Lead Maintenance Technician

Job Description:

The Maintenance Lead is responsible for managing the maintenance and repair of all equipment and facility needs at the location including but not limited to plumbing, carpentry, plastering, machine servicing, conveyor maintenance and electrical.  Provide maintenance support for all production cells to maximize up-time, minimize scrap and drive continuous improvements and quality standards. 

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Direct the design, development and continuous execution of maintenance systems, such as preventive and predictive maintenance systems, reliability centered maintenance and computerized maintenance management systems 

• Perform reliability support, investigations, studies and presentations requiring a high degree of knowledge of automation and robotic systems and operations 

• Help develop budgets and forecasts and integrate into negotiation process 

• Provide analysis and recommendations for equipment repair and maintenance projects 

• Act as technical resource for manufacturing, maintenance, and engineering and as a backup for maintenance technicians 

• Troubleshoot and correct setups, tooling, and malfunctions 

• Operate personnel lifts 

• Perform all repairs and adaptions of equipment, such as; changing air, grease and coolant lines, switches, belts, guards  

• Fabricate miscellaneous items out of wood, metal and Plexiglas 

• Build or fabricate devices to improve quality and production 

• Use hand and power tools  

• Move equipment 

• Plumbing, welding, construction of metal/wood, brazing, soldering, maintenance and inventory supply check in / out using CMMS system 

• Manage maintenance supplies and maintain supply inventory  

• Order spare parts and supplies and rebuild machines as required  

• Routine electronic machine maintenance and upkeep 

• Replace electrical motors and components 

• Wire machines  

• Install new equipment  

• Design components and fabricate 

• Design and install guarding 

• Troubleshoot and replace electronic boards and digital and analog CNC drives 

• Basic Robotics 

• Train team members  

• Adhere to all safety requirements 

• Practice 5Ss 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

• Understand and follow verbal and written instructions, as well as drawings and blueprints 

• Certified fork lift operator 

• PLC Ma