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Job Description:
Plant Engineering Maintenance Supervisor
Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World
Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it's equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.
This position provides an opportunity to transition from other private, public, government or military experience to a 3M career.
The Impact You'll Make in this Role
As a Plant Engineering Maintenance Supervisor, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Promoting a safe and sustainable working environment through modeling safe behaviors as well as recognizing and resolving safety related problems. Actively lead incident investigations and WIMs reports, including presenting incident resolutions to site leadership.
• Provide supervision and technical direction to Plant Engineering personnel for performance of maintenance tasks on machines, systems, and facilities to maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness. Providing coaching and feedback to employees and utilizing corrective action to resolve conflict and inappropriate behaviors. May include oversite of Plant Engineering support functions such as custodial, buildings and grounds, stockroom, etc. May include responsibility for procuring specialty maintenance parts.
• Schedule, assign, and direct personnel in performance of tasks for maintenance of equipment and facilities. Provide technical direction to personnel and assist in diagnosing equipment problems as required. Monitor progress and evaluate completed assignments to confirm use of correct procedures and to evaluate quality of work.
• Leading, coaching and developing employees through direct supervision, floor presence, and providing recognition. Additionally, overseeing training completion, CMMS utilization, policy administration, regulatory compliance, and participating in hiring processes including internships, student helpers, and contract workers.
• Leading Plant Engineering strategic priorities. Representing plant leadership team through supporting initiatives across the plant, including but not limited to supervision coverage for alternative shifts, being on-call and supporting 24/7 operations through flexible work schedules when required.

Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Associate Degree or higher in a related technical field (completed and verified prior to the start) and a minimum of five (5) years of manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment

OR

• Bachelor's Degree or higher (completed and verified prior to the start) and minimum of three (3) year manufacturing experience in a private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• One (1) year previous leadership, supervisory and/or management experience in a private, public, government or military environment.
• Experience with participating in daily tier management process and participating in improvement projects (Kaizens)
• Obtained CRL, CMM, CMRP, CMRT, CRE or CAMA certifications.
• Understanding of Environmental and Regulatory Compliance, NFPA, and OSHA & MSHA Standards (MSHA required for mining sites)

Work location:

• Menomonie, WI

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Responsibilities of this position may include direct and/or indirect physical or logical access to information, systems, technologies subjected to the regulations/compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws.
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To comply with these laws, 3M must help assess candidates' U.S. person status.
The questions asked in this application are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this particular position.
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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $95,591 - $116,834, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate's relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.
Good Faith Posting Date Range 08/14/2026 To 09/13/2026 Or until filled
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