Maintenance Lead (3NL)

Non-Supervisory role to assist and provide effective communications for maintenance team, reporting to Maintenance Manager.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to the following:

• Facilitates maintenance work requests from production floor, determines priority and ensures  coworkers are aware of priority and assignments

• Ensures team members comply with all safety and good Manufacturing Practices, leads 6S efforts for maintenance shop

• Communicates to production, maintenance management,  and quality assurance equipment break downs and estimated time needed to complete repairs

• Confers with vendors, management, engineering and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment

• Conducts meetings at the end of each shift to update incoming maintenance personnel on status of break downs, repairs, and troubleshooting done during the previous shift.

• Conducts meeting at start of shift to go over shift priorities and assignments as well as training.

• Actively participates in preventive/predictive maintenance processes.

• Tests and adjusts equipment to meet performance specifications.

• Initiates purchase orders for parts and machines.

• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of maintenance policies and procedures.

• This is a hands on position, carrying out maintenance work along with the team and setting a high example in your work.

• Other duties may be assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Tools, materials, methods and practices used in mechanical maintenance related to production equipment.

• Deep level of electrical circuits knowledge required, including PLC experience  .

• Knowledge of maintenance disciplines (mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and facilities).

• Operation of power and manual tools.

• Operation of light and heavy equipment.

• Ability to work 12 hours shifts in a continuous manufacturing operation.

Education/Experience:

• Requires a high school diploma/GED

• 2-5 years’ experience in a multi-craft maintenance function.

• 2-5 years previous industrial/manufacturing experience.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to lift and move objects up to 75 pounds consistently with heavier weight necessary at times.