, Engineering, and other support teams.
• Communicate equipment status, priorities, and maintenance needs clearly and professionally.
• Support plant goals related to safety, reliability, production, and cost control.

Job Experience: A willingness to learn and grow is critical for this position.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum five (5) years of industrial mechanical maintenance experience.
• Previous leadership or supervisory experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • Bearings
  • Gearboxes
  • Conveyors
  • Hydraulics
  • Pneumatics
  • Mechanical power transmission
  • Pumps
  • Rotating equipment
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in OSB, lumber, wood products, pulp and paper, steel, mining, cement, chemical processing, or other heavy industrial manufacturing.
• Experience with CMMS software such as Maximo.
• Experience supporting preventive maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
• Experience leading outage planning and execution.
• Technical certifications, apprenticeship, or military mechanical maintenance experience.

Behavioral Skills: Behavioral skills are critical for determining success in a career.

• Lead crews in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Hold employees accountable while earning their respect.
• Balance planned maintenance with emergency work.
• Make sound decisions under pressure.
• Develop employees through coaching and performance feedback.
• Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Build strong working relationships with Operations, Planning, Reliability, and Engineering.
• Promote a culture of safety, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Maintain a level of professionalism
• Uphold the company values, R.I.C.H.E.S
• Able to manage multiple projects and activities.
• Willingness to learn and grow.
• Evidence of self-structure

Benefits

Some of the benefits our team members enjoy include:

• Healthcare-  Legacy Health & Wellness and Legacy Pharmacy
• Wellness Program
• Flexible Spending Account
• Additional Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement
• Chaplaincy Services
• Education

About RoyOMartin
At RoyOMartin, people are our number-one asset. We are committed to keeping them safe and supporting them as they learn and grow. There’s just something unique about being in the people business: Our leaders are involved in daily operations and nurture personal relationships; our employees stick with us for the long term and appreciate our top-notch benefits, and we believe that everyone has the capacity to succeed.
 
With superior product quality and outstanding customer service at the heart of our more than 1,200-person operation, RoyOMartin is proud to serve America’s building industry. Through our Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification, customers can be assured that we responsibly source our raw materials from regional forests to produce “Made in the U.S.A.” oriented strand board (OSB), plywood, timbers, and boards in safety-award-winning manufacturing environments. 

RoyOMartin is an Equal Opportunity Employer.