WAV Maintenance Team Lead

Leprino Foods Company; Taylor (MI); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in dairy food production seeks a Maintenance Team Lead to oversee maintenance operations. This role demands mechanical skills and leadership in a dynamic environment, ensuring equipment safety and performance standards. With a focus on preventive maintenance and effective communication, this position offers competitive pay and shifts that support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a maintenance leadership role required.
• Associates or two-year degree preferred.
• Experience with stainless steel welding and fabrication is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate assignments and workload of maintenance technicians.
• Calibrate plant instrumentation.
• Ensure completion of preventative maintenance work orders.

Skills

Mechanical repairs

Troubleshooting

Communication

Preventive maintenance

Leadership

Education

Associates degree in maintenance related field

Tools

Computerized maintenance management systems

Job description

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At Leprino Foods, we strive to be theWORLD’s BESTdairy food and ingredient company. Leprino Foods is the world's largest supplier of mozzarella cheese and one of the largest suppliers of premium dairy nutrition ingredients. Our customers and business partners span the globe and include many of the world's largest food companies, restaurant chains and distributors.

The Maintenance Team Lead is responsible for assisting the supervisor in achieving daily work assignments through delegation of duties to team members. Duties include installing, disassembling, repairing, and maintaining equipment. Duties also include the safe repair and troubleshooting of malfunctioning mechanical, electrical or instrumentation systems, the calibration of instruments, maintaining 5S standards in work areas and tool boxes, and performing mechanical, preventive and predictive maintenance. This position participates on the hazmat response team.

Schedule:

• This position is Nights 7pm-7:30am. 2-2-3 Schedule, with a 3 day weekend every other week!
• Leprino Foods is a 24/7 operating facility, and the employee must be willing and able to work weekends, holidays, and other shifts as necessary.

Pay Rate:

• $42.87 per hour
• $0.75 Evening Pay Differential for every evening hourworked between 6:00pm-6:00am
• $1.00 Weekend Pay Differential for every hourworked Saturday & Sunday

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate assignments and workload of maintenance technicians.
• Ensure completion of preventative maintenance work orders.
• Calibrate all plant instrumentation in a wide variety of makes and types specifications (i.e., temperature, flow, pH, vacuum, pressure, Foxboro, Honeywell, Taylor, etc.).
• Perform mechanical duties such as pumps, valves, conveyor work, sprockets, gearboxes, etc.
• Work with industrial electricity (motor controls) to troubleshoot and repair electrical components and machinery including all three phase 480, 220 and other plant systems.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers, team leads, and supervisors.
• Review completed work to ensure the highest quality of repair.
• This position is responsible and accountable to ensure product meets food safety, regulatory, and quality requirements by following the Food Safety Plan, Quality Plan, and company policies.
• Implement and maintain 5S standards.

Requirements:

Prior experience in a maintenance leadership role.

Must be 18 years of age.

Must be able to read, write and speak the English language in order to understand/adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP's), to communicate effectively with others, to complete required documentation both in written and electronic form, and to troubleshoot systems utilizing the English language.

Must have the ability to perform essential job functions.

Wear required personal protective equipment; comply with all applicable safety practices.

Maintain a clean work area.

Perform basic and intermediate mathematical calculations.

Enter data into and pull data from computer systems.

Preferred skills:

Associates or two-year degree in a maintenance related field.

Prior experience in a maintenance leadership role.

Experience with stainless steel welding and fabrication.

Basic knowledge of utility equipment and operations (e.g. boiler and refrigeration equipment).

Dairy/food manufacturing experience.

Knowledge of government and industrial regulations (e.g. PSM, OSHA, and USDA).

Computer proficiency in email, internet, Microsoft Office software, and computerized maintenance management systems (e.g. SAP, Maximo).

Welding experience.

Mechanical repairs (including rebuilding of gearboxes and process equipment) experience.

PLC troubleshooting experience.

Experience with AC frequency drives and instrumentation.

Physical Demands & Environment:

• This position will be exposed to working in a wet/slippery environment with loud noise in varying degrees of temperature. Must be able to withstand high heat and humidity.
• Specific vision may be required for this position, including close vision, distance vision, color and depth perception, and the ability to read computer screens for extended time periods.
• Ability to pass a physical abilities test to assess ability to bend, reach, lift, pull, and climb stairs/ladders.
• Must be able to lift up-to 50 lbs. hourly, climb a ladder, and walk up/downstairs regularly.

Leprino Foods Company supports a drug-free workplace and is an EEO / Affirmative Action EmployerM / F / Disability / Veteran

Leprino Foods Company utilizes the services of Psychemedics to perform our Hair Follicle Drug Testing. Additional information about this process can be obtained atwww.psychemedics.com

Leprino uses Psychemedics for a 90-day hair follicle drug test as part of the employee pre-employment process and also participates in E-Verify. All employees in our manufacturing facilities are required to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as mandated by their role and location.