Maintenance Technician Lead - 1st Shift

Company Description

Valassis, a Vericast business, is a premier marketing solutions company that accelerates profitable revenue growth for the many thousands businesses it serves directly by influencing consumer purchasing and transaction behavior at scale while engaging with over 120 million households daily.  We are recognized as leading providers of incentives, advertising, marketing services, transaction solutions, customer data and cross-channel campaign management, and intelligent media delivery that create millions of customer touch points annually for their clients.  For more information, visit http://www.vericast.com or follow Vericast on LinkedIn.

Job Description

Are you looking for a place to grow your Maintenance career? Join our direct mail team in Commerce, CA! We are currently hiring for a lead role on the 1st shift. 

Vericast offers a generous total rewards benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage, 401K and generous PTO allowance. A wide variety of additional benefits like life insurance, employee assistance and pet insurance are also available, not to mention smart and friendly coworkers!

JOB SUMMARY

• Installs and maintains production equipment in a safe, efficient and cost-effective manner.
• Performs facilities management including facility maintenance (office, production and grounds), selection and coordination of vendors, skill training and ensure compliance with OSHA regulations.
• Acts as a work leader for the installation and maintenance of production equipment.

KEY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead: Develops and leads a highly trained and motivated maintenance team to support all operations.  Provides training and coaching to new maintenance technicians and inspects their work.  Performs inventory control of all repair parts and related equipment. Oversees and performs A-level mechanic duties.  Coordinates with vendors and manages facility maintenance requirements.

• Troubleshooting & Repairs:  Inspects machinery for potential problems. Document’s problems and schedules work activities.  Prepares maintenance work order schedules for respective shifts and responds in a timely manner to all red lights and maintenance requests on the production floor.  Performs any other tasks as assigned by management to achieve overall objectives of the organization.  

• Preventative Maintenance:  Plans and implements a Quality Preventive Maintenance Program to maximize equipment life and operational efficiencies according to company and manufacturer specifications.  Ensures that all equipment has the proper safety devices/protection, is safe to operate and proper housekeeping practices are implemented.  Coordinates schedules, preventive maintenance plans and training with department managers.  Develops and tests equipment improvements to enhance operational efficiencies and production cost effectiveness.  

• Compliance: �� Maintains the facility in compliance with local, state and federal codes and company policies.  Implements safety initiatives and ensures safe working conditions; (e.g. OSHA, Hazcom, Hazardous energy standards, machine guarding, etc.)  Maintains compliance with changing OSHA regulations.  Learn and follow all safety regulations and job instructions to perform primary job duties.

• Administrative/Housekeeping:     Performs housekeeping duties required of maintenance staff including work area clean-up, machine and equipment clean-up, sweeping production floor after clean-up and various other general housekeeping duties as assigned.

Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

• 3 - 5 years Electro-mechanical experience
• Leadership experience a plus

EDUCATION

• High School Diploma or GED (Required)
• Vocational / Technical Degree (Preferred)
• Associate degree (Preferred)

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSURES

• Powered Industrial Truck Certification (Preferred)

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Work in a Lead capacity
• Broad knowledge of the Maintenance Technician field
• Able to identify and perform Level A, B, & C equipment maintenance.
• Able to read, understand and comprehend schematics/blueprints.
• Strong time management and organizational skills.

EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE UTILIZED

• Computer literacy.

COMMUNICATION AND CONTACTS

• Communicate with plant personnel, plant Leadership, various Valassis departments and corporate engineering resources.
• Communicate with outside vendors, service and maintenance providers.

 PHYSICAL DEMANDS / WORKING CONDITIONS

• While performing the