Maintenance Lead, Maintenance Technician ​/ Mechanic, Maintenance Manager

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Full Time Waxahachie, TX, US

8 days ago Requisition

Maintenance Tech Lead

Maintenance & Facilities |
Full-Time | On-Site |
Waxahachie, Texas

Why Join Us?

Americase is a growing Texas-based company known for quality craftsmanship, a safety-first culture, and investment in our people. This role offers a hands-on leadership opportunity where you'll build and mentor a skilled maintenance team, keep our production lines running at their best, and have a direct impact on our plant's success. If you take pride in solving problems, leading by example, and keeping equipment running safely and efficiently, we want to hear from you.

Summary/Scope of Role

The Maintenance Tech Lead is responsible for directing the day-to-day work of a team of 5–10 Maintenance Technicians across multiple shifts, ensuring preventive and corrective maintenance is completed safely, on schedule, and to a high standard. This role oversees shift coverage and hand-off communication, leads troubleshooting on complex machine and facility issues, coordinates parts and vendor needs, and provides hands-on training and mentorship to team members.

Duties may include but are not limited to machine maintenance (preventive and corrective), shop and facility upkeep, light plumbing/electrical/HVAC work, and other duties as assigned under the supervision of the Director of Maintenance and Facilities.

Key Attributes Required

• Strong leadership presence with the ability to direct, coach, and hold a multi-shift team accountable for completing assigned tasks
• High self-motivation and sound independent judgment
• Professional, ethical, and safety-oriented in all aspects of the role
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Team-oriented with the ability to build collaboration across shifts
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written, phone, electronic)
• Composed under pressure when responding to downtime or urgent repairs

Duties and Responsibilities

• Team Leadership :
  Direct, schedule, and prioritize daily and weekly job tasks for 5–10 Maintenance Technicians across multiple shifts, ensuring consistent coverage and clear shift-to-shift hand-off
• Training & Development :
  Train and mentor Maintenance Team members, including new hires, and provide ongoing training as machinery, tools, and procedures are updated
• Preventive & Corrective Maintenance :
  Oversee and personally perform shop and machine maintenance, including preventive and corrective maintenance and light plumbing/electrical/HVAC activities, per the direction of the Director of Maintenance & Facilities
• Troubleshooting :
  Lead troubleshooting of machine and building issues, escalating and coordinating repairs to minimize production downtime
• Parts & Inventory :
  Manage parts room organization and parts ordering, and coordinate the order/pick-up of parts at the directive of the Director of Maintenance & Facilities
• Safety & Compliance :
  Enforce safety protocols and lockout/tagout procedures across the team, and ensure work is performed in compliance with company and regulatory standards
• Reporting :
  Communicate maintenance status, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities to the Director of Maintenance & Facilities
• Other Duties :
  Perform other duties as assigned

Leadership and team supervision, excellent communication skills, professional written communication, technical communication, customer service, diplomacy, professionalism, safety-oriented mindset, attention to detail, math aptitude, sound judgment, computer literacy (including CMMS/work order systems), negotiation, problem analysis and solving, decision-making, teamwork, collaboration, and project management.

Education/Experience

• 3–5+ years of applicable maintenance experience, including prior lead or supervisory experience preferred
• Welding experience
• Working knowledge of electrical, plumbing, and HVAC principles
• Working knowledge of electrical controls, pneumatics, motor controls, and hydraulics
• Experience with machinery maintenance, including building/rebuilding equipment
• Metal manufacturing/fabrication…