Team Leader - Maintenance

Zoetis Inc.; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Maintenance Team Lead to oversee a skilled team of maintenance technicians and contractors. In this pivotal role, you will ensure the smooth operation of industrial equipment and systems, while fostering a culture of safety and reliability. You will be responsible for coordinating maintenance activities, promoting process improvements, and providing technical support to enhance production efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team in a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly impact operational success and contribute to the overall safety and efficiency of the manufacturing plant.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of leadership experience in maintenance.
• Journeyman certification in Mechanical, Electrical, or Process Instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise maintenance technicians and contractors.
• Coordinate maintenance activities for optimal equipment utilization.
• Drive safety and compliance in maintenance operations.

Skills

Leadership

Maintenance Planning

GMP Knowledge

Communication Skills

Technical Proficiency

Problem Solving

Education

Journeyman Certification

4+ Years of Experience in Maintenance

Job description

ROLE DESCRIPTION:

The Maintenance Team Lead is responsible for supervising maintenance technicians and contractors who install, maintain, and repair industrial processing and manufacturing, utility, and facility equipment and systems. They are also responsible for coordinating maintenance activities to maintain optimal utilization of plant production and utility equipment and for ensuring that all equipment is ready and available to meet the needs of the manufacturing plant.

General Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of maintenance technician in accomplishment of day-to-day equipment repair, preventive maintenance, and modifications / improvements.
• Coaches colleagues, provides positive and constructive feedback, gathers input from stakeholders on team, develops team through IDP's, accountable for providing goals and objectives and thus measuring each colleague on their achievement towards these goals.
• Promotes the application of Reliability Based Maintenance concepts in the execution of maintenance work and is the conduit for process improvement.

• Maintains a shop floor presence to address / triage emergency and priority maintenance related calls.
• Communicates status of maintenance activities to Production and Engineering management.
• Provide technical assistance to site operating groups through investigations, equipment assessments, and design support.
• Establish department priorities and participate in the execution of special projects. Prioritize activities based on the criticality of systems to ensure quality and regulatory compliance.
• Working Lead, able and willing to provide assistance and troubleshooting by physically being on the production line and completing repairs/installs/updates as needed for especially complex issues.
• Drives alignment and cohesion cross functionally, with a specific focus on engineering and operations, while ensuring a quality mindset, with a focus on GMP requirements.
• Safety First: Responsible for driving accountability and actions for creating, maintaining, and elevating a safe work environment.
  • Lead with a safety-first mindset and lead by example. Set expectations around safety performance.
  • Use/follow/adhere to OSHA guidance and regulations to keep colleagues safe and informed.
  • Lead in EHS investigations when incidents arise.
  • Drives job hazard assessments within responsible areas to continually drive improvement and a safe environment.

Maintenance Activities

• Working with the Maintenance Scheduler, reviews requests for equipment repair and services that are submitted through the Computerized Maintenance Management System and assign the work by technical expertise and labor availability.
• Ensure work is performed in compliance with site standard operating and department procedures and documented in accordance with current GMP requirements.
• Coordinate the maintenance and support of equipment, to include planning and scheduling department workloads; coordinating resources for planned shutdowns with department and productions areas; responding to non-scheduled utility outages and equipment shutdowns; and recommending improvements to PM and Standard Operating Procedures to maintain equipment reliability.
• Responsible for responding to the maintenance hotline calls and delegating action and work orders (inclusive of potentially owning work orders) as appropriate.
• Performing preventive maintenance, repairs, improvements, and modifications production equipment
• Takes lead in capital project needs, as it pertains to maintenance input/output to ensure compliance to current standards, while providing SME inputs to ensure all requirements are met as budget and scope are defined.

Preventive Maintenance and Calibration

• Assists with work planning to ensure successful completion of GMP designated PM and calibration activities according to due date.

• Provides direction to the maintenance team in the update of PM tasks, parts associated, and labor hours.

Capital Projects

• Assists in completion of capital equipment installation and validation (if required).
• Provide technical expertise in the selection of equipment.
• Ensure safety protocols are followed by maintenance personnel when completing work on assigned capital projects.
• Leadership
• Complete annual performance reviews for direct reports.
• Work with direct reports to establish annual Goals / Objectives and Development Plan.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to direct reports to help in colleague growth.
• Address employee performance / deliver corrective actions in conjunction with Department Management and HR.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Leadership in maintenance with 4+ years of experience.
• Journeyman certification (Mechanical, Electrical, or Process Instrumentation) and/or 8 - 10 years maintenance in pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, or equivalent.

• Possess good understanding of the pharmaceutical/bio-technology industry and operations of the organization along with technical proficiency.
• Incumbent should have experience in maintenance planning / scheduling.
• Demonstrated knowledge in relevant technical areas. Strong understanding of GMP manufacturing processes, equipment, and facilities.
• Cognizance of the state-of-the-art equipment trends.
• Good communication and organizational skills as well as the ability to interact with all levels of the Zoetis organization. Can articulate issues and solutions to the team. Can produce effective project reports and presentations.
• Position requires daily or frequent interaction with Engineering Director, Maintenance Manager, Production Management and Supervision, Engineers, Quality Operations, Maintenance Technicians, Production Operators, Contractors, and Vendors.
• Ability to clearly convey ideas, instructions, or directions.
• Has basic estimating and accounting skills. Understands fundamentals of developing budgets and spending forecasts.
• Analyze problems and provide support in determining appropriate corrective and preventative actions, with minimal assistance.
• Manage multiple assignments simultaneously. Prioritizes own work and is flexible and responsive to changes.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Colleague could be exposed to airborne particles, including cephalosporin. Must work near moving mechanical parts. Eye protection and other personal protective equipment are required.

Full timeRegularColleague

Any unsolicited resumes sent to Zoetis from a third party, such as an Agency recruiter, including unsolicited resumes sent to a Zoetis mailing address, fax machine or email address, directly to Zoetis employees, or to Zoetis resume database will be considered Zoetis property. Zoetis will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

Zoetis will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees. This includes any Agency that is an approved/engaged vendor but does not have the appropriate approvals to be engaged on a search.

Zoetis is committed to equal opportunity in the terms and conditions of employment for all employees and job applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, disability or veteran status or any other protected classification. Disabled individuals are given an equal opportunity to use our online application system. We offer reasonable accommodations as an alternative if requested by an individual with a disability. Please contact Zoetis Colleague Services at [e-mail] to request an accommodation. Zoetis also complies with all applicable national, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment as well as employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act. All applicants must possess or obtain authorization to work in the US for Zoetis. Zoetis retains sole and exclusive discretion to pursue sponsorship for the acquisition or maintenance of nonimmigrant status and employment eligibility, considering factors such as availability of qualified US workers. Individuals requiring sponsorship must disclose this fact. Please note that Zoetis seeks information related to job applications from candidates for jobs in the U.S. solely via the following: (1) our company website at www.Zoetis.com/careers site, or (2) via email to/from addresses using only the Zoetis domain of "@zoetis.com". In addition, Zoetis does not use Google Hangout for any recruitment related activities. Any solicitation or request for information related to job applications with Zoetis via any other means and/or utilizing email addresses with any other domain should be disregarded. In addition, Zoetis will never ask candidates to make any type of personal financial investment related to gaining employment with Zoetis.