Group Lead-Maintenance

Position Summary

Owns overall location maintenance activities, on both production and non‑production equipment. Fosters positive working relationships with all team members in line with Parker’s WIN Strategy. Promotes Parker’s Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost principles, and actively drives conformance to policies, standards, work practices, and systems. Supervises and directs the work activity of the maintenance department, appropriately distributing workload, motivating and empowering subordinates, and developing team members, including constructing and executing development plans.

Ensures best‑in‑class equipment uptime while maintaining full compliance with all environmental, health, and safety requirements.

• Plans, schedules, assigns, and supervises work of the maintenance department. Effectively demonstrates team member competencies and participates in goal setting, performance feedback, and self‑development activities.
• Maintains facility equipment and preventative maintenance programs.
• Oversees moderately complex planning, design, reconfiguration, construction, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, structures, and other facilities.
• Gathers and reviews data concerning facility or equipment specifications, company or government restrictions and/or permit requirements, required completion dates, and construction feasibility. Reviews and estimates design costs including equipment, installation, labor, materials, preparation, and other related costs. Obtains quotes and supplies cost information on facility construction or improvement projects. Maintains supplier/contractor relationships.
• Oversees the design, build, modify, maintain, and repair assembly and machining workstations, including controls, guards, and fixtures on presses, and test equipment.
• Contacts, coordinates, and leads efforts with outside contractors as it relates to machine repairs, facility repairs, facility upgrades, or any other projects that require outside resources.
• Ensures compliance with OSHA regulations and other safety governing bodies. Prepares and maintains appropriate records in accordance with company policies and law.
• Oversees work required to rig, move or erect all types of machine tools and equipment for plant layout changes.
• Positively and actively contributes to High Performance Teams (HPTs) by participating in team improvement boards (TIB) reviews, problem solving and task completion.
• Collaborates with team members to identify continuous improvement opportunities. Constantly identifies and eliminates waste in the assigned departments. Champions Lean Kaizen events to identify cost and time savings. Participates in cost‑reduction programs. Coordinates new product launches with Engineering.
• Ensures quality standards are met that emphasize and focus on continuous improvement to improve manufacturing capability and reduce rework and scrap. Contains source of quality issues.
• Develops and deploys standardized work instructions of assigned department(s). Ensures process stability through following standardized work.
• Promotes and enforces compliance of safety policies and procedures. Conducts safety investigations and audits. Addresses safety non‑compliance. Maintains Operation Showcase.

• High School Diploma or equivalent required; technical certification(s) and/or associate degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience working as a maintenance mechanic required, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong working knowledge of CNC equipment, electrical theory, hydraulic and pneumatic circuits preferred.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of electrical, plumbing, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, including ladder logic and electronics, with the ability to read and interpret complex schematics and technical drawings.
• Ability to design and fabricate fixturing and guarding from a variety of materials.
• Must have demonstrated leadership abilities, and the ability to work in a team environment, and at various levels of the organization.
• Must possess strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, and proficient computer skills.
• Actively participates and supports the…