Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Maintenance Program Coordination
- Support the Maintenance Manager in building, organizing, and improving the site maintenance program from the ground up.
- Coordinate the development, scheduling, and execution of preventive maintenance tasks across equipment, utilities, and facility assets.
- Maintain maintenance schedules, task frequencies, asset records, service histories, checklists, and work instructions.
- Help establish structured maintenance routines for daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual activities.
- Track open maintenance actions and follow through to completion.
Preventive Maintenance and Reliability
- Coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance activities to ensure work is completed on time, documented correctly, and aligned with equipment criticality.
- Support equipment condition monitoring and reliability efforts using appropriate tools and methods such as inspections, trend review, vibration checks, thermal review, and other predictive practices where applicable.
- Monitor overdue PMs, recurring failures, chronic equipment issues, and repeat downtime events.
- Support root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions for breakdowns and recurring mechanical or electrical issues.
- Help improve asset reliability, extend equipment life, and reduce unplanned downtime.
Hands-On Technical Support
- Provide hands-on support for troubleshooting and repair of mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic issues on production equipment and facility support systems as needed.
- Assist with diagnosis and repair of motors, drives, sensors, controls, pumps, conveyors, bearings, gearboxes, valves, and related components.
- Support troubleshooting of PLC and automation-related equipment issues at the field level, including sensors, motor controls, and I/O-related problems, in coordination with qualified resources as needed.
- Perform or support lubrication, parts replacement, alignment, calibration, inspection, and other maintenance activities in accordance with manufacturer recommendations and company procedures.
- Support facility upkeep and maintenance tasks tied to building systems and infrastructure when required.
Downtime, OEE, and Performance Improvement
- Track equipment downtime and maintenance-related losses by line, area, and asset.
- Support collection and analysis of maintenance data related to breakdowns, minor stops, chronic losses, and recurring failures.
- Work with Operations and Production leadership to identify trends and opportunities to improve OEE through better maintenance planning and equipment reliability.
- Help develop practical reports, summaries, and action lists that drive follow-up and accountability.
- Perform other projects / duties as assigned.
Spare Parts and Maintenance Inventory
- Organize and maintain spare parts inventory for critical equipment and supporting systems.
- Help identify critical spare parts, minimum stock levels, reorder points, and replacement priorities.
- Track parts usage, availability, and open purchasing needs, and coordinate with Purchasing to support timely replenishment.
- Improve parts storage organization, labeling, equipment bills of material, and inventory accuracy.
Vendor and Contractor Coordination
- Coordinate outside vendors, contractors, and service providers performing maintenance, repair, calibration, installation, and project work.
- Request and track quotations, service schedules, scope details, and completion status.
- Ensure service visits are planned, communicated, documented, and followed through to closure.
- Maintain vendor service records, manuals, certificates, and related technical documentation.
New Equipment, Projects, and Startup Readiness
- Support installation, startup, commissioning, and handoff of new equipment and modified systems.
- Help ensure new assets are incorporated into maintenance schedules, spare parts lists, technical files, and service plans.
- Coordinate collection of manuals, recommended spare parts, OEM maintenance instructions, and training support for new assets.
- Support maintenance readiness for new equipment introductions, line changes, packaging changes, and new product launches.
- Assist during trials and first production runs to help ensure equipment is mechanically ready and required support items are available.
Documentation, Systems, and Compliance
- Maintain accurate maintenance records, work orders, parts records, equipment histories, and service documentation within applicable maintenance systems, CMMS tools, spreadsheets, or ERP platforms.
- Support improvement of maintenance data quality, task closure discipline, and overall record accuracy.
- Ensure maintenance activities and contractor work are aligned with site safety requirements, GMP expectations, plant procedures, and applicable regulatory standards.
- Promote clean, organized, and audit-ready maintenance shops, parts areas, and work zones.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED required. Technical certification, trade training, or an associate degree in industrial maintenance, electrical, mechanical, mechatronics, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial maintenance, maintenance planning, reliability, technical operations support, or a related manufacturing environment. More extensive hands-on experience may be accepted in place of formal education.
- Experience coordinating preventive maintenance, troubleshooting production equipment, managing parts, and working with outside vendors in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience supporting equipment installation, startup, and commissioning activities preferred.
- Experience in a regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Strong understanding of preventive maintenance principles, maintenance planning, and equipment reliability.
- Working knowledge of industrial mechanical and electrical systems, including motors, drives, controls, conveyors, pumps, pneumatics, hydraulics, and utility support equipment.
- Ability to read and interpret schematics, blueprints, manuals, parts breakdowns, and technical documentation.
- Working knowledge of lockout-tagout, machine safety, and general maintenance safety practices.
- Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and support practical improvement actions tied to downtime and reliability.
- Strong organizational, documentation, and follow-up skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, email, and maintenance tracking systems or CMMS tools.
- Ability to work independently while maintaining alignment with plant priorities and the Maintenance Manager.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
- Ability to work in a manufacturing environment with regular exposure to machinery, forklift traffic, noise, changing temperatures, and production activity.
- Ability to walk the facility regularly and perform a combination of floor support and administrative coordination work.
- Ability to stand, bend, climb stairs, climb ladders, and lift up to 50 pounds with or without assistance as required by the role.
- May require schedule flexibility to support equipment installations, startup activities, urgent repairs, vendor visits, and special projects.
Key Performance Indicators
- Preventive maintenance completion rate and overdue PM status.
- Maintenance-related downtime and breakdown frequency.
- Repeat failure reduction and corrective action follow-through.
- Critical spare parts availability and parts inventory accuracy.
- On-time vendor coordination and completion of external service work.
- Maintenance readiness for new equipment, line changes, and startup activities.
- Accuracy, completeness, and audit readiness of maintenance records.
Additional Information
- PTO, holidays, health, dental, life insurance, and 401K participation. Equal Opportunity Employer.