Facilities and Maintenance Supervisor

Are you a problem‑solver who loves keeping things running smoothly? Step into a role where your expertise powers the entire plant.

Seda North America would like to meet you! As a growing business, Seda is looking for a Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor who can elevate our maintenance programs, strengthen contractor performance, support seamless plant operations, thrive on solving problems, and elevating standards. 

If you are driven by safety, quality, reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement, this role puts you at the center of it all: In this position you will lead, maintain, and continuously improve the contractor maintenance program; implement, maintain and manage work orders within the CMMS; support inventory control and project execution while partnering closely with operations.

Seda North America, located in Mt. Pleasant and certified as a Great Place to Work, is a subsidiary of Seda International Packaging Group, a state of the art, air conditioned, food safety clean facility that designs and produces innovative paper packaging solutions, using paper as an environmentally sound choice in building unique bonds between brands and consumers products which include unique insulated coffee cups and food industry containers. We encourage you to explore Seda at: https://www.sedagroup.com/

Why work for Seda?

• Great Place to Work Certified 3 years in a row!
• A Strong, Helpful Team Culture!
• On the job training
• Opportunity to grow with a company that values its employees!
• Exceptionally Clean Environment - Food Safety Compliant
• Competitive wages
• 10 Paid Holidays
• Paid PTO
• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision
• 2 weeks paid Parental Leave
• Company paid Basic Life and STD/LTD Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending
• 401(K) Retirement Plan with match, upon hire
• Education Assistance
• Community involvement- Opportunity to volunteer with the Seda Family!

Specific Duties:

• Assist with day-to-day management of facilities employees and task assignment to ensure efficient performance
• Coach, discipline and complete and execute performance reviews for team members
• Assistance with scheduling and managing external vendors/contractors and cross-functional projects, ensuring compliance with technical specifications, company standards and safety protocols, partner with planning and production to align with all areas
• Refine and execute a prioritized contractor maintenance schedule, driving the timely resolution of generated work orders internally to lower costs, minimizing equipment downtime and facility disruptions.
• Improve production and facility efficiencies by means of improving and maintaining processes
• Shares best practices throughout all departments and help develop team skills.
• Maintain work order list with priority levels and drive timely root cause analysis and completion.
• Drive production and facilities energy & efficiency improvements.
• Implement cost-reduction projects.
• Partner with the spare parts team to streamline coordination and support overall facility management activities
• Assist with preparation of Facilities & Maintenance departmental budgets as necessary; ensures conformance as required.
• Involved with the EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) programs and activities,, i.e., safety training programs, inspections, medical surveillance, Fire Prevention/Protection, Ergonomic programs, policies, and procedures. This includes cost control/reduction and accident prevention/reduction.
• Determines and reviews all manufacturing processes with Project Management Team for cost effectiveness and feasibility, both before and after engineering releases to manufacturing.
• Assists with development of reports and analysis of key performance indicators to create and implement corrective actions
• Collaborates with plant management and project teams to improve employee safety, production quality, equipment reliability and overall equipment effectiveness utilizing Continuous Improvement techniques.
• Assists with action on any food safety problems reported by personnel and for the follow-up to ensure problems have been corrected.
• Assists with supporting the development, implementation, maintenance and ongoing improvement of food safety/quality system.

• This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities, as management may deem necessary from time to time

Skill and Education Requirements:

• Bachelor Degree with 5+ years experience preferred
• Proficient with electronics, electrical and mechanical maintenance of facility and production equipment
• Familiarity with Good Manufacturing Practices and 5S
• Ability to adapt to changing organizational and operational needs, ability to lead others through change
• Strong computer skills, Outlook, Excel, and Teams, ERP system knowledge (preferrable SAP)
• Able to demonstrate the ability to analyze complex issues and develop effective solutions
• Exceptional interpersonal, planning, and organizational skills with a proven ability to multi‑task and prioritize projects effectively and meet deadlines
• Proven ability to select, coach, develop, engage, and retain high‑performing teams preferred
• English communication skills (Speaking/Writing)
• Bilingual Spanish (Preferred)

This job description outlines primary responsibilities but is not all-inclusive; additional tasks may be assigned as needed.

Seda North America provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics or protected veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Seda North America complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.