Line Maintenance Lead
Reports To: Maintenance Manager
Pay: $26–$30 per hour, based on experience
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 6:30 AM–3:30 PM, with some weekends as production requires
Location: Pearland, TX
About the Role
SolvChem is seeking a Line Maintenance Lead to lead day-to-day maintenance operations at our manufacturing facility. As a working leader, you'll coordinate and mentor our Projects/Line Mechanics, prioritize work, and stay hands-on with repairs. You'll keep production equipment, utilities, and facility infrastructure running safely and reliably.
What You'll Do
- Assign and prioritize work orders for Projects/Line Mechanics based on production needs, and inspect completed work for quality and safety
- Coach, mentor, and cross-train mechanics across manufacturing and utility systems, including consumer and bulk operations
- Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance on manufacturing, packaging, utility, and facility equipment
- Troubleshoot, repair, and rebuild equipment, and handle installations, modifications, and line changeovers
- Respond to emergency breakdowns to restore production quickly
- Help develop and run the preventive maintenance program, and lead root cause analysis and reliability improvements
- Enforce EHS requirements, including LOTO, PPE, and machine guarding, for both employees and contractors
- Prepare and approve purchase requisitions, and coordinate with vendors and contractors
- Maintain work orders and records in the CMMS
- Serve as backup to the Maintenance Manager when needed
What You Bring
- High school diploma or GED. Vocational or technical training with relevant experience may substitute. An associate's degree in a technical or industrial discipline is preferred.
- 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience in manufacturing, processing, or production
- Strong mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and basic electrical knowledge
- Ability to read blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, and equipment manuals
- Experience with preventive maintenance programs, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
- Working knowledge of CMMS
- Experience leading or mentoring maintenance personnel is preferred
- Electrical controls, PLC, and automation experience is preferred
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) is preferred
Benefits
- ESP Benefits until direct hire. Note that this is a temp-to-hire position. Will discuss details during screening and interview.