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Maintenance Supervisor

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Job ID 319953 Date posted 01/16/2026 Location : Dirdal, Norway Category  BUILD OPERATE MAINTAIN (PLANT OPNS) Job Status  Salaried Full Time

Cargill is a family company committed to providing food and agricultural solutions to nourish the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. We sit at the heart of the supply chain, partnering with producers and customers to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living. By providing customers with life’s essentials, we enable businesses to grow, communities to prosper, and consumers to live well.

This position is in our Food Enterprise where we are committed to serving food manufacturers, food service customers, and retailers with a complete range of innovative ingredients and branded products. Our portfolio includes poultry, beef, egg, alternative protein, salt, oils, starches, sweeteners, cocoa and chocolate.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Maintenance Supervisor will lead a team of Maintenance technicians team to coordinate projects, maintenance, repair of machinery, vehicles, equipment and buildings, and is accountable for the infrastructure and appearance of our fish feed research and innovation center in Dirdal. In this role you will be focus on tactical and operational activities and align and implement reliability practices and programs by leading all aspects of maintenance, repair, office functions, hospitality services and project planning and stay up-to-date with industry best practices.

The position is based on site.

Key Accountabilities

•    Direct and engage the employees responsible for the operation, monitoring and repairs and maintenance of equipment, machines and buildings at the site.
•    Collaborate with senior team members to identify opportunities to improve reliability and resolve acceptable risk tolerance for equipment.
•    Participate in project planning, cost estimation, tracking and payback justification to ensure budget is met.
•    Plan and prioritize work orders, scheduling overall repair and maintenance to minimize production downtime and disruptions.
•    Champion personal safety and serves as a safety mentor to team.
•    Ensures that critical tasks, best management practices, work instructions and procedures, audits, preventative maintenance, contractor checklists are kept up to date and training/documentation is performed.
•    Ensure that contractor and vendor tasks are performed according to the corporate safety culture and routines.
•    Act as a strategic partner within the local leadership team, representing Cargill in global forums, driving cultural change, and building digital structure and processes to enhance efficiency and ensure alignment with global standards.
•    Responsible for personnel decisions related to hiring, performance and disciplinary actions for your direct reports. You will also spend time completing the same tasks as employees on your team.
•    Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
•    Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
•    Minimum one year of directly related work experience.
•    Fluent in Norwegian and English, both written and verbal.
•    Other minimum qualifications may apply.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
•    Experience supporting audit compliance and root/cause analysis processes.
•    Supervisory experience is an additional plus.
•    Experienced in Project Management.

Our Offer
We provide a fast paced stimulating international environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the largest and most solid private companies in the world.


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