Maintenance Supervisor

There’s Always a Seat at Our Bar

The Lagunitas Brewing Company began on a kitchen stove in Northern California in 1993 and has always looked to the future – whether supporting local communities by turning beer into money for the cause, or fueling stories, songs, and experiences with our IPA. Wherever you go: Beer Speaks, People Mumble.

What You’ll Get

• Benefits – Awesome coverage for: Medical, Dental & Vision
• Time off - Approx 33 days off in your first year (combo of vacay, holidays, and personal days)
• Retirement – up to 5% contribution on 401K plan
• BEER – and non-alcoholic Lagunitas beverages
• Schwag – 50% off food and merch
• Gym Membership - $50 monthly reimbursement for that beer belly (or at least to prevent it)
• Pet Insurance – keep your fur babies covered with pet insurance options
• Skills to Pay the Bills – professional development, 24/7 operation
• Opportunities – Expand your horizons in CA, Chicago . . . the world!
• It’s Friday, Ya’ll – Get Paid every other Friday, starting at: $65,200-$73,252

The Gist

The Maintenance Supervisor will plan, organize, and lead a multi-faceted team in keeping our new, state of the art brewing and utilities and warehouse/distribution and packaging facility at peak operational performance and efficiency. At the same time, this position ensures that employee safety and product quality are top priorities.

What You’ll Do

• Hiring and development of a fully capable, cross-functional maintenance for support of a growing brewery
• Orchestrates the activities of the Maintenance team in the installation, maintenance and repair of all brewery equipment, physical plant (steam, electricity, refrigeration, compressed air, water), as well as any other production related machinery and equipment, in a manner that supports a 24/7 operation
• Utilize CMMS and Maintenance Planner to execute, review, and optimize maintenance team performance.
• Investigate breakdown situations fully, identify root cause, and resolve to prevent reoccurrence.
• Manages the brewery’s spare parts inventory and support staff – minimize cost, maximize runtime with right part selection
• Coaches direct reports and indirect reports in a manner that encourages ownership, positive attitude, focused drive and full engagement
• Assists in the execution of all capital improvement projects
• Ensure compliance with regulatory agencies involved in the brewery.
• Manages the performance and operation of the wastewater treatment plant. Including regulatory reporting, throughput, chemical usage, and performance.
• Assists in annual budget planning and monitors adherence to departmental budget
• Analyzes and reports performance against departmental KPI’s
• Manages external supplier relationships as related to maintenance functions
• Participates in all relevant continuous improvement initiatives
• Responsible for the safety of all team members and required to audit area/tasks for safety compliance and work with EH&S manager to ensure compliance to company and OSHA policies.
• Actively participate in safety meetings, audits, and good catch program. Perform 5Why and accident investigation when needed.
• Monitor “Good Catch” program to ensure that action is being taken to solve safety issues.

What We’re Lookin’ For

• Brewing or high-speed carbonated beverage packaging experience strongly preferred
• B.Sc. in Engineering or Industrial Management preferred
• Experience with pneumatic systems, industrial electricity, mechanical power, steam generation and distribution, industrial refrigeration and sanitary process piping systems strongly preferred
• Experience with trouble shooting and programming of automated equipment control platforms (i.e., Allen- Bradley, Siemens PCS7, Rockwell Automation) strongly preferred
• Proven leadership in the areas of Safety Management
• Experience with CMMS
• Exposure to CI techniques such as Lean or TPM
• Results driven focus
• Proven leadership experience to include team building, coaching and motivation, change management, process management, as well as managing vision, impact, and influence
• Ability to respond confidently and responsibly to inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, etc.
• Ability to effectively present information to senior leadership internally or externally
• Highly goal oriented
• Trusted with sensitive and confidential material

Key Relationships

• Reports directly to the Maintenance and Engineering Manager
• Frequently interacts with the Process & Infrastructure, Quality, Brewing and Packaging Managers, as well as the Senior Leadership Team

Physical Stuff

• Must be able to lift and carry 60 pounds on a regular basis.
• Must be able to stand, walk, lift, and bend for majority of work schedule.
• Tolerate summer/winter temperature conditions in Production Environment.
• Ability to use computer and maintenance related software.
• May be required to travel up to 25%
• Must be able to work flexible shifts, overtime as necessary, & holidays and weekends

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Come as You Are

At Lagunitas, we welcome people (and dogs) from all walks of life. Anyone, regardless of their race, creed, nation of origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability status, veteran status, marital status, or age, has a home here. Love, progress, and acceptance will always have a seat at our bar.