Maintenance Supervisor - 1st Shift - Holland, MI

Job Overview

Essential Functions

• Assign and oversee production tasks: Assign and oversee production tasks, ensuring clear understanding of work instructions, quality standards, and production targets.


• Ensure compliance with safety and quality standards: Enforce compliance with safety regulations, quality standards, and company policies, ensuring a safe and compliant work environment.


• Foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, promoting member engagement, sustainability, and continuous improvement.


• Foster a positive and collaborative team environment: Foster a positive and collaborative team environment, promoting open communication, teamwork, and a shared commitment to excellence.


• Implement continuous improvement and innovation: Champion and participate in continuous improvement initiatives, such as leveraging lean tools, to enhance efficiency, quality, and cost-effectiveness.


• Manage team resources and budget: Manage team resources, including labor, materials, and equipment, to optimize production efficiency and control costs.


• Monitor production performance and provide feedback: Encourage Monitor production performance, track progress against goals, and identify areas for improvement.


• Supervise a team of manufacturing members: Provide day-to-day supervision, guidance, and support to a team of manufacturing members, ensuring a safe and efficient work environment.


• Must be able to perform all essential job functions with/without accommodation.


• Uses office automation, communication, software, and tools used in Haworth office environment.


• Performs other duties within scope as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in relevant field of study


• Education Equivalency: Associate's Degree plus 2 years related experience OR 4 years related experience if no post-secondary education


• Work Experience: 3 years related experience


• Supervisory Experience: 2 years supervisory experience


• Military Equivalency at www.mynextmove.org/vets/find/military


• Internal Candidates: Supervisory or other leadership experience*


• *Examples of "other leadership experience" may include any of the following: Holding a Team Lead position in Operations; Serving as a project lead where the project had a sizeable business impact and involved guiding a cross-functional team to results, typically in a similar industry; Taking on a leadership role in a Member Resource Group (MRG) or other work-related committee requiring leadership skills; Leading a large-scale change where change management expertise was required; Creating and implementing a multi-year strategic plan; Completing a Haworth leadership development program, including our Aspiring Leader Program (ALP); Completing Haworth Management System (HMS) champion project(s); Mentoring interns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in strategic or long‑range maintenance planning, including predictive or condition‑based maintenance approaches.


• Strong digital aptitude, with the ability to leverage data, dashboards, or analytics tools to drive maintenance decisions and improve uptime.


• Working knowledge of AI‑enabled tools (e.g., predictive analytics, automated diagnostics, CMMS enhancements, or AI‑assisted troubleshooting).


• Foundational proficiency in Python or similar scripting languages for data analysis, automation, or integration with maintenance systems (e.g., analyzing downtime trends, automating reports, or improving workflows).


• Experience using or optimizing CMMS/EAM systems; familiarity with data extraction, reporting, or API integrations preferred.Demonstrated curiosity and willingness to experiment with emerging technologies to improve reliability, safety, and efficiency.


• Strong systems‑thinking mindset with the ability to translate technical insights into practical, floor‑level execution.


• Effective communicator capable of coaching teams through technology adoption and change.


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  Exposure to predictive maintenance tools (vibration analysis, thermal imaging, sensor‑based monitoring).Experience collaborating with IT, data, or automation teams.
  
  


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  Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or continuous improvement methodologies supported by data analytics.