Join America’s favorite family bakery since 1934—home of Little Debbie®, Drake’s® Cakes, and Sunbelt Bakery® Granola Bars. Work with legacy brands that bring smiles to faces nationwide, including yours. You’ll experience a culture committed to work-life balance, guaranteed time off, and supportive health and wellness offerings. Enjoy profit sharing, long-term job security, and a range of exciting career paths. When you join McKee Foods, you’ll discover a better way to live and work.

Pay

Salaried grade SALR-008
$79,547 - $90,777 / year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Plus 4% shift premium for 2nd shift

Actual salaries may vary and in some cases may be higher with extensive experience and strong performance.

Exempt

Schedule

This position primarily involves 2nd shift hours (Sunday – Thursday), with the responsibility of supervising all three shifts, maintaining regular contact with crews on each shift, and being willing to work any shift that requires closer attention.

On-site

Location

555 McKee Drive, Gentry AR 72734

Job Summary

McKee Foods is seeking an experienced Maintenance Supervisor to join our dynamic Maintenance & Engineering team. In this critical leadership role, you will provide hands-on supervision, technical expertise, and strategic direction to ensure the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of bulk ingredient systems and associated processes. You will champion safety, quality, equipment reliability, productivity, and employee engagement while serving as a key liaison between internal departments and external vendors or contractors.

• Supervise and coordinate maintenance activities for bulk unloading, liquid bulk, dry bulk, HVAC, and refrigeration systems, as well as related processes such as granola and crispy production, coating mixing, crumb grinding, and dry mix operations.
• Establish and maintain labor and operational budgets.
• Participating member in the Food Safety Sanitation Audit program
• Evaluation of equipment and employee performance.
• Participate in training on-site and off-site.  Occasional travel may be required.
• Work with the Planning Department in planning and scheduling work for the department.
• Research or help troubleshoot equipment problems, development of preventive maintenance program and providing the necessary training for technical employees.
• Establish and promote team performance goals that support the company strategic plans, company and departmental operational plans.
• Lead the change from a reactive to proactive maintenance environment.
• Measure reliability and maintenance performance.
• Work with RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis) process to identify root cause and implement formal failure incident investigations when appropriate as well as routine low order analysis such as cause/effect, 5 whys and major plant issue resolution (FMEA, etc.) to apply corrective actions and prevent recurrences.
• Work with maintenance team to develop, implement and sustain reliability best practices to reduce unscheduled maintenance and downtime and costs.
• Continuously improve standard operating procedures (SOP’s) for maintenance, including procedures for equipment documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Prior Supervisory Experience
• Two years formal technical training or equivalent
• Strong working knowledge of HVAC, electrical, mechanical, steam, and pneumatic systems, particularly within bulk handling and refrigeration applications
• Successfully complete McKee Foods assessments
• Can demonstrate a high level of mechanical and/or electrical aptitude
• Can demonstrate a high level of computer knowledge and skill
• Can demonstrate high level of proficiency in basic math skills
• Ability to set goals and track progress
• Ability to accurately appraise the skill level of and provide technical training for employees
• Ability to prioritize workloads
• Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems.  Example: (MAXIMO)
• Must be able to communicate verbally, in writing and electronically
• Willingness to work through departmental barriers and establish a partnership with the customers of the Production Maintenance Department

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years supervisory experience
• Four (4) years formal technical education or equivalent
• Two (2) years formal electrical technical training or equivalent
• Experience in process management or control
• Project management experience
• Lean Six Sigma experience
• Graduate of the Supervisor Training Program or able to graduate from the Supervisor Training Program

Benefits

• Competitive weekly pay
• Profit-sharing cash bonus program
• 401(k) with matching contributions
• 25 days Paid Time Off (for vacation, holidays, sick time, personal time, etc.)
• Medical insurance, including health, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• Supplemental plans, including life insurance
• Fully-paid parental leave
• Health Center and Pharmacy
• Mental wellness counseling (on-site in TN, virtual elsewhere)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Credit Union
• Exercise and recreation facility
• Wellness programs with incentives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Short-term and long-term disability benefits (company-paid)