Maintenance Lead

About the Role

The Maintenance Lead performs and oversees a variety of maintenance and repair activities for buildings, equipment, and grounds. This position serves as the lead maintenance employee, providing day-to-day direction and support to Maintenance Technicians, coordinating maintenance activities, managing preventive maintenance programs, overseeing parts inventory and purchasing, and ensuring maintenance work orders are completed accurately and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Leadership & Coordination: Provide day-to-day direction, guidance, and support to Maintenance Technicians; prioritize and assign maintenance tasks; assist with training and development; coordinate maintenance activities to ensure timely completion of work.
• Work Order Management: Create, assign, track, document, and close maintenance work orders; maintain accurate maintenance records; coordinate preventive and corrective maintenance schedules.
• Parts Inventory & Purchasing: Maintain maintenance parts and supply inventories; monitor stock levels; identify critical spare parts; order parts, tools, and supplies from approved vendors to support maintenance operations and minimize equipment downtime.
• Carpentry: Perform basic rough and finished carpentry repair of structures such as partitions, walls, doors, fences, window frames, office furniture, roofs, and shelves.
• Glazier: Remove broken glass, putty, or plastic; replace windows and door hardware; replace glass for windows, doors, and light fixtures.
• Electrical: Perform basic electrical repair work for switches, outlets, plugs, cables, appliances, and lighting systems; report unsafe electrical conditions.
• Plumbing: Identify and perform basic repairs of plumbing leaks or breaks; open clogged lines and drains; replace seals and other minor parts; maintain drinking fountains; repair, replace, and maintain hot water heaters and other appliances.
• Painting: Apply and prepare various surfaces for paint, enamel, lacquer, varnish, or stain; remove or paint over graffiti; repair wall coverings.
• Grounds Maintenance: Maintain grounds in a clean, safe, and orderly manner including mowing, trimming, weeding, aerating, minor pest management, composting, and fertilizing lawns; replace plants as needed; set sprinklers; replace broken sprinkler heads; adjust automatic time clocks and system pressure if necessary; clean debris from grounds, pathways, and parking lots; maintain grounds maintenance equipment; prune trees and shrubs.
• Masonry: Lay forms, mix, pour, finish, and repair concrete for sidewalks, pavers, ramps, and slabs.
• Perform other maintenance, facility improvement, and continuous improvement projects as assigned.
• Promote and enforce safe work practices and compliance with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Knowledgeable in methods used in maintenance, including basic knowledge of the following trades: carpentry, plumbing, glass replacement, painting, masonry, grounds keeping (including sprinkler systems and pest management).
• A minimum of two years' experience with appliance repairs and electrical wiring, plus the use and maintenance of hand tools and gas-powered equipment.
• Prior experience leading, coordinating, or directing maintenance personnel preferred.
• Experience with maintenance work order systems, inventory control, and parts procurement preferred.
• Basic understanding of math (add, subtract, multiply, and divide), along with the ability to read blueprints is required.
• Well versed in standard safety practices and procedures in the maintenance and repair of building facilities.
• Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• High School Diploma/GED required.
• Higher education/certification in a related field is preferred.