Lead Operations Manufacturing Mechanic

bdx; Sumter (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

BD is seeking a Lead Operations Manufacturing Mechanic to operate, set up, adjust, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain all departmental production equipment on the shop floor. You will provide leadership and training to associates and collaborate with engineering to improve processes.

You must train technical staff, perform PM audits, document activities, and ensure equipment is reliable and within quality standards. Clear handwriting is required to support accurate records.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to lead a production team.
• Strong troubleshooting and repair skills on manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with preventive maintenance procedures.

Responsibilities

• Operates, sets up, adjusts, and maintains departmental production equipment.
• Provides informal leadership on the production floor and trains associates.
• Collaborates with engineering to complete improvement projects.
• Maintains equipment logs and PM audits; analyzes failures for improvements.

Skills

Team leadership

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Problem solving

Tools

Electrical/mechanical aptitude

Job description

We are the people who give possibilities purpose

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

Job Description

As a Lead Operations Manufacturing Mechanic, you will be responsible for operating, setting up, adjusting, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining all departmental production equipment. You will also provide leadership and training for associates on the production floor and work with the machine shop personnel to improve equipment operation and processes.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Operates, sets-up, adjusts, changeovers/troubleshoots and repairs/maintains all departmental production equipment.
• Responsibilities include production, quality, downtime and waste levels of machine operation.
• Provides informal leadership in a team environment.
• Trains and advises technical associates and fellow associates on proper set-ups and repairs of equipment.
• Trains Technical Associates in methodical problem-solving techniques.
• Collaborate with engineering and Automation Control Technicians to direct the completion of required projects.
• Uses available resources: engineering, machine shop, production and maintenance departments as required.
• Organizes and directs improvement projects to increase equipment utilization and done in conjunction with area engineers, manufacturing supervisor and other resources that may be required.
• Audits preventative maintenance (PM) procedures and activities of Technical Associates and other operations associates.
• Documents electronically preventative maintenance (PM) audits to supervisor for corrective actions.
• Analyzes equipment failures for frequency of failure to modify/update PM work order.
• Sets up and debugs equipment to documented specifications.
• Deviations from these specifications must be cleared up with the supervisor or Engineering.
• Maintains equipment in working order to produce products within specified quality and quantity limits, adjusting, troubleshooting, cleaning and repairing as necessary.
• Maintains equipment logs for each piece of equipment, recording pertinent information about downtime and maintenance problems.
• MUST have clear and legible handwriting.
• Repairs equipment and reports major problems to the supervisor.