Maintenance Lead

• Drives safety performance and ensures strict adherence to company policy.
• Monitor and track attendance, perfect attendance, and vacation days through weekly Kronos reporting. Maintain employee time and vacation entries in ADP time system.
• Develop, coordinate and assign daily maintenance repair tasks.
• Maintain records and equipment repair information as needed.
• Maintain an acceptable level of housekeeping within the maintenance department.
• Coordinate with the Maintenance Supervisor daily on maintenance activities and requirements.
• Ensure effective employee relations and teamwork within the maintenance department.
• Monitor team performance to ensure satisfactory completion of assigned maintenance tasks.
• Schedule and manage repairs, preventative and predictive maintenance, and vendor service of equipment on a daily basis.
• Lead Maintenance Technician training syllabus process and help develop Maintenance Technicians' technical competence.
• Assist in developing adequate standard operating procedures and standard work operations.
• Communicate with the parts department admin on parts procurements and spare equipment inventory status.
• Effectively assign Maintenance Technician time to complete work orders, utilizing the JDE CMMS work order system.
• Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance program.
• Attend operations and strategic meetings in the absence of Maintenance Supervisor.

Supervises: Maintenance Technicians

Experience and Education:

• Must currently be at least Maintenance Technician III, have a combination of work experience and technical and industrial knowledge equivalent to a Maintenance Technician III or Maintenance Technician IV or must currently have five-or-more years of experience within a maintenance department.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills are required.
• Must have effective oral and written communication skills.
• Must be a motivated team player, who has strong project management skills and can work with vendors effectively.

Technical/Functional Competencies:

• Communicating (Verbal & Written): Listens attentively and expresses ideas clearly and concisely. Shares relevant information in a timely and effective manner. Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can get messages across that have the desired effect.
• Team Player: Works with others to achieve shared objectives and accountability; fosters a collaborative environment even when there is not full agreement on team decisions.
• Time Management: Uses time effectively and efficiently; values time, separates the important from the unimportant and acts accordingly.
• Priority Setting: Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important; quickly zeroes in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
• Must be a certified boiler operator.