Maintenance Superintendent

Long Description

About the Team:

The Maintenance Superintendent is responsible for leading the maintenance function at the plant, overseeing all preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance processes to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations. The role directs maintenance programs, equipment uptime efforts, facility infrastructure compliance, and new equipment installations. The Superintendent manages planning activities, process development, resource allocation, and the performance of the maintenance team. This position uses independent discretion under semi-defined guidance and plays a key leadership role in minimizing downtime‑related financial losses and sustaining operational excellence

What you can look forward to as Maintenance Superintendent: 

• Direct all preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs to maximize equipment uptime and reliability.
• Ensure structured preventative maintenance schedules are established, followed, audited, and continuously improved.
• Lead daily coordination with maintenance, production, and plant management to ensure equipment availability and effective operational support.
• Oversee maintenance planning, process development, troubleshooting, and new equipment installation activities.
• Ensure proper facility management, including building infrastructure upkeep (HVAC, electrical, facility safety systems).
• Maintain compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
• Implement strategies to minimize downtime‑related financial losses through equipment condition monitoring, audits, and data‑driven maintenance practices.
• Provide leadership to technicians; responsible for overall team performance.

Your profile as Maintenance Superintendent: 

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Master’s degree strongly preferred
• Minimum 6-8+ years of progressive maintenance leadership experience in manufacturing/remanufacturing environments.
• Strong leadership, team management, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proven problem‑solving and decision‑making ability using independent discretion
• Proficiency in computer skills including Excel, Word, maintenance software/CMMS systems.

What we offer at ZF:

• A supportive collaborative team environment
• Annual Incentive Plan
• Paid Vacation
• 401k Plan
• Health Care Benefits
• Paid Holidays 
• A strong diversity culture

Supportive Employee Groups and community outreach activities
Physical demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the associate is required to stand for extended periods of time; 60 minutes continuously up to 6 hours per 10 hour day, walk up to 2 miles per day, handle or feel objects and/or tools; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; bend, verbally communicate and hear safety indicators. The associate must occasionally lift and /or move up to 30 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.