Maintenance Team Leader

Maintenance Team Leader II

As a Maintenance Team Leader II, you'll support Plant teams in achieving superior self-manufactured products and develop and train Partners to meet our commitment to superior service levels. You'll ensure Plant preventive and predictive equipment/facility maintenance and develop and maintain a repair manual library.

Key Responsibilities & Essential Functions:

• Management: Spends majority of time using independent judgment making employment-related and business decisions, or effectively recommending such decisions, including product- and department-related strategies, hiring, promoting, disciplining, suspending, discharging, rewarding, or otherwise engaging in resolving Partner-related matters
• Coaches / trains / develops non-exempt Partners (without prompting from higher-level leadership)
• Mentors / develops junior-level Maintenance Leaders and Technicians
• Routinely offers performance feedback; administers performance management appraisals as required
• Reviews daily labor schedule requirements; balances staffing levels and overtime as needed; eliminates barriers that prevent Partners from achieving Team goals
• Leads projects that support the Plant's preventative and predictive maintenance plan
• Assists with formulating / communicating tactical and strategic plans and initiatives that typically impact maintenance team Partners; gains support for / commitment to those plans
• Implements / enhances plans as needed to achieve Team goals; coordinates efforts of Partners to meet Team goals; reviews results daily with Team
• Identifies / eliminates Muda (e.g., overproduction waste, excess transportation, excess inventory, excess motion, waiting, over processing, defects, underutilized people)
• Identifies / remains actively involved in critical situations; gains input and provides updates to appropriate Leader; takes appropriate action as needed
• Administers Partner certification in preventive and predictive maintenance
• Provides input to Technology Leaders on staffing levels; gains commitment from the Team; initiates job requisitions; sources / interviews candidates
• Identifies / develops Maintenance Team Coordinators
• Becomes personally involved in every Partner injury
• Assists / supports Technology Leader in developing and implementing a comprehensive skills and training program for Maintenance Partners
• May assist Technology Leader in capital budgeting efforts
• Compliance / Maintenance: At a team level, monitors established practices to ensure Team Partner compliance with internal / external policies, procedures, guidelines, and governance
• Ensures Partner compliance with Plant Safety Program, work instructions, standards, and product specifications
• Ensures facility and equipment comply with all local, state, and federal regulations
• Ensures all preventive maintenance is done timely and accurately and meets highest maintenance standards
• Creates / executes preventive maintenance schedule to ensure proper maintenance of equipment to meet customer demand efficiently and effectively
• Ensures production and ancillary equipment are maintained in like-new condition
• Ensures correct parts ordering and inventory to conduct scheduled maintenance
• Generates reports to effectively communicate maintenance status and scheduled activities
• Creates / executes / audits the Preventive & Predictive Maintenance Program to improve and move toward a total Plant maintenance concept

The responsibilities and essential functions outlined above describe the general nature and level of work assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required. Duties and responsibilities may be modified at any time based on business needs. Employees may be required to perform other job-related tasks as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodations.

Qualifications & Key Requirements:

• Work Experience: 3+ years Related experience (preferred)
• Experience in high-performance work team concepts - Required
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Advanced knowledge of maintenance work / skills - Required
• Working knowledge of compliance requirements in the industry, EEOC, and employment laws - Required
• Working knowledge of HACCP, USDA, OSHA, FDA, and state weight and measure requirements - Required
• Knowledge of operating statements, inventory reports, regulatory reports, CIP computer systems, PLC system, TINA, general computer operations, and financial reports related to one functional area - Required
• Advanced verbal / written communication and presentation skills - Required
• Advanced leadership skills - Required
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making skills - Required
• Strong skills operating internal / external software systems - Required
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and shift focus between projects / tasks; attention to detail - Required
• Ability to coach and develop others - Required
• Ability to lead and motivate non-exempt Partners - Required
• Ability to read schematics and blueprints - Required
• Education: A related degree or comparable formal training, certification, or work experience - Required
• Licenses/Certifications: Successful completion of MWT ATL Program and SORM - Required

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• Travel by car or plane with overnight stays
• Work flexible and/or rotating schedules, including overnights, weekends, and holidays
• Occasionally lift 20 lbs or more
• Stand, stoop, walk, bend, and climb, with or without accommodations
• Work on production floors that are wet and slippery due to product, water, and chemical residues
• Work in facilities with inside temperatures ranging from -35 to 130 degrees
• Work around gaseous materials, including cleaning and sanitation agents and ammonia for refrigerant systems
• Work in facilities with noise level ranges from normal to 100 db

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.