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Primary Function\ The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Technician Lead is responsible for overseeing the maintenance and repair of manufacturing equipment to ensure optimal performance and minimal downtime. This role involves leading a team of technicians, coordinating maintenance schedules, troubleshooting complex equipment issues, and implementing preventative maintenance programs. The lead technician acts as a liaison between maintenance staff, production teams, and management, ensuring smooth operations and compliance with safety and quality standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Supervise Maintenance Team: Lead, direct, and manage a team of maintenance technicians, ensuring efficient and effective performance of maintenance activities. Provide guidance, training, and support to ensure high standards of work and safety are maintained.
• Preventive Maintenance Management: Oversee the development and execution of preventive maintenance schedules for equipment, machinery, and building systems to minimize downtime and ensure optimal functioning.
• Troubleshooting and Repairs: Lead troubleshooting of routine and predictive maintenance as outlined in manufacturer recommendations for various tools and equipment. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, CNC equipment, cranes and hoists, small gas engines, electrical circuitry, various forms of hydraulics, and mechanical functions to ensuring prompt resolution of issues to minimize production or operational downtime.
• Must possess low and high voltage electrical safety knowledge and safe work practices including LOTO, DMM usage to troubleshoot low and high voltage circuits safely.
• Equipment Inspections: Conduct regular inspections of equipment and systems to identify potential issues and ensure compliance with regulatory standards and safety protocols. Remove from service non-functioning equipment. Troubleshoot, repair, adjust tools/equipment and return to service.
• Work Orders and Documentation: Manage and prioritize work orders, ensuring timely completion of tasks. Maintain accurate records of maintenance activities, parts inventory, and service history for accountability and future reference.
• Inventory Management: Oversee the inventory of maintenance supplies and tools, ensuring that necessary parts and equipment are available to complete repairs and preventive maintenance tasks.
• Safety Compliance: Ensure that maintenance work is performed in compliance with safety regulations and company policies. Promote a culture of safety within the maintenance team and throughout the organization.
• Budget and Cost Management: Monitor and control maintenance budgets, identifying opportunities to reduce costs without compromising quality. Assist in forecasting future maintenance needs and equipment replacements.
• Training and Development: Provide training for new and existing team members on best practices, safety protocols, equipment handling, and troubleshooting techniques. Foster an environment of continuous improvement and skill development.
• Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with other departments (e.g., production, facilities, engineering) to understand maintenance needs, address concerns, and contribute to improving operational efficiency.
• Emergency Response: Be available for emergency maintenance and repair situations outside of normal working hours to ensure the continuity of operations.
• Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify areas for improvement in maintenance processes, equipment, and systems. Lead efforts to implement best practices, new technologies and innovative solutions to enhance reliability and efficiency.
• Must be adaptable, and able to switch between tasks as production demands shift to different equipment.

Promote and actively embrace the concept of professionalism, with an emphasis on quality, commitment, integrity, ingenuity, teamwork, the community, and the environment. Safety is a deeply rooted cultural value and it must be promoted and enforced at all times.

Minimum Qualifications/Experience\ Associate\'s degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year College or technical school; or one to three years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Five to eight years of leadman or supervisory experience in related field.
• Excellent organizational and leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate and report effectively.
• Should be comfortable working with a computer. Experience with Microsoft Office, including Excel, preferred.