Maintenance Team Lead EMO

About the Role

Serve as the maintenance contact for Operations and lead maintenance activities for the Primary End during the assigned shift. Address emergent maintenance issues and make real-time decisions to support safe and reliable operation.

Responsibilities

• Lead and assist mechanical and electrical personnel in responding to equipment breakdowns and completing preventive maintenance.
• Prioritize and balance breakdown work with planned maintenance activities.
• Perform hands-on mechanical and electrical maintenance work as needed.
• Ensure accurate labor charging, work order completion, documentation quality, and identification of follow-up work in the CMMS.
• Coordinate and oversee embedded and outside contractors.
• Ensure maintenance activities comply with site policies, approved safe job procedures, maintenance standards, and OSHA requirements.
• Identify follow-up work and communicate labor, material, and tooling needs to planners and management.
• Support effective shift turnover by communicating equipment status and outstanding maintenance issues.
• Attend all scheduled maintenance training, safety classes, and monthly safety meetings.
• Monitor and coach team members on specific timely issues and concerns.
• Conduct or attend safety meetings, crew meetings, and maintenance outage/down day meetings as required.
• Help manage the implementation of company and commercial standards (ISO, Department SOPs, OSHA).

Requirements

• Ability to operate welding/electrical testing equipment, hand tools, electric hand tools, pneumatic hand tools, conduit benders, threading machines, hydraulic rams, and gear pullers.
• Minimum 5 years of heavy industrial maintenance experience.
• Experience leading maintenance jobs and projects.
• Experience scheduling people and equipment.
• High level of written and oral communication skills.
• Good understanding of production planning and maintenance systems.
• Mid to high-level computer skills.
• Experience working with employees using a team concept.
• Strong organizational and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position supervises other shift maintenance personnel working on the same shift.

Schedule

Full-time, non-exempt position eligible for overtime. Works 12-hour rotating shifts, including days, nights, and weekends.