Maintenance Lead, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic

Maintenance Lead - New London

Non-supervisory role to assist and provide effective communications for maintenance team, reporting to Maintenance Manager.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to the following:

• Ensuring safety and maintaining a safe work environment for all employees
• Facilitates maintenance work requests from production floor, determines priority and ensures coworkers are aware of priority and assignments
• Ensures team members comply with all safety and good Manufacturing Practices
• Communicates to production, maintenance management, and quality assurance equipment break downs and estimated time needed to complete repairs
• Confers with vendors, management, engineering and quality control personnel to resolve maintenance problems and recommend measures to improve operations and conditions of machines and equipment
• Conducts meetings at the end of each shift to update incoming maintenance personnel on status of break downs, repairs, and troubleshooting done during the previous shift.
• Conducts meeting at start of shift to go over shift priorities and assignments as well as training.
• Actively participates in preventive/predictive maintenance processes.
• Tests and adjusts equipment to meet performance specifications.
• Initiates purchase orders for parts and machines.
• Leads inventory control
• Assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of maintenance policies and procedures.
• This is a hands on position, carrying out maintenance work along with the team and setting a high example in your work.
• Other duties may be assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Tools, materials, methods and practices used in mechanical maintenance related to production equipment.
• PLC experience a plus
• Ability to read and interpret schematics ( electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic )
• Operation of power and manual tools.
• Operation of light and heavy equipment.
• Ability to work 12 hours shifts in a continuous manufacturing operation.

Education/

Experience:

• Requires a high school diploma/GED and completion of a craft apprenticeship or craft training program.
• 2-5 years' experience in a mechanical maintenance function.
• 2-5 years' previous industrial/manufacturing experience.
• 2-5 years' electrical control's experience
• 1-2 years previous leadership experience ( small team )
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Software
• Light Microsoft office suite experience

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be able to lift and move objects up to 75 pounds consistently with heavier weight necessary at times.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions; moving mechanical parts and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company. We're focused on exciting opportunities within the home, security and commercial building markets. Our driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. We believe our work and our brands can have incredibly positive impacts for not just our business and shareholders, but for people and the planet, too.

At Fortune Brands, we're building something big. We're advancing exciting innovations in all of our products and processes. We're delivering trust, dependability, sustainability, and style. To make it all happen, we've transformed our workplace into an environment where smart, ambitious people have the support to reach their fullest potential.

When you join Fortune Brands, you become part of a high-performing team empowered to think big, learn fast and make bold decisions. We support an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged be their authentic selves, and where our differences and unique perspectives are a key strength.

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Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base hourly range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $34.00 USD - $44.00 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location.

In addition to base salary, employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan.

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