Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor

Position Summary

The Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor is responsible for leading the maintenance and facilities functions within a regulated contract medical device manufacturing environment. This role ensures that production equipment, building systems, utilities, and the facility as a whole operate reliably, efficiently, safely, and in compliance with applicable regulations and company standards.

This position supervises maintenance technicians and custodial personnel, drives preventative and corrective maintenance programs, establishes work priorities, and leads efforts to improve equipment reliability, facility condition, productivity, and operational effectiveness while minimizing downtime and cost.

The Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor also serves as the site lead for Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), coordinating the site's safety and environmental programs and ensuring that concerns, incidents, and corrective actions are appropriately addressed.

Essential Functions

• Lead, supervise, and develop maintenance technicians and custodial personnel, establishing clear priorities, expectations, and accountability.
• Manage preventative and corrective maintenance programs for production and support equipment to maximize equipment reliability, uptime, and useful life.
• Oversee facility systems and services including HVAC, compressed air, chillers, electrical, plumbing, utilities, cleaning, waste management, fire protection, and security systems.
• Prioritize and manage maintenance work requests, equipment issues, facility needs, and maintenance backlog to ensure timely and effective execution.
• Lead troubleshooting and root cause analysis of significant or recurring equipment failures and drive corrective actions to completion.
• Maintain appropriate critical spare parts, maintenance supplies, tools, and resources necessary to support operations.
• Manage contractors and vendors, including obtaining proposals, coordinating work, and ensuring projects are completed safely and to appropriate scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements.
• Support equipment installations, facility modifications, capital projects, space planning, and other activities necessary to support operational growth.
• Ensure maintenance and facility activities are appropriately documented and compliant with applicable FDA, ISO, building, fire, and other regulatory requirements.
• Serve as the site lead for EHS, coordinating the safety and environmental programs, Safety Committee, inspections, training, and applicable OSHA and environmental compliance activities.
• Lead or coordinate investigations of incidents, near misses, and unsafe conditions and ensure resulting corrective actions are appropriately assigned, tracked, and completed.
• Partner effectively with Operations, Engineering, Quality, and other departments to establish priorities, resolve problems, and continuously improve equipment, facilities, safety, and operational performance.
• Develop and manage maintenance and facilities budgets, identify resource needs, and recommend investments based on business priorities.
• Serve as an after-hours facility emergency contact and provide support outside normal business hours when required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Associate degree in a technical or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience successfully leading maintenance or facilities personnel in a manufacturing environment, including setting priorities, developing employees, and driving work to completion.
• Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing equipment and facility systems, including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, HVAC, plumbing, compressed air, and related industrial systems.
• Experience managing preventative and corrective maintenance programs, contractors, vendors, facility projects, and maintenance resources.
• Working knowledge of OSHA workplace safety requirements, safe work practices, and applicable building, fire, and environmental requirements.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, work effectively across departments, and appropriately escalate issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Maintenance or facilities leadership experience in a regulated manufacturing environment, preferably medical device, pharmaceutical, or similar FDA-regulated manufacturing.
• Experience with CMMS, equipment reliability, Lean manufacturing, or continuous improvement methodologies.
• OSHA or other recognized workplace safety training or certification.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work is performed in office, warehouse, manufacturing, utility, and cleanroom environments. Regular presence in manufacturing and maintenance areas is required.

The position may be exposed to noise, heat, dust, odors, chemicals, moving equipment, construction activities, and other conditions normally associated with an industrial manufacturing environment. Appropriate personal protective equipment must be worn as required.

The position requires the ability to respond to equipment and facility issues throughout the site and may occasionally require work outside normal business hours.