Lead Maintenance Technician - Dept. 283 (2nd shift)

DENSO North America; Maryville (TN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Maintenance Technician to enhance organizational capabilities and support a highly automated production environment. This role involves providing technical support, assessing and training maintenance team members, and investigating complex machinery issues. The ideal candidate will possess strong problem-solving skills, effective communication abilities, and the capacity to work independently. Join a forward-thinking company where your expertise will contribute to improving machine reliability and operational efficiency, ensuring the success of critical production processes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a skilled maintenance technician.
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to troubleshoot complex production equipment.
• Lead special projects to improve machine reliability and team skills.

Skills

Problem Solving

Effective Communication

Teamwork

Project Management

Data Analysis

Customer Focus

Organizational Understanding

Building Trust

Initiating Actions

Integrating Change

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

PLC Software

Computer Software for Data Analysis

Job description

Lead Maintenance Technician

JOB SUMMARY

Responsibility for a variety of specialized activities required to enhance organizational capabilities. This could include skill assessment, training/mentoring, systems improvement, complex machinery investigations, data analysis, coordination of activities with engineering or outside equipment suppliers, preparation of presentation materials to secure resources or leadership support. This position is intended to retain and attract talent with highly marketable skills that are essential to sustain our business competitiveness.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide technical support to Maintenance team members to troubleshoot complex problems in order to recover highly automated production equipment quickly.
2. Assess skill levels of Maintenance team members.
3. Provide training to team members to close skill gaps.
4. Investigate difficult-to-resolve machine problems to determine root cause and implement countermeasures, primarily after other technicians’ efforts have failed.
5. Spec and/or implement countermeasures to improve machine reliability or to upgrade obsolete machine components, primarily for complex issues that cannot be delegated to Maintenance team members.
6. Coordinate with machine design and/or Production Engineering (PE) teams when large or complex design solutions are needed to improve machine reliability or to upgrade obsolete machine components.
7. Lead or support a variety of special projects to improve machines and/or team member skills, which could include investigation, planning, developing proposals, coordination with vendors, summarizing information into presentation materials.
8. Review machine specs and designs prior to construction and make recommendations for improvement to design concepts in order to enhance future maintainability and reliability.
9. Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive Preventive and Predictive Maintenance plan and procedures for automated equipment.
10. Analyze data to identify opportunities to improve the reliability, quality, or productivity of equipment. Note: Duties and responsibilities may require extended periods of off-shift work, call-in work, or on-call work schedules.

Education

• High school diploma or completion of high school equivalence exam required.

Work Experience

• 5 or more years of related multi-craft experience as a highly skilled maintenance technician working with computer software and PLCs.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Able to work mostly independently with limited supervision support required.
• Demonstrated competencies:
  • Acting to Build Trust
  • Managing Work
  • Customer Focus
  • Initiating Actions
  • Individual Development
  • Integrating Change
  • Effective Communication
  • Teamwork
  • Organizational Understanding
  • Problem Solving
• Demonstrated competency in working with computer software to manipulate, analyze, and reconcile data.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills required.
• Demonstrated competency to independently evaluate situations and develop innovative solutions to complex problems, applying knowledge of specialty area and use of sound judgment.
• Knowledge of industrial safety practices and procedures.
• Basic project management skills required.
• Ability to use a documented problem-solving process (i.e., PDCA, PM Analysis, 5-Why) to identify the root cause of equipment-related problems.