Maintenance Lead

Description

At American Packaging Corporation (APC), you’ll find the packaging career you’ve been looking for. With competitive salaries, excellent benefits, 401(k) plans and tuition reimbursement programs, we nurture our employees while advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion. As the leading flexible packaging converter in North America for over a century, APC’s longstanding success is fueled from the inside out. We’re constantly seeking to improve our internal operations and were named a “Best of the Best” in the Best workplaces in the America’s awards for 12 years in a row. It’s how and why we engage the best and brightest talent to continue propelling our shared success into the future.

LOCATION: Story City, IA

SHIFT: 12 hr Nights, 7p-7a

SUMMARY: Assists the Plant Engineer and/or Maintenance Manager in the motivation and organization of the hourly maintenance personnel. This is accomplished through managing the plant work order system, preventative maintenance systems and the general repair of equipment and the facility. 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Facilitate on the job training and instruction for team members on the correct use of tools and equipment to ensure proper safety and operating procedures are followed.
• Must have mechanical aptitude and understanding of the equipment capabilities to understand the daily manufacturing issues. Must assist the departments in ascertaining whether issues are related to the operator, method, or machine.
• Assist in the inventory control of purchased suppliers that fall into the departmental responsibilities.
• Participate directly and coordinate Maintenance Technician Training, actively practice and support directly and with Maintenance personnel the SPOT Safety Program fundamentals to aid American Packaging Corporation’s efforts to achieve a zero-accident rate.
• Attend dashboard daily, if applicable. Review issues with Plant Engineer and/or Maintenance Manager.
• Communicate with managers and supervisors throughout the day to address problems.
• Expedite and monitor parts ordering for down equipment.
• Assist with troubleshooting issues with the equipment. Communicate any ongoing issues to Plant engineer and Maintenance Manager/Supervisor, where applicable.
• Spends a minimum of 4 hours per day assisting maintenance techs and apprentices on machine calls/project work and training “hands on”.
• Review completed work orders for completeness.
• Schedule active preventative maintenance work orders. 
• Able to work various hours on short notice for special projects.
• Actively participates in safety programs and makes safety observations. 
• Must possess a healthy work ethic.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Must take responsibility for work assigned.
• Follow and support all Plant Safety Rules, GMPs, and other procedural training requirements.
• All other duties as assigned.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Two-year certificate from college or technical school with a focus in machining and/or electronics; or two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.

REASONING ABILITY 

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representatives of those tha