Maintenance Team Lead - 2nd shift

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.; Toluca (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. in Toluca, IL expects a Maintenance Team Lead for the 2nd shift to lead the onsite workforce, plan and schedule repairs, and perform preventive maintenance on facility, equipment, and production lines.

You will collaborate with the Maintenance Manager and Supervisor, manage spare parts, and provide technical direction to technicians and contractors while upholding GMP, GSP, and food safety standards.

Qualifications

• Lead the onsite maintenance workforce for facility and equipment maintenance.
• Troubleshoot and repair facility and production equipment.
• Implement preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Adhere to safety policies and GMP/GSP guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily activities of the onsite Maintenance workforce on facility and equipment maintenance/repairs.
• Ensure employee accountability by reporting and assisting in incident investigations in accordance with established rules and regulations.
• Perform troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance as needed.
• Develop, plan, and schedule preventative/predictive maintenance activities.
• Evaluate the skills and performance of employees, make appropriate recommendations for improvement to the maintenance manager, and assist in employee training.
• Track work orders and produce performance metrics through the CMMS program.
• Troubleshoot and develop solutions for all Facility/Equipment/Building and Production Machine issues.
• Develop and implement TPM across equipment and maintain spare parts inventory.
• Provide technical direction to department technicians and contractors.
• Occasional off hour communication and weekend coverage to meet facility needs.
• Follow GMP, GSP and other Food Safety guidelines.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Troubleshooting

Preventive maintenance

Safety compliance

5S

CMMS knowledge

Technical direction

Read blueprints

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Maintenance Team Lead - 2nd shift

US-IL-Toluca

• Job ID: 2026-10184
• Type: Regular Full-Time
• # of Openings: 1
• Category: Maintenance and Engineering

Toluca Plant

The Maintenance Team Leader will work with the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Supervisor to lead, plan/schedule, and perform repairs and preventive maintenance on Facility/Building/Grounds and Production Equipment. This position will also support ongoing related projects and direct daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily activities of the onsite Maintenance workforce on facility and equipment maintenance/repairs.
• Ensure employee accountability by reporting and assisting in incident investigations in accordance with established rules and regulations.
• Perform troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance as needed.
• Develop, plan, and schedule preventative/predictive maintenance activities.
• Evaluate the skills and performance of employees, make appropriate recommendations for improvement to the maintenance manager, and assist in employee training.
• Track work orders and produce performance metrics through the CMMS program.
• Troubleshoot and develop solutions for all Facility/Equipment/Building and Production Machine issues.
• Develop, maintain and track adequate spare parts for critical production equipment.
• Through daily support, assist the MRO in maintaining an adequate maintenance inventory.
• Ensure TPM is implemented and maintained across any equipment as necessary.
• Develop and implement departmental improvement projects.
• Provide technical direction to department technicians and contractors.
• This position does require some off hour communication, along with weekend coverage to maintain the facilitys needs.
• Responsible for all aspects of facility and maintenance installations and repairs.
• May perform other duties as assigned and extend into other areas as needed.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (G.M.P.) and Good Sanitation Practices (G.S.P.) and other Food Safety guidelines.
• Follow all safety policies and procedures to ensure safe work practices within the department.
• Keep work areas and equipment clean and orderly using 5S standards.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships.
• Ability to work effectively in independent situations and exercise good judgment to reach sound conclusions.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, schedules, rules, procedures, etc.
• Ability to read, interpret and perform from various documents, including method sheets, assembly drawings, production reports, blueprints, printed shop schedules cards/boards, operating maintenance instruction and procedure manuals, etc.
• Ability to properly identify components and gain extensive parts knowledge.
• Ability to identify and obtain appropriate parts for work station operation.
• General knowledge of machinery, specifically related to areas of responsibility.
• Control experience including 120v and 24vdc machine controls.
• Understanding of components, including starters, overloads, fuses,

Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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