Maintenance Team Lead-GA

Job Function:
Under direction of the Maintenance Manager/Supervisor, the Maintenance Team Lead must provide support to production while following all safety procedures and policies.

Job Responsibilities:
- Assist the Manager/Supervisor in leading the departmental safety guidelines, including housekeeping disciplines, and the investigation of all accidents and injuries.
- Assist the Manager/Supervisor in leading the department’s day to day operations.
- Supports and Enforces departmental policies and procedures.
- Assigns work to individuals and provides technical direction and help accomplish difficult work steps and processes if needed.
- Motivates Technicians to operate as an effective work unit
- Maintains work reports and records
- Back up support to all Maintenance Techs who are on the job and may need extra assistance
- Will serve as the lead contact between production and all maintenance technicians
- Installs wiring, pneumatic, hydraulic, and PLC controls
- Adjusts and calibrates machines
- Removes, replaces, and or repairs machinery
- Takes work orders out of maintenance system and completes in a timely manner
- Completes parts requisitions in maintenance system with correct part numbers and vendors
- Insures all safety and lock out / tag out procedures are followed
- Initiates and participates in process improvements and is part of the implementation group
- Initiates self-directed activities
- Responsible for parts inventory
- Provides schedules for preventative maintenance on equipment and adheres to the published standards

Physical Demands:
- Standing: Most of the day (more than 5 hours per day)
- Sitting: Most of the day (more than 5 hours per day)
- Walking: Most of the day (more than 5 hours per day)
- Bending: Occasionally
- Lifting: medium (less than 100 lbs.)
- Carry: medium (50- 80 lbs.)
- Pushing/Pulling: under 50 lbs. without assistance frequently

Job Qualifications:
- Strong technical knowledge of manufacturing environment and high-speed production equipment.
- Ability to work, motivate, and train effectively with Maintenance technicians who have a variety of backgrounds and training experience
- Ability to plan, work, and carry out assignments effectively
- Must possess and demonstrate aptitude in the mechanical and electrical, machine controls and hydraulics, pneumatics/vacuum primary skill
- Ability to clearly communicate and have above average interpersonal skills

Experience Requirement:
- 5 years industrial maintenance to include pneumatics and hydraulics preferred
- Technical School Training preferred considered in lieu of experience
- Electrical license or 5 years industrial electrical experience preferred
- Prior Supervisory Experience preferred.