Ice Cream Maintenance Lead

SUMMARY: The maintenance lead position supports the maintenance supervisor. This position coordinates the team of mechanics in their area of assignment under the direction of the supervisor. This position is responsible for ensuring completion of maintenance tasks in their assigned area, making sure the supervisor is aware if there are any gaps. The position ensures the correct resources are being applied to each problem and escalates to the supervisor when additional help is needed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

(NOTE:  The duties listed below are normal for this job. Incumbents are cross-trained and may perform any combination of the following duties/responsibilities.  These duties are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.)

Location of the job: Covington, TN

Base Pay Rate: $44.00

Shift: 8 hours 7:30am- 3:30 pm, Day Shift

Overall Benefits & Perks (non-union)

• Continuously strive to increase the efficiency and reliability of equipment in their area of focus.
• Support maintenance team in troubleshooting, finding/procuring parts, or escalating issues as required.
• Provide troubleshooting and support for plant in the assigned area 24hrs/7days a week.
• Escalate issues of non-compliance to the supervisor
• Ensures equipment is properly input into Megamation for all equipment
• Ensures work orders are being completed, shares this information with the mechanics on a weekly basis and reports issues with compliance to the supervisor. Periodic audits of the work order process.
• Carries out periodic audits to ensure the work order process is being followed and reports to supervisor
• Carries out periodic audits to ensure depth of work order material is adequate and reports to supervisor
• Perform audits on LOTO procedures and update with the SHE dept. Develop procedures that do not exist.
• Work with the storeroom and maintenance planner to ensure the correct parts and qty of parts are being stocked for each machine
• Work with the maintenance planner to track breakdowns and develop countermeasures for repeat issues
• Develop short and medium term plans for equipment maintenance with the maintenance planner and operations team. Work with the supervisor to develop longer term goals.
• Working as a team with Supervisors, Maintenance team members, and Operations to plan, procure and document activities for the enhancement of machines in the assigned area
• Working with the maintenance team to improve operations productivity and quality by anticipating and eliminating potential delays through planning, and coordination of labor, parts, material, tools and equipment access
• Reviewing, developing and/or modifying work orders for equipment in the area of focus
• Contacting vendors and manufacturers as needed for support in resolving issues
• Assisting in the development and implementation of reliability centered maintenance strategies

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Associate or Technical degree or higher in an engineering field OR at least five (5) years of experience as a maintenance planner/technician in fast paced manufacturing environment. Automation experience is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to coordinate and communicate with teams working different shifts across a 24/7 schedule.
• Experience with CMMS systems
• Willing to support off shift, overtime, weekends, on-call hours and holidays as necessary to support business needs
• Experience reading and following electrical and maintenance schematics/blueprints
• Must be capable of working independently and in a team environment
• Experience making reliability/maintenance decisions to meet needs
• Proven track record of implementing improvement ideas

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a supervisor or lead of a team of mechanics
• Experience as a maintenance planner
• NATE Certification
• Generac Certified
• Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Service Training

• Experience with Megamation as a CMMS system
• Controls/Automation experience with a strong preference to Allen Bradley controls

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.  Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:  Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  Ability to compare rate, ration, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out detailed but involved written or oral instructions.  Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representatives of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

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

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