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Lead Maintenance Tech, 1st shift

Job in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, 50319, USA
Listing for: Dee Zee, Inc.
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-01-01
Job specializations:
  • Trades / Skilled Labor
    Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Building Maintenance
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Posted Monday, December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM

POSITION SUMMARY

Schedule and direct a crew of Maintenance Technicians involved in one or more functions of Maintenance. Train and provide work direction and guidance while performing work in one or more of the skilled trades of Maintenance. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Must be willing and able to work in an environment exposed to elements that can include but are not limited to coolant, dust, mist, elevated noise, and uncontrolled temperatures.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
  • Prioritize, schedule, layout, assign, and coordinate the work of assigned staff to accomplish maintenance tasks
  • Provide training, work direction, and guidance while performing work
  • Assist with scheduling work and determining needs for equipment and supplies
  • Report to Maintenance Manager any unusual technical or personnel issues
  • Provide input to performance reviews and monitor work of assigned crew members
  • Perform a variety of skilled work in different buildings of company
  • Construct, rebuild, and repair company equipment and facilities including wood and metal structures
  • Perform various HVAC and plumbing duties including cut, thread, assemble and lay pipe
  • Assist in the purchase, installation, repair, and maintenance of various plumbing, heating and air conditioning fixtures
  • Perform welding and metal fabrication
  • Perform a wide variety of skilled journey–level work in the maintenance and repair of equipment
  • Diagnose and repair electronic ignition systems for heaters, furnaces and hot water heaters
  • Ensure compliance with appropriate safety practices and procedures and with applicable federal, state and local codes, regulations and requirements
  • Operate a variety of equipment and machines including saws, drills, and hand tools to perform repairs and maintenance work
  • Operate company vehicles and perform heavy physical labor
  • Maintain tools and equipment in a safe, clean and proper working condition
  • Assist in the purchase, installation, maintenance and repair or electrical wiring and fixtures
  • Perform trouble shooting to repair or replace fans, motors etc.
  • Perform repairs to motors lighting circuits, and to communication and audio-visual equipment
  • Estimate cost of labor and materials for work orders and obtain competitive prices for equipment and supplies
  • Perform a variety of skilled building maintenance repairs to doors, windows, roofs and other building parts and construct or assemble furniture and other wood and metal structures
  • Perform skilled maintenance and repair on mechanical and electrical equipment and test and replace circuits, coordinate emergency repairs and large complex projects, troubleshoot and correct defective switches, receptacles, ballasts and other wiring;
  • Perform routine mechanical electrical maintenance
  • Maintain records in company software related to work orders and materials and labor
  • With guidance, purchase tools, equipment, and materials and operate light trucks to pick up or deliver equipment and supplies

Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with 6S procedures, rules, and regulations. Perform other duties as assigned. Ability to stop the production line and/or prevent shipment of products due to nonconformance or potential nonconformance products to our customers. Support the environmental policy with proactive process implementation, improvement suggestions, reducing waste, and acting on environment performance results and findings.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Establish, maintain, and foster cooperative working relations with others. Ability to utilize a variety of hand tools and equipment. Ability to operate forklifts, scissor lifts, JLG lifts Technical aspects of field of specialty. Knowledgeable of proper methods of storing equipment, materials and supplies. Basic record keeping techniques. Knowledgeable of proper trade tools, equipment, materials, methods and techniques used in skilled and general maintenance and repair involving electrical, heating, and air conditioning plumbing, carpentry, painting, welding or automotive mechanic.

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