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Plant Engineering Supervisor
3M Company · 🇺🇸 US, Iowa, Ames
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — 3M Company
The US Department of Labor certified 17 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 6 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description: Job Title Plant Engineering 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 The person hired for the position of Plant Engineering Supervisor will provide supervision and direction to maintenance technicians, performing maintenance tasks on machines, systems, and facilities to maximize reliability and efficiency of operations. As a Plant Engineering 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, sustainable, and learning-oriented work environment by modeling safe behaviors, resolving safety risks, leading incident investigations, and implementing sustainable corrective actions that prevent recurrence while capturing and applying organizational learning to continuously improve systems, processes, and risk controls • Leading, coaching, and developing employees through strong floor presence, clear expectations, timely feedback, recognition, and a focus on employee development that leverages individual strengths, talents, and passions while building problem-solving capabilities and ownership for continuous improvement at all levels of the organization. • Supervising and providing technical guidance to Plant Engineering personnel performing maintenance on machines, systems, and facilities to improve equipment reliability, eliminate chronic equipment losses, and maximize Overall Equipment Effectiveness. • Shifting maintenance practices from reactive response to proactive and predictive strategies by using root cause analysis, precision maintenance best practices, maintenance history, and cross-functional input to identify and eliminate the systemic causes of recurring failures, reduce downtime, improve asset performance, and ensure problems are permanently improved rather than repeatedly repaired. • Building future-ready team capabilities in areas such as technical skills, CMMS utilization, reliability practices, data-driven decision-making, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement, while fostering a culture that challenges the status quo and seeks sustainable improvements over temporary fixes. • Scheduling, assigning, and directing maintenance work while monitoring progress, confirming proper procedures, evaluating quality of work, and supporting structured problem-solving that drives corrective, preventive, and improvement actions. • Supporting Plant Engineering priorities and site initiatives, which may include oversight of support functions such as custodial, buildings and grounds, stockroom, specialty maintenance parts procurement, alternative shift coverage, on-call support, and flexible schedules to support 24/7 operations while identifying opportunities to improve asset reliability, maintenance effectiveness, and operational excellence across the site. Your Skills and Expertise To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications: • High School Diploma/GED or higher (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution and Seven (7) years of manufacturing maintenance experience in a private, public, governmen