Maintenance Shift Lead

Job Title: Maintenance Shift Lead

Hourly Wage: $33.25 - $39.25

Location: Barnwell, SC

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate effectively with production department employees to understand their issues related to the manufacturing equipment.
• Effectively assign resources to support all manufacturing departments.
• Proficiently diagnose complex machine and process issues with the equipment, whether electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic or of a controls nature.
• Repair the equipment issue(s) in a timely manner with reasonable cost.
• Properly charge parts to the correct work order and cost center.
• Analyze the breakdown, using Root Cause Analysis, to understand how to prevent reoccurrence.
• Communicate to the maintenance planner any unresolved issues to be addressed on PM.
• Observe the operation of all equipment for issues that might cause breakdown or loss of efficiency.
• Work with maintenance planner to plan work for preventive maintenance.
• Resolve complex issues with shift technicians.
• Attend and participate in pre and post shift turn-over meetings.
• Ensure all production equipment downtime is accurately documented and logged via shift report.
• Drive reduction of equipment downtime on their assigned shift.

Professional Experience:

• Minimum five years of experience in manufacturing maintenance.
• Experience in troubleshooting and repair of pneumatic, hydraulic, mechanical drive systems, and electrical controls.
• Must have, or possess desire and ability to learn rapidly, extensive controls experience including PLC, Servo Drives, VFD's, and process controllers

Education and specialized skills profile:

• Minimum high school diploma or equivalent.
• Two-year degree in mechanical or electrical technology preferred.
• Basic Computer skills to be able to use programs for work order and parts management.

Environment and Behavioral profile:

• Must be able to complete tasks with little or no supervision.
• Must be able to work in environments that include elevated temperatures and dusty conditions.
• Must have excellent leadership skills to manage maintenance technicians on shift to support manufacturing.
• Must use leadership skills to set priorities for the shift team to minimize manufacturing downtime while working with production shift leads.
• Must use leadership skills to work together with production shift leads to analyze manufacturing issues and to execute plans effectively to resolve agreed upon issues.
• Must use leadership skills to provide technical support to production to help evaluate process issues.

Mobility and Physical Requirement profile:

• Work location is Barnwell, SC and operates in a manufacturing environment.
• Be expected to stand for a full shift. Employee will be required to perform climbing stairs, walking, squatting, kneeling, or driving lift truck duties at variable frequency.
• There is occasional lifting that may require handling of components which can weigh up to 50 lbs.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and walk and talk or hear; use hands and finger, handle or operate objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, ambient air, temperature extremes, combustible dust fumes or airborne particles, traffic, toxic or caustic chemicals, risk of electrical shock, and vibration.
• The schedule is a rotating schedule, 12 hours per shift, 14 shifts in 28 days, days, nights, and weekends.