Lead Maintenance Mechanic

Lead Maintenance Mechanic Hamlet, North Carolina

Job

MUST COME FROM A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT

MON-FRI 7:00a-3:30p

The Lead Maintenance Technician provides advanced technical expertise in the installation, start-up, troubleshooting, repair, and maintenance of manufacturing equipment. This position also supports maintenance planning, manages outside contractors/vendors, coordinates projects, and helps improve equipment reliability and production performance.

• Perform and support preventive and corrective maintenance on production and facility equipment.
• Identify critical PM tasks and implement them into the CMMS to improve equipment reliability.
• Support Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activities with Production.
• Install, start up, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair industrial machinery and mechanical equipment
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• Troubleshoot complex electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic systems
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• Diagnose equipment failures using multimeters, tachometers, calipers, and other diagnostic tools
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• Optimize machine cycle times, reliability, and production output
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• Dismantle equipment and replace defective or worn components.
• Perform facility and building repairs as required.
• Ensure compliance with company LOTO procedures
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• Manage maintenance work orders and planning activities using COGZ Plant Maintenance/CMMS
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• Identify critical spare parts and safety-stock requirements to minimize equipment downtime.
• Order replacement parts and coordinate repair materials.
• Coordinate planned equipment downtime with Production and other departments.
• Complete shift reports and communicate equipment status between Maintenance and Production.
• Manage outside contractors and vendors for equipment installations, facility upgrades, repairs, and larger maintenance projects.
• Support Engineering with contractor activities and onsite projects.
• Determine whether maintenance projects should be completed in-house or through outside contractors
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• Maintain a clean, organized, and safe work environment.

• Associate Degree, Technical Certificate, or equivalent experience required.
• 8+ years of experience maintaining and repairing equipment in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong electrical, mechanical, and pneumatic troubleshooting skills
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• Experience with equipment installation, start-up, preventive maintenance, and complex repairs
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• Experience with CMMS maintenance planning and work-order management
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• Experience managing contractors, vendors, maintenance projects, and critical spare parts
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• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and electrical schematics
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• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams
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• Basic IT knowledge of IP addresses and routers highly desirable
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• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
  Spanish is a plus
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• Ability to work independently, prioritize maintenance needs, and coordinate work across departments.

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