Maintenance Team Leader / 2nd Shift

Danfoss GmbH; Mountain Home, Northern (AR, KY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internal mobility and mentoring

Flexible work-life balance support

Inclusive work environment

Benefits including PTO, 401k, tuition

Job summary

Danfoss Power Solutions seeks a Maintenance Team Leader for the Mountain Home, AR site. You will guide the Rapid Response team, perform essential maintenance, and support machine uptime on a 2nd shift (2:45 pm–11:00 pm, Monday–Friday).

You will ensure safety and drive continuous improvement in maintenance practices. Responsibilities include coordinating PM activities, triaging repair needs, and collaborating with service providers to maintain equipment reliability and plant productivity.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Two years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Mechanical aptitude to complete work requests.
• Annual safety training (LOTO, Fall Protection, Arc Flash, HAZMAT).
• Must lift up to 50 pounds and stand for long periods.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Rapid Response technician team to perform maintenance safely and efficiently.
• Coordinate preventive maintenance, lubrications, inspections, and audits.
• Triages braider rapid response activities and manages work orders.
• Collaborate with service providers on PM and rebuilds to support reliability.
• Move between work areas to meet delivery and productivity goals under leadership.

Skills

Mechanical aptitude

Heavy lifting

Lift truck operation

Safety training

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

Lift truck

Scissor lift

Booms with fall protection

Job description

Segment: Danfoss Power Solutions Segment

Job Category: Supply Chain and Operations

Work Location Type: On-site

Maintenance Team Leader / 2nd Shift

Req ID: 51067 Job Location: Mountain Home, AR, US Employment Type: Full Time Segment: Danfoss Power Solutions Segment Job Category: Supply Chain and Operations Work Location Type: On-site Job Description

The Impact You'll Make

Lead the Rapid Response technician team in the Mountain Home facility, ensuring that maintenance tasks are safely and efficiently performed by the Rapid Response Technician team.
Will also perform basic maintenance related activities to support machine up time. Primary role will be that of rapid response technician and trouble shooter and support maintenance activities. Actively support and strive to meet the strategic goals set by the facility and Danfoss Corporation.
This is a 2nd Shift position, with shift hours 2:45 pm to 11:00 pm, Monday through Friday.

What You'll Be Doing

Lead the Rapid Response team in learning, applying, and retaining new techniques, concepts, and procedures required for continuously improving products, processes, services, deliveries, and overall quality. Lead the team to safely and effectively complete work requests and safety needs, ranging from mechanical repairs to replacing parts, while creating and maintaining a safe work environment and practicing safety for self and others at all times.

Coordinate the completion of required preventative maintenance activities, including lubrications and inspections. Perform carrier repair and compliance audits on operator-level maintenance, report audit results to management on a periodic basis, and elevate instances of serious braider preventative maintenance needs.

Serve as the primary resource for braider rapid response activities, including triaging braiders, initiating appropriate work orders, monitoring braider downtime, and escalating to front-line supervisors any braiders not returned to service within established service level targets.

Partner with maintenance service providers and assist with braider rebuilds and preventative maintenance (PM) activities as needed to support equipment reliability and operational efficiency.

Maintain flexibility to move between work areas as needed to meet customer delivery expectations and plant productivity goals. Work efficiently to establish standards without constant supervision while promoting cooperation and a team-oriented work environment at all times under the direction of leadership.

What We're Looking For

• High school diploma or GED equivalent
• Two (2) years maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment
• Mechanical aptitude to complete work requests as needed
• Annual safety training (LOTO, Fall Protection, Arc Flash backup, HAZMAT, etc.)
• Must be able to handle heavy lifting and standing, twisting, pulling, motions for long periods exceeding six (6)hours
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Ability to train and use lift truck, scissor lift, booms with proper fall protection

What You'll Get from Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits including paid time off, paid vacation, 401k retirement plan with company match, personal insurance, tuition reimbursement and more. These vary by country and contract, but they'll be worth asking about—we think they'll be pretty great.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.