Machine Maintenance Lead - Weekend

About the role

The Machine Maintenance Lead ensures maintenance and repair activities for machinery are conducted efficiently. They diagnose issues, perform repairs, and maintain documentation to ensure equipment reliability and compliance with safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and conduct training programs for new maintenance technicians, focusing on technical skills, safety protocols, and best practices in machine maintenance.
• Utilize advanced troubleshooting techniques to diagnose complex mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic issues in machinery, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum productivity.
• Design, implement, and optimize preventive maintenance programs to proactively identify and address potential equipment failures, minimizing unplanned downtime and costly repairs.
• Provide technical support to maintenance technicians during equipment breakdowns or malfunctions, offering expertise to expedite repairs and restore production operations promptly.
• Ensure facility and infrastructure is maintained as required to ensure safe operation and zero downtime of systems.
• Enforce adherence to safety regulations and company policies among maintenance team members, conducting regular safety audits and promoting a culture of safety awareness.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to optimize maintenance processes, streamline workflows, and enhance overall equipment reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with production managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to coordinate maintenance activities, prioritize work orders, and minimize disruptions to production schedules.
• Stay abreast of industry advancements and emerging technologies in machine maintenance, incorporating innovative techniques and tools to improve maintenance practices.
• Provide ongoing mentorship and coaching to maintenance technicians, fostering their technical growth and professional development within the organization.
• Act as a point of contact for maintenance emergencies, mobilizing resources and coordinating rapid responses to critical equipment failures to minimize production downtime.

Qualifications

Associate degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of experience in machine maintenance, or a related field, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong technical skills in troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems.
• Familiarity with PLCs, and other automated systems is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to maintenance issues.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.