Maintenance Group Leader- Nightshift

Maintenance Group Leader

Maintenance Group Leader is responsible for leading, coordinating, and overseeing building and facilities maintenance operations within a large automotive manufacturing facility. This role ensures the safety, reliability, and functionality of plant infrastructure while supporting uninterrupted production operations. The Group Leader provides hands-on leadership to maintenance technicians, ensures regulatory compliance, manages work priorities, and partners closely with Production, Safety, Engineering, and Contractors.

• Lead, schedule, and support a team of building maintenance technicians across assigned shifts
• Works closely with group leaders to coordinate topics for meetings, etc.
• Assign daily work, prioritize reactive and preventive maintenance tasks, and monitor completion
• Provide coaching, training, and performance feedback to team members and elevate serious cases to Maintenance Manager and Human Resources
• Enforce company policies, safety standards, and work procedures
• Support attendance management, overtime planning and coverage needs
• Ensure all maintenance activities support compliance with IATF requirements for process control, documentation, and traceability.
• Participate in a teamwork atmosphere and contribute to various continuous improvement projects and Jishuken and Kaizen activities such as defect rate(s) investigation, standardized work improvements, cost-downs or other improvement activities, etc.
• Perform highly diversified duties to install and maintain production machines and the plant facility's equipment
• Oversee maintenance and repair of building systems including but not limited to:
• HVAC systems
• Plumbing and water systems
• Electrical distribution and lighting
• Structural components (doors, docks, walls, floor, roofs)
• Fire protection and life safety systems
• Ensure proper operation of restrooms, offices, production support areas, and common spaces
• Response to facility-related emergencies and breakdowns
• Support root cause analysis (RCA), and corrective action processes to prevent recurrence of equipment failures
• Execute and improve preventative maintenance (PM) programs for facility assets
• Ensure work orders are properly documented and closed in CMMS systems
• Identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for cost reduction or reliability improvement
• Maintenance compliance with OSHA, EPA, fire code, and local-state regulatory requirements
• Conduct safety audits, inspections, and corrective actions
• Ensure contractor safety compliance and permit management (LOTO, hot work, confined space)
• Support environmental initiatives including waste, water, and energy management
• Coordinate external contractors for specialized services or capital projects
• Monitor contractor performance, timelines and Responsible for ensuring standardized work procedures are properly followed
• Facilitate good communications with all for establishing expectations and problem resolutions
• Must be able to successfully lead and function within a team environment and be able to adapt to change
• Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
• Assesses building systems to plan work assignments
• Collaborate with team members to discuss upcoming work assignments; delegates assignments based on team members' skills and experience
• Read and interpret equipment manuals, schematics, and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
• Support and lead facility upgrades, remodels, and continuous improvement project
• Communicate facility issues, risks, and priorities to leadership
• Partner with Production, Engineering, EHS, and HR to support plant operations
• Participate in daily production meetings and maintenance planning discussions
• Ensure maintenance technicians are trained in quality standards, documentation practices, and process audit readiness.
• Use a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters, and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Lead the maintenance team to adhering to environment regulations and company policies, promoting sustainability and safe handling practices per ISO 14001…