Manufacturing Maintenance Team Lead

DESCRIPTION

The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Team Leader provides a variety of technical services including electrical, controls, and mechanical, to develop, maintain, fix, and improve our automated production equipment. The team lead will be considered the authority on all in-house automated machinery and provide the highest level of support to internal machine owners and operators. The team lead will support the maintenance manager in day-to-day activities and floor support when necessary to maintain reliability and ensure uptime of machinery.

• Ensure the safety of production equipment by ensuring compliance to regulations and industry standards
• Identify any unsafe conditions related to electrical safety, shielding, and guarding, safety interlocks and emergency stops
• Complete safety review checklists for all new equipment and for significant changes in processes and equipment
• Finish work in compliance with site safety procedures including lock-out-tag-out, hot work, confined spaces, etc.

• Support repairs of production equipment promptly and thoroughly to minimize downtime and give directions to maintenance technicians reporting to them
• Ensure spare parts are identified and on-hand for all production equipment
• Complete scheduled preventative maintenance tasks and adjust preventative maintenance requirements over time as vital
• Support maintenance leadership on identifying opportunities for improvement
• Provide ongoing training and mentoring to production associates and maintenance technicians to ensure that equipment is being operated and maintained appropriately
• Assist production with updates to equipment related SOPs to ensure accuracy of written instructions

• Support engineering and maintenance leadership with commissioning of new equipment including researching of available technologies and providers, determination of specifications, acquiring quotations, recommending purchases, identifying training needs, etc.
• Review PMs for assigned area, follow up on completion throughout the month and work with planner on scheduling bigger repairs
• Identify opportunities for improvement in processes and best practices for technicians
• Follow up on direct reports attendance and time
• Establish spare parts needed and preventative maintenance/repairs requirements
• Run department morning meetings to identify issues of the day that need addressing
• Evaluate team competencies and train as needed
• Supervise maintenance PM activities with certain cadence to identify opportunities of improvement

• Identify and implement improvements to reduce costs, improve quality and customer satisfaction, and ensure product availability and delivery
• Participate in site continuous improvement activities including PPI and Lean

How you will get here:

• Associate degree (2-year college degree)
• 5+ years applicable work experience
• Proficient in electrical, electronics and controls technologies typically employed in industrial production equipment including an understanding of PLC ladder logic and HMI configuration
• Capable of trouble-shooting automated equipment, electronics, sensors, motors, servos and pneumatics
• Experience with automated production equipment in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with equipment design, specifications, fabrication, installation, and validation
• Strong mechanical skills including the ability to perform mechanical disassembly, repairs, and reassembly of complicated equipment
• Proficient use with all hand and power tools
• Proven solid understanding of mechanical, pneumatic, lubrication, electrical systems and industrial automation
• Knowledge of practices and techniques in general construction, repair and maintenance in a commercial environment
• Position will require working in a wide variety of environments including office, laboratory, hazardous chemical production, cleanroom, general production and warehouse, occasionally outdoors around the site, on roof-tops, in mechanical spaces, interstitial spaces, etc.
• Requires occasional lifting up to 50 pounds
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective interpersonal interactions
• Good writing skills for preparing specifications, experimental plans, and operating procedures
• Proficient in PC applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Ability to use factory applications such as CMMS software and inventory software