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# Maintenance Supervisor at Misfits Market

- **Company:** Misfits Market
- **Location:** Northlake, IL
- **Posted:** 2026-08-27
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/misfitsmarket/jobs/7979748003

## Job description

Misfits Market is a mission-driven, high-growth startup dedicated to reducing food waste and making shopping for sustainable, high-quality groceries easier and more affordable. We deliver organic produce, high-quality meats and seafood, plant-based proteins, dairy, bakery, wine, and other grocery items to nearly every zip code in 48 states at up to 30 percent off traditional grocery store prices. In 2022, Misfits Market acquired sustainable e-grocer Imperfect Foods and now leverages its in-house transportation network to deliver directly to consumers with one of the most carbon-efficient grocery delivery models on the market. By tackling inefficiencies in the food system, our passionate and motivated team of problem solvers helps save an average of 500,000 pounds of food per week from waste or lesser outcomes, with an all-time savings of 190+ million pounds of food.

As Misfits we support our customers and mission by embracing our core values of:

Prioritizing our Customers

Doing more with less

Thinking Differently

Respecting one another

Moving deliberately and quickly

Taking initiative and delivering

About the role:

The Maintenance Supervisor will lead the maintenance team, manage preventive and corrective maintenance programs, coordinate vendors and contractors, support capital projects and facility improvements, and partner closely with Operations, Engineering, Safety, and other cross-functional teams. This role requires a hands-on leader who can prioritize competing demands, hold teams and vendors accountable, and drive issues to resolution.

## Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach, and develop the maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient, and timely completion of maintenance activities.
- Manage daily maintenance operations, including preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance, emergency repairs, and equipment troubleshooting.
- Develop and maintain maintenance schedules, priorities, and timelines while ensuring work is completed on time and to a high standard.
- Establish and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs to increase equipment reliability and reduce downtime.
- Monitor equipment performance, identify recurring failures, and implement root-cause corrective actions.
- Conduct regular facility and equipment inspections to proactively identify safety, reliability, and maintenance concerns.
- Maintain an organized and accurate critical-spares inventory to ensure essential parts are available when needed while controlling inventory costs.
- Manage maintenance vendors, contractors, and service providers; establish strong vendor relationships and hold vendors accountable for quality, response time, cost, and performance.
- Identify and develop new vendor relationships to improve service coverage, response times, and overall facility support.
- Coordinate and oversee contractors performing maintenance, construction, equipment installation, and facility improvement work.
- Support facility expansions, construction, equipment installations, relocations, upgrades, and other capital improvement projects.
- Develop project schedules, track milestones, monitor budgets, and communicate project status to leadership and stakeholders.
- Partner with Engineering, Operations, Safety, Quality, and other departments on equipment, facility, and process-related projects.
- Ensure maintenance activities and facility operations comply with applicable local, state, and federal codes, permits, regulatory requirements, and company standards.
- Support safety, environmental, food-safety, and audit requirements related to maintenance and facility operations.
- Maintain accurate maintenance records, work orders, equipment documentation, PM records, vendor information, and compliance documentation.
- Establish maintenance KPIs and track performance, including equipment uptime, PM completion, downtime, response time, work-order backlog, repeat failures, and maintenance costs.
- Respond effectively to equipment and facility emergencies and coordinate resources to minimize operational disruption.
- Promote a proactive maintenance culture focused on safety, reliability, accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Identify opportunities to reduce maintenance costs, improve equipment reliability, increase efficiency, and extend asset life.
- Ensure maintenance areas, tools, equipment, and spare-parts storage remain clean, organized, and properly maintained.

## Skills and Requirements

- Strong leadership, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Proven ability to lead and hold maintenance employees, contractors, and vendors accountable for performance and deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
- Strong understanding of preventive and corrective maintenance practices for manufacturing, fulfillment, distribution, or food-processing equipment.
- Experience managing maintenance projects and facility improvement projects using MS Project or comparable project-management software.
- Working knowledge of facility systems, utilities, material-handling equipment, refrigeration, electrical systems, mechanical systems, conveyors, packaging equipment, and other industrial equipment.
- Understanding of applicable local, state, and federal building, electrical, mechanical, fire, environmental, safety, and permitting requirements.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and urgent maintenance issues in a fast-paced operating environment.
- Strong vendor-management and contract-management skills.
- Ability to analyze equipment failures, identify root causes, and implement long-term corrective actions.
- Strong computer skills and experience with CMMS or computerized maintenance-management systems preferred.
- Ability to work collaboratively with Operations, Engineering, Safety, Quality, and other cross-functional teams.
- A proactive, hands-on, "get-it-done" leadership approach with a strong focus on accountability and follow-through.

## Experience / Education

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Industrial Technology, Business, or a related field preferred; equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
- Minimum 3–5 years of maintenance leadership experience in a manufacturing, food-processing, fulfillment, distribution, or similar industrial environment.
- Experience supervising and developing maintenance personnel.
- Experience with facility systems, utilities, production equipment, material-handling systems, and industrial equipment.
- Experience managing contractors, service providers, and outside vendors.
- Experience supporting or managing construction, facility expansion, equipment installation, or capital improvement projects.
- Experience managing significant capital projects, including multi-million-dollar construction or facility improvement projects, strongly preferred.
- Experience in a food, cold-storage, refrigerated, or temperature-controlled distribution environment preferred.

What we do for you:

- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k)
- Annual Misfits grocery box credit of $1200 paid in weekly installments
- Life insurance
- Paid vacation time
- Paid holidays
- Paid sick days
- Commuter benefits
- Salary range - $75,000 - $80,000/yr

Please see here for Misfits Market's [Job Applicant Privacy Notice](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/careers-privacy).

## About Misfits Market

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Misfits Market is an online grocery delivery service that rescues "ugly" produce and imperfect food items to reduce food waste and make sustainable groceries more affordable.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Delanco, New Jersey, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Abhi Ramesh

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Online grocery delivery, food waste reduction, sustainable food systems
- **Target customers**: B2C consumers seeking affordable, sustainable, and high-quality groceries delivered to their homes
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To eliminate food waste and build a more sustainable food system" [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/about-us?exp=plans_rollback)

## Products & Services
- **[Misfits Market Grocery Delivery](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/?afsrc=1)**: An online grocery store offering fresh, organic produce, dairy, meat, seafood, and pantry staples delivered to customers' doors. The core value proposition is sourcing food that would otherwise go to waste due to cosmetic imperfections (e.g., size, shape, blemishes) and selling it at up to 30% less than traditional grocery prices. Subscriptions are flexible, with options to skip weeks or customize orders.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (Private company)
- **Key Metrics**: 
  - **Annual Revenue**: USD $500 million (LinkedIn estimate) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)
  - **Total Funding**: USD $526.5 million across 5 rounds [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Greenoaks (Series A lead), Valor Equity Partners (Series B lead), SoftBank Vision Fund (Series C lead), Accel, D1 Capital Partners [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Acquired Imperfect Foods in 2022, combining two major players in the "ugly produce" space [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)
  - Acquired The Rounds in May 2025 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)
  - Has saved 238 million pounds of food from waste since 2018 [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/about-us?exp=plans_rollback)
  - Employs 179 people (+4.6% YoY growth) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)
  - Active job postings surged +163% year-over-year [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover scale in the "ugly produce" niche**: Misfits Market pioneered the concept of rescuing cosmetically imperfect food at scale, building a strong brand identity around sustainability and fighting food waste.
- **Post-merger scale & supply chain**: The merger with Imperfect Foods in 2022 created a combined entity with a larger customer base, broader sourcing network, and more efficient logistics, making it harder for smaller competitors to replicate.
- **Strong mission-driven brand**: The company’s core mission to reduce food waste resonates deeply with environmentally conscious consumers, creating a loyal customer base and a strong employer brand for like-minded talent.
- **End-to-end supply chain relationships**: Misfits Market builds direct partnerships with farmers and producers, giving it unique access to "lesser outcome" produce and enabling product innovation (e.g., Odds & Ends line, Sweet Broccoli Tops) [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/about-us?exp=plans_rollback).

## Strategic Focus
- **Expansion of product categories**: Moving beyond produce into dairy, meat, seafood, and private-label goods (e.g., "Odds & Ends" line) to become a full-service online grocery store.
- **Geographic & operational scaling**: Growth of fulfillment centers (five offices across the US) and increasing delivery reach. The acquisition of The Rounds suggests a push into more frequent, smaller-batch deliveries.
- **Technology & data-driven efficiency**: Likely investment in logistics tech, supply chain optimization, and personalized customer experiences to improve unit economics and customer retention.
- **Deepening sustainability impact**: Continuing to publicly report on environmental metrics (e.g., 16.5 million pounds of avoided carbon emissions, 938 million gallons of water saved) to reinforce brand identity and attract impact-driven talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: The company is explicitly focused on a "social good" mission—eliminating food waste and building a better food system—which appeals to employees who want their work to have a positive environmental impact [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/careers).
- **Flexible work environment**: Offers a "flexible working environment," with corporate roles featuring unlimited PTO and fulfillment center roles offering generous PTO [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/careers).
- **Commitment to DEI**: Misfits Market explicitly states a "fair, unbiased hiring process that prioritizes diversity and inclusivity" and welcomes those "overlooked from traditional work environments" [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/careers).
- **Competitive benefits**: Includes multiple paid medical/dental/vision plans, 401K, learning and development opportunities, extensive paid family leave, and weekly credits for Misfits Market groceries [misfitsmarket.com](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/careers).
- **High-growth environment**: With recent acquisitions and a surge in hiring (+163% YoY job postings), the company is in a growth phase, offering opportunities for career advancement and impact.
- **Culture from LinkedIn data**: Employer rating of 3.4/5 on 128 reviews, with Work-Life at 3.4, Culture at 3.4, Compensation at 3.3, and Career at 3.1 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket). This suggests a decent culture with room for growth in career development and comp.

## Sources
1. [Misfits Market About Us](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/about-us?exp=plans_rollback)
2. [Misfits Market Careers Page](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/careers)
3. [Misfits Market Homepage](https://www.misfitsmarket.com/?afsrc=1)
4. [Misfits Market LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/misfitsmarket)

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