Who We Are

Founded in 1920 and based in Addison, Illinois, Clyde’s is a thriving, 4^th generation family-owned food manufacturer and a leading national supplier of donuts to the largest global retailers in mass grocery, convenience stores, and food service. We specialize in the manufacture of a wide assortment of ready to serve, ready to sell, and ready to finish donuts for customer showcases and retail display. Our Company is financially strong with a consistent track record of stability and growth under the careful leadership of the Bickford family. Clyde’s offers the best in a family-owned environment with a friendly, informal, and supportive culture. We invite you to consider a career with our special company.

Why are we hiring?

Clyde's is growing very fast. We continue to enjoy multi-year, accelerated, double-digit growth. In 2023, we opened our 2^nd production plant and are adding many new positions! Clyde's is a place where you can make a real difference and find real opportunity. We are looking for enthusiastic, collaborative, and hard-working individuals to join our family and become part of our 104-year-old success story.

Summary of Position

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor will operate with a high initiative, continuous improvement approach and execute reliability, maintenance, and repair activities for production equipment, building and grounds to ensure maximum operational productivity and efficiencies are achieved, and assets are maintained. This is a hands-on position requiring a high degree of technical expertise. Along with the Maintenance Manager and other maintenance management team members, the Maintenance Supervisor will be directly involved in performing CAPX projects, PM, and repair work, as needed, to train and supplement the team.

• Location: 85W Army Trail Road, Glendale Heights (Start Up Location, 2023)

  Shift: 3rd Shift 10:00pm to 6:30AM

  Overtime: Voluntary OT is available

  Work Schedule: 5 Day Work Week, we will make an effort to schedule consecutively if desired (One weekend day)

  Tool Allowance: $1,000 annual allowance paid out quarterly

  Call In Premium: Minimum of 4 hours pay, plus an additional $150.00

  Weekend Workday Bonus: $75 bonus credit for each Saturday or Sunday you work, paid out annually.

  Sign-on Bonus: $3,000

Essential Job Functions

• Instill a team culture committed to safety, excellence, proactivity, continuous improvement, and creative, cost-conscious problem solving. Manage the team by interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Conduct person-specific skills training to increase the bandwidth of the team. Further Clyde’s promote-from-within developmental program to create a pipeline of maintenance professionals to support future growth.
• With Maintenance Manager, oversee assignment and execution of daily PM and M&R projects for production equipment, physical plant, building and grounds according to plans, time and budget achieving or exceeding KPIs.
• Closely control monthly maintenance spending in support of Clyde’s “cost conscious culture”.
• Strongly support Clyde’s Safety Program 2.0 reboot.
• Conduct consistent and disciplined review of KPIs. Promptly investigate shortfalls and analyze ways to improve plant operations and OEE while stabilizing improvements.
• Act as technical expert, trainer, and consultant for team to optimize troubleshooting and repairs.
• Ensure the maintenance team is well trained and compliant with food safety requirements, quality assurance concepts and GMPs in the performance of their work.
• Evaluate, improve, and sustain a highly responsive maintenance request program.
• Maintain clean, organized maintenance shop and parts room exercising careful oversight over equipment, inventory and supplies.
• Master Company policies, procedures and cultural norms. Hold team accountable for compliance with the letter and spirit of these requirements while acting as a role model and coach.
• Complies with all Food Safety Requirements including GMPs when in production areas and reports all food safety or quality issues to supervisor or Food Safety department.

Qualifications

Must Have Requirements

• Minimum (7) years industrial maintenance experience with at least (2) years in management.
• In depth technical knowledge and strong practical experience in mechanical, fabrication, electrical, hydraulics, pneumatics, robotics and controls, and trouble shooting.
• Demonstrated experience building and training a maintenance team.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience with predictive and preventative maintenance programs, computerized maintenance management systems.

Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or similarly relevant technical discipline or some combination of equivalent education, training and experience including an associate's degree in an Engineering or technical discipline.
• Food Processing Experience
• Knowledge and practical experience in LEAN.
• Knowledge of maintenance best practices in the industry
• Strong intermediate to advanced skills with MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• EHS experience.

Desired Personal Characteristics

• A self-starter with a strong work ethic and entrepreneurial drive. Someone who operates with a sense of urgency.
• Calm and steady under pressure. Able to work the problem methodically.
• Highly organized, ability to juggle multiple initiatives with excellent attention to detail.
• Passionate about the customer with an internal and external service mindset.
• Committed to personal growth to operate at the time of their game.
• Honest and highly ethical.
• Willing without reservation to roll up sleeves in a fast-paced, hands-on work environment.

We Offer

• Competitive base pay & annual bonus.
• Medical plan options including HMO, PPO and HDHP with H.S.A
• Dental and vision plans.
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Short-term disability plan (Company paid).
• Long-term disability plan (Company paid).
• Group term life and AD&D insurance (Company Paid).
• Voluntary insurance plans Including life, AD&D, accident and critical illness.
• Paid time off benefits (17 days) and 7 holidays.
• 401(k) plan including 4% matching contribution and immediate vesting.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Various leaves of absence programs for life’s emergencies.
• Clean, modern, and safe facilities.
• Company-provided uniforms and an annual safety shoe subsidy.
• Free donuts!

Clyde’s Donuts is proud to be an equal opportunity/ reasonable accommodation employer.

Work Environment and Job Physical Demands

These conditions are common to maintenance employees.

• Exposure to moving mechanical parts.
• Exposure to wet and/or humid conditions and electrical shock.
• Exposure to extreme hot conditions on such equipment as operating fryers and extreme cold conditions such as blast spiral freezers.
• Exposure to noise, dust, fumes, lubricants, solvents, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• Standing and walking on slippery floors.
• Frequent pushing, pulling, twisting, turning, stooping and bending.
• Repetitive forearm, wrist and hand movements and rotation.
• Working in close proximity to equipment and other employees.
• lifting of up to 50 pounds.