Manufacturing Maintenance Team Lead

As part of the team, you'll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world's toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping clinicians find diseases. Description The Manufacturing Equipment Maintenance Team Leader provides a variety of technical services including electrical, controls, and mechanical, to develop, maintain, fix, and improve our automated production equipment. The team lead will be considered the authority on all in-house automated machinery and provide the highest level of support to internal machine owners and operators. The team lead will support the maintenance manager in day-to-day activities and floor support when necessary to maintain reliability and ensure uptime of machinery. Safety What you will do: Ensure the safety of production equipment by ensuring compliance to regulations and industry standardsIdentify any unsafe conditions related to electrical safety, shielding, and guarding, safety interlocks and emergency stopsComplete safety review checklists for all new equipment and for significant changes in processes and equipmentFinish work in compliance with site safety procedures including lock-out-tag-out, hot work, confined spaces, etc. Operations Support Support repairs of production equipment promptly and thoroughly to minimize downtime and give directions to maintenance technicians reporting to themEnsure spare parts are identified and on-hand for all production equipmentComplete scheduled preventative maintenance tasks and adjust preventative maintenance requirements over time as vitalSupport maintenance leadership on identifying opportunities for improvementProvide ongoing training and mentoring to production associates and maintenance technicians to ensure that equipment is being operated and maintained appropriatelyAssist production with updates to equipment related SOPs to ensure accuracy of written instructions Supervisory Responsibilities Support engineering and maintenance leadership with commissioning of new equipment including researching of available technologies and providers, determination of specifications, acquiring quotations, recommending purchases, identifying training needs, etc.Review PMs for assigned area, follow up on completion throughout the month and work with planner on scheduling bigger repairsIdentify opportunities for improvement in processes and best practices for techniciansFollow up on direct reports attendance and timeEstablish spare parts needed and preventative maintenance/repairs requirementsRun department morning meetings to identify issues of the day that need addressingEvaluate team competencies and train as neededSupervise maintenance PM activities with certain cadence to identify opportunities of improvement Continuous Improvement Identify and implement improvements to reduce costs, improve quality and customer satisfaction, and ensure product availability and deliveryParticipate in site continuous improvement activities including PPI and Lean Requirements How you will get here: Associate degree (2-year college degree)5+ years applicable work experienceProficient in electrical, electronics and controls technologies typically employed in industrial production equipment including an understanding of PLC ladder logic and HMI configurationCapable of trouble-shooting automated equipment, electronics, sensors, motors, servos and pneumaticsExperience with automated production equipment in a manufacturing environmentExperience with equipment design, specifications, fabrication, installation, and validationStrong mechanical skills including the ability to perform mechanical disassembly, repairs, and reassembly of complicated equipmentProficient use with all hand and power toolsProven solid understanding of mechanical, pneumatic, lubrication, electrical systems and industrial automationKnowledge of practices and techniques in general construction, repair and maintenance in a commercial environmentPosition will require working in a wide variety of environments including office, laboratory, hazardous chemical production, cleanroom, general production and warehouse, occasionally outdoors around the site, on roof-tops, in mechanical spaces, interstitial spaces, etc.Requires occasional lifting up to 50 poundsStrong verbal and written communication skills for effective interpersonal interactionsGood writing skills for preparing specifications, experimental plans, and operating proceduresProficient in PC applications, including Outlook, Word, and ExcelAbility to use factory applications such as CMMS software and inventory software