Maintenance Supervisor

Description

• Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness, humility, and a spirit of adventure, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions. There’s much to learn from our 79 production sites worldwide, known for their best-in-class processes and procedures. There’s many to learn from, with high-performing leaders and caring colleagues to explore ideas and ambitions with. Every day, your energy, your personality, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.

• Maintenance Supervisor – Your future position?

• As the Maintenance Supervisor of the Fragrance & Beauty Division in our Changzhou site, you will ensure production equipment reliability, drive continuous improvement, and build a sustainable technical talent pipeline.

You will:

• Lead the team to perform daily troubleshooting on mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation & control systems to ensure smooth operation of production. Conduct regular equipment inspections and drive improvement initiatives to continuously reduce downtime.

• Manage the team to utilize the system for planning and executing preventive maintenance, ensuring all production equipment, instruments, and control systems keep in good condition.

• Oversee spare parts and inventory management through the maintenance system, ensuring critical equipment spares are accurately tracked and sufficiently stocked

• Identify and eliminate quality and safety risks during daily work, ensuring full compliance with EHS standards and risk assessment methodologies.

• Drive continuous improvement (CI) initiatives to achieve cost savings and productivity gains, and ensure the team meets assigned KPIs.

• Develop team members' technical skills and teamwork capabilities through coaching, training, and knowledge sharing.

• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) for equipment failures and implement corrective actions to improve weak points in equipment performance.

• Other tasks assigned by line manager.

• You?

• Are you skilled at dreaming up ideas or spotting how to make an impactful change? Can you share a vision and have the ability to execute on it? Are you someone who thrives being in a culture where you can express yourself in a creative team environment? Who wants to collaborate and learn together with teams who are as passionate as you are? Then come join us – and impact your world.

Your professional profile includes:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Automation, Instrument & Control Engineering, or a related field.

• Minimum 3 years of experience in maintenance management, preferably within the chemical, food, flavour/fragrance, or process manufacturing industry.

• Proven hands-on expertise in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and control systems.

• Solid understanding of EHS standards and risk assessment tools.

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with experience integrating or leading multi-disciplinary technician teams.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and influencing abilities across functions

• Strong technical background in electrical, instrumentation, and automation disciplines.

• Fluent in both Chinese and English (able to read technical manuals, write reports, and communicate with global suppliers)

• Good command in MS Office and SAP basics

• At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.

• We value the different perspectives that come from diverse cultures, backgrounds, and experiences.

• Everyone — regardless of race, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, culture, religion, or any personal circumstances — is warmly welcomed at Givaudan, a place where we all love to be and grow.

• Every essence of you enriches our world. Join us in making a difference together.