Maintenance Team Coach

Global Sports Jobs Limited; Missouri; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Sports Jobs Limited is seeking a Maintenance Team Lead for our manufacturing facility in Missouri. You will lead daily maintenance on a designated shift, ensuring safety, reliability and high team performance while coordinating with production leadership.

You will manage preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance activities, develop the team through coaching and training, and drive reliability improvements across electrical and mechanical systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of experience leading or coaching maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with CMMS and maintenance planning processes.
• Knowledge of preventive, corrective maintenance and reliability principles.
• Understanding of labour practices and employee relations fundamentals.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and implementing corrective actions.
• Strong communication, problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Proven coaching and leadership capability with a people-first approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance teams in preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency activities.
• Ensure compliance with safety, LOTO, permit and regulatory requirements.
• Prioritise work based on production schedules and risks.
• Coordinate handoffs and communicate status to Production Leadership.
• Drive equipment reliability improvements through planning and execution.
• Develop team capability through coaching, training plans and performance management.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, inclusion and continuous improvement.
• Support troubleshooting and rapid response to minimise downtime.
• Lead safety investigations and corrective actions.
• Monitor maintenance performance metrics and drive improvement actions.

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Safety leadership

Maintenance planning

Problem solving

Communication

Organisational skills

People development

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Reliability principles

Education

Technical degree

Skilled trades certification

Tools

CMMS

SAP CMMS

PEGA

Job description

About the Role

This role leads daily maintenance execution on a designated shift, ensuring the highest standards of safety, equipment reliability and team performance. It partners closely with Manufacturing, Engineering, Production Leadership, Safety, Facilities, Planning and Reliability teams to support the safe, efficient and reliable operation of manufacturing equipment, and leads a team of maintenance technicians while driving alignment across shifts and functional teams. The role is accountable for coordinating and prioritising maintenance work based on production requirements, and for building a safe, reliable, high-performing maintenance organisation that enables world-class manufacturing results and develops the next generation of maintenance talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance teams in the execution of preventive, predictive, corrective and emergency maintenance activities.
• Ensure compliance with all safety, Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), permit and regulatory requirements.
• Prioritise maintenance work based on production schedules, operational risks and business priorities.
• Coordinate maintenance handoffs and communicate equipment status and critical updates to Production Leadership.
• Drive equipment reliability improvements through effective maintenance planning and execution.
• Develop team capability through coaching, training plans, skill matrices and performance management, and ensure completion of required technical, safety and compliance training across the maintenance team.
• Foster a culture of accountability, engagement, inclusion and continuous improvement.
• Support troubleshooting and rapid response efforts to minimise downtime and improve operational performance.
• Lead safety investigations, corrective actions and risk reduction initiatives.
• Monitor maintenance performance metrics and drive actions to improve results.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Technical degree, skilled trades certification, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 7+ years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 3+ years of experience leading or coaching maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) and maintenance planning processes.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance, corrective maintenance and reliability principles.
• Understanding of labour practices and employee relations fundamentals.
• Experience conducting incident investigations and implementing corrective actions.
• Strong communication, problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Proven coaching and leadership capability combined with strong technical maintenance expertise, with a people-first approach to developing talent and creating a safe, inclusive work environment.

Preferred Skills

• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification.
• State trade licence or equivalent technical certification.
• TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) certification.
• Experience using SAP CMMS, PEGA and related maintenance systems.

Workplace

• Shift N1: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday plus every other Monday, 5:30 pm – 5:30 am.