Maintenance Crew Leader - 3rd Shift 6:00 PM - 6:00 AM

Job purpose

This position trains millwrights and works with other maintenance Crew Leaders.

They assist with installs, repairs, maintains, rebuilds and fine tunes mechanical equipment.

Duties and responsibilities

Specific responsibilities of a Maintenance Crew Leader include:

Expectations 

• Be willing to work any shift to cover vacation needs. 
• Remain over your normal shift if necessary.  This can occur to see a job through to its completion that was started on your shift or meetings. 
• Have a positive attitude towards production and maintenance. 
• Assist production as needed. 
• Communicate any problems that arise with Production Team Leads, VSM and Maintenance Supervisor. Pass information to oncoming shifts. 

Responsibilities

• Reports to the Maintenance Supervisor  
• Use Emaint to assign daily task. 
• Generate work request and work orders through Emaint. 
• Close out WO’s in Emaint. Enter all labor and parts used into Emaint. 
• Establishing priority of work to accomplish. 
• Ensure that parts being used need to be used and added to WO’s in Emaint for proper tracking.  
• Place purchase requisitions through Emaint or the purchasing agent. 
• Discipline employees with the assistance of HR and Maintenance Supervisor. 
• Work with other Maintenance Crews. 
• Work with and train Millwrights. 
• Complete an observation every week.  
• Approve timecards in Kronos 

During Production

• Assign tasks for all millwrights to complete during production and in between shifts.  
• Correct deficiencies or problems during your shift as you are made aware of them.  Those not completed are to be turned over to the oncoming shift, Maintenance Supervisor or a work request submitted to Maintenance Planner. 
• Complete daily absentee report as required. 
• Attend DMS board meetings for Maintenance. 

Qualifications

NON-ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Follows 5S/Continuous Improvement and quality initiatives with understanding basic production needs and initiatives.

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE    High school diploma or general education degree (GED) is required additional technical and mechanical schooling is preferred.  Requires the ability to read, write and use basic and advanced arithmetic.  On the job training is provided and this position requires approximately 6 to 12 months to become proficient. Additional technical schooling is preferred and encouraged to stay abreast of new mechanical techniques.

KNOWLEDGE OF: Knowledgeable of industrial machinery, various hand tools as it relates to electric and pneumatics. Welding, machine press, and lathe knowledge necessary. Experience and ability to operate forklifts, Pettibone, loader, Bobcat, company vehicle, manlifts, and various other mobile equipment. Knowledge of fabrication and tools necessary to do so.

SKILLS REQUIRED: Ability to read, understand, and follow standard operating/work order instructions. Ability to diagnose, repair, maintain, and install industrial equipment safely and efficiently while using various tools, lathes, presses, and mills.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.  

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to communicate with others at all levels in both oral and written methods.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.  

Individual should effectively communicate with the coworkers and perform their job in a safe manner.

Working conditions

WORK ENVIRONMENT:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions extreme cold, extreme heat, and vibration.  The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. This position may require work from heights or uneven surfaces and a wide array of personal protection is required: Safety glasses, earplugs, gloves, steel toes, welding helmets, fire retardant clothing, bump caps/hard hats and other forms dependent upon job duties and location.

Physical requirements

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, stoop, squat, crawl, climb, reach, push/pull, lift, and carry; use hands to handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Direct reports

Millwright, Electrician, Boiler Operator, Maintenance Cleaners