Lead Technician Operations Maintenance

Anticipated hourly range: $22.30 per hour - $37.12 per hour

Bonus eligible:  No

Benefits:  Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings account (HSA)

• 401k savings plan

• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

• Short- and long-term disability coverage

• Work-Life resources

• Paid parental leave

• Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close: 10/11/2026 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.

The hourly range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s geographical location, relevant education, experience and skills and an evaluation of internal pay equity.

What Ops Maintenance contributes to Cardinal Health

Operations is responsible for materials handling and product distribution in a distribution or manufacturing environment. Includes warehousing and fulfillment of materials and products, transportation, inventory management as well as demand, supply and manufacturing planning.

Operations Maintenance is responsible for managing the service life of company assets including physical building and utilities, manufacturing/ warehouse equipment and tooling, office devices and physical layout of facility. This responsibility is completed through the management of appropriate internal and external resources as needed to ensure the dependable and safe operations environment necessary for a given Cardinal facility. This group has responsibility for both corrective and preventative maintenance and the necessary systems to manage, schedule and record this activity.

Shift/Schedule

• Full Time / 40 hours per week
• Typical schedule is Monday - Friday 7:00am - 4:00pm but need to be flexible to work different shifts, schedules, overtime and weekends to support business needs.

Responsibilities

• Performs highly diversified duties to install and maintain the plant facility and production equipment
• Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of facility and production lines/equipment during production and machine service. Performs scheduled maintenance repairs as needed
• Performs simple machinist duties and responsibilities
• Performs mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of plant facilities and production lines/equipment
• Reads and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service on plant facilities and production lines/equipment
• Diagnoses problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments on plant facilities and production lines/equipment
• Performs regular preventive maintenance on plant facilities, productions machines and equipment
• Uses a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
• Detects faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
• Complies with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas
• Follows Good Documentation Practices
• Networks across business and functional units to achieve positive outcomes
• Performs other job duties as assigned

Qualifications

• High School diploma, GED or equivalent, or equivalent work experience, preferred

• 4+ years’ experience preferred

• Ability to manage up to 75 pounds

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational and follow up skills

• Past automation line experience in a manufacturing facility strongly preferred

• Strong mechanical aptitude preferred

• Proficient in Microsoft office

• Good written communication skills

• Ability to work weekends, holidays, on-call, various schedules/shifts, and overtime as needed

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies extensive knowledge and company policies to complete a wide range of assignments
• Demonstrates expert understanding of all levels of the job family and has thorough knowledge of jobs outside area of responsibility
• Takes the lead in effectively applying new processes and skills in accomplishing assignments
• May provide technical guidance and training to others
• Maintains appropriate licenses, training and certifications
• Works on complex problems that require independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve issue
• Makes recommendation for new or revised processes and has a role on the implementation
• Adheres to all quality guidelines
• Works with minimal degree of supervision. Has latitude to make decisions in exceptional circumstances within established guidelines
• Provides guidance to less experienced team members
• May have team leader responsibilities but does not formally supervise

Candidates who are back-to-work, people with disabilities, without a college degree, and Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, status with regard to public assistance, genetic status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.