Maintenance Lead

Description:
Job Title: Maintenance Lead
Department: Maintenance
Reports To: Maintenance Supervisor
FLSA Status: Non Exempt
Travel: 0%
Job Summary
The Maintenance Lead role is responsible for leading the maintenance department to perform work utilizing more advanced and specialized maintenance and mechanical skills to keep machines, mechanical equipment or the building in repair. Duties involve repairing mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; all necessary repairs of building structure and coordinate preventative maintenance.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
* Use of hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches to perform regular job duties.
* Perform routine preventive maintenance to ensure that machines continue to run smoothly, building systems operate efficiently, and/or the physical condition of buildings does not deteriorate.
* Perform the task of changing molds according to production schedules and bring machines back to operations readiness.
* Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
* Diagnose and troubleshoot mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
* Directing of the department to ensure all plant needs are met which may include the processing of weekly and daily work orders and maintenance schedules.
* Assemble, install, or repair machinery and equipment.
* Clean or lubricate shafts, bearings, gears, or other parts of machinery.
* Repair or replace defective equipment parts, using hand tools and power tools, and reassemble equipment.
* Observes plant safety rules. Helps to identify and eliminate any safety hazard or concern. Assists in monitoring of quality of work output and maintenance procedures.
* Conducting department operations so as to meet established cost standards for use of materials, supplies and equipment. Determine the most efficient use of tools, machines and materials.
* Maintains a neat and orderly working area and assists other departments in the cleanliness and organization of working areas when projects overlap other department areas.
* To maintain good working relations with all other employees. Strives to have no conflicts with other department employees.
* Encouraged to bring any ideas to light for possible usage in factory functions.
* Poses no direct threat to the health or safety of himself/herself, or others, or to property. Defined as a significant risk of substantial harm that cannot be eliminated or reduced to an acceptable level by reasonable accommodation.
* Requires regular attendance to perform essential element as contained herein between the assigned start and end times for work.
* Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department, the Corporation and the community; and maintains the professional competence, knowledge and skill necessary for the satisfactory performance of all assigned responsibilities.
* All other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education Requirement/Work Experience
* High School Diploma or GED Equivalent. Education from a technical school is preferred but not required.
* Advanced knowledge of machine and facility maintenance.
* 8 years + experience in a manufacturing environment.
* Manufacturing industry experience preferred.

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