Maintenance Team Leader

Purpose of the Position:

Flexible positive coverage and frontline leadership for plant maintenance operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead shift maintenance operations to support production goals.
• Provide focus and direction to all on shift plant maintenance employees.
• Manage resources (people, materials, equipment) to optimize equipment uptime, throughput, and maintenance quality.
• Ensure scheduled preventative, reactive, and predictive maintenance activities are completed safely while exceeding customer expectations.
• Maintaining safety, environmental and regulatory requirements while performing all maintenance activities.
• Create and maintain a safety 1st environment for all employees.
• Aid in establishing a culture of positivity, simultaneously instituting process discipline and continuous improvement.
• Track and report maintenance metrics aligned to production scorecard goals to leadership.
• Develop staffing, training plans, and tooling needs for maintenance technicians, and skilled trades.  
• Build effective relationships with operators, internal stakeholders, and management.
• Perform employee performance reviews and administer feedback and recognition when appropriate.
• Onboard and train hourly maintenance workforce.

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:

• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and presentation skills.
• Ability to effectively coach, mentor, and lead skilled maintenance employees, providing clear direction and establishing expectations.
• Experience coordinating activities within cross functional areas of responsibility and collaboration with multiple departments.
• High ethical standards, integrity, and positive leadership
• Process control and discipline.
• Capacity to learn and grow.
• Strong customer centric mindset
• Self-motivated and self-directed, with the ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and complete assignments efficiently with minimal supervision.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with production ramping and team building.
• SAP and CMMS software
• Semi-conductor  

Soft Skills:

• Positive attitude
• Personal initiative and commitment
• Ability to build relationships within cross functional groups.
• Flexible and adaptable; willing to work outside of role to move the team forward.
• Organized
• Conflict resolution