Maintenance Team Leader

Role Purpose

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee shift maintenance operations, ensuring alignment with production targets and operational priorities.
• Provide clear direction and prioritize tasks for maintenance team members during each shift.
• Effectively manage personnel, materials, and equipment to maximize uptime, throughput, and maintenance quality while controlling costs.
• Ensure all preventive, reactive, and predictive maintenance tasks are completed safely and meet or exceed internal production requirements.
• Maintain strict compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards during all maintenance operations.
• Champion a safety-first culture, ensuring all team members adhere to established protocols.
• Foster a positive team culture while driving process discipline and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and report key maintenance metrics to leadership, ensuring alignment with production performance goals.
• Develop staffing strategies, training programs, and tooling requirements to maintain a skilled and prepared workforce.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with operators, stakeholders, and management to support operational success.
• Conduct performance evaluations and provide constructive feedback and recognition to drive employee growth and engagement.
• Lead onboarding and training for hourly maintenance employees to ensure quick integration and operational readiness.

Work Hours

• Ability to work 12-hour 2-3-2 pitman schedule for 24/7 to support production operations.
• Flexible hours may be required to support coverage/weekend/evenings operations requirements.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, or related technical field and 2+ years of manufacturing maintenance experience. 
• In Lieu of a bachelor’s degree a 5 + years of direct supervision of maintenance employees in a fast-paced production environment.

Required Skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to present technical information clearly to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and lead maintenance teams, setting clear expectations and driving accountability for results.
• Experience collaborating across departments to align maintenance priorities with production goals and resolve issues quickly.
• Demonstrates integrity and ethical decision-making while fostering a positive, safety-first culture.
• Strong commitment to process discipline, ensuring compliance with maintenance procedures and continuous improvement practices.
• Demonstrated ability to learn quickly and adapt to evolving technologies and processes.
• Focused on delivering reliable service and support to internal production teams, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.

Desired Skills

• Experience with overseeing maintenance teams during production ramping/fast-paced environment.
• Experience training, mentoring and team building.
• Experience with CMMS Software (Maximo) for tracking equipment maintenance.
• Journeyman experience in applicable trade.

Soft Skills

• Positive Attitude: Maintains optimism and motivates the team during challenges.
  
• Initiative and Commitment: Takes ownership and drives solutions proactively.
  
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Builds trust and works effectively with other departments.
  
• Flexibility: Adapts to changing priorities and steps in where needed.
  
• Organized: Keeps tasks, schedules, and documentation clear and efficient.
  
• Conflict Resolution: Addresses issues constructively to maintain team harmony.