Maintenance Tech Lead

Maintenance Tech Lead

Avenel, NJ

Pay $30 - $38 Hourly

1st Shift

5am - 1:30pm Tuesday
- Saturday

Training (4 - 8 weeks) 6am - 2:30pm Monday
- Friday

Job Summary:

The Capstone Logistics Maintenance Technician Lead is responsible for the overall maintenance, reliability, and performance of facility equipment, systems, and infrastructure to ensure safe, efficient, and uninterrupted operations. This role leads the maintenance team in troubleshooting, repairing, installing, and performing preventive maintenance on conveyor systems, automated sortation equipment, electrical systems, motors, hydraulics, pneumatics, and building systems.

The Maintenance Technician Lead provides hands-on technical expertise while directing daily maintenance activities, assigning work tasks, prioritizing repair requests, and ensuring all work is completed safely, accurately, and efficiently. This position is accountable for auditing technician work, maintaining high-quality standards, coaching and developing team members, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

Additional responsibilities include managing maintenance inventory and spare parts, coordinating vendor services, maintaining maintenance records, and ensuring compliance with all safety, regulatory, and company standards. The Maintenance Technician Lead demonstrates complete ownership of the facility's maintenance operations, equipment reliability, team performance, and overall operational readiness.

Qualifications:

• Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills.
• Proven leadership experience supervising, coaching, and developing maintenance technicians and contractors.
• Ability to assign, prioritize, and schedule maintenance activities in a fast-paced distribution or warehouse environment.
• Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Strong understanding of OSHA regulations, workplace safety standards, and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing maintenance inventory, spare parts, tools, and equipment.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Excel, Word, and Teams.
• Ability to use a personal mobile device for work-related communication, documentation, and team collaboration.
• Knowledge of hand tools, power tools, testing equipment, and maintenance best practices.
• Demonstrated accountability for equipment reliability, facility maintenance, and team performance.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Lead, assign, prioritize, and monitor daily maintenance activities and work orders.
• Audit completed maintenance work to ensure quality, safety, and compliance standards are met.
• Train, coach, and develop maintenance technicians to improve technical skills and performance.
• Manage maintenance inventory, spare parts, tools, and supplies to support operational readiness.
• Coordinate outside vendors and contractors performing maintenance services.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase equipment reliability and reduce downtime.
• Troubleshoot, adjust, and replace AC and DC electrical equipment, including batteries, control stations, fuses, motor starters, relays, switches, timers, servo-driven equipment, photoelectric devices, transducers, Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), and encoders.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and replace mechanical components such as motors, reducers, drive chains, sprockets, sheaves, pulleys, rollers, conveyor belts, bearings, and transfer plates.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and replace pneumatic equipment, including diverters, lubricators, hoses, and coils.
• Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and replace hydraulic equipment, including hoses, fittings, cylinders, and pumps.
• Weld equipment such as handrails, conveyor supports, package handling equipment, carts, and grating as defined by the scope of work.
• Perform preventive maintenance inspections on plant equipment, including conveyors, bulk carts, and power industrial equipment.
• Reassemble machines after the completion of repair or maintenance work.
• Start machines and observe mechanical operation to determine…