CNC Maintenance Technician Lead

ALIGN PRECISIONPinellas Park, FL
Onsite

About The Position

The CNC Maintenance Technician Lead is responsible for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining CNC equipment. This role involves leading a team, ensuring efficient operations, and upholding safety standards. The position requires strong problem-solving skills, proficiency with diagnostic tools, and the ability to train and mentor other technicians. The lead will also manage work orders, ensure accurate use of the CMMS, and collaborate with production to minimize downtime.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of industrial maintenance experience (precision manufacturing preferred), including CNC troubleshooting.
  • 1-2 years in a lead or mentoring role.
  • High school degree or equivalent.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Knowledge in a variety of mechanic skills including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
  • Knowledge of location and proper use of maintenance/facilities, tooling, supplies and equipment.
  • Able to read and interpret schematics and blueprints.
  • Comfortable operating heavy equipment and power tools.
  • Forklift certification.
  • Mastery of basic math (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions).
  • Problem solving abilities.
  • Ability to use calipers, micrometers, etc.
  • Strong teamwork and communication skills.
  • Understand and obey safety requirements.
  • Commitment to keep work area clean and free of debris.
  • Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50lbs or more.
  • Frequently required to handle; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl.
  • Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  • Ability to use hands to finger, handle, or feel, as well as reach with hands and arms for extended periods of time to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls.

Nice To Haves

  • Specialized training; technical certificate or AAS in Industrial Maintenance/Mechatronics preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Prioritizes, assigns, and follows up on daily work orders, balancing emergency calls vs. planned PMs.
  • Leads shift huddles, communicating equipment status, hazards, and downtime recovery plans.
  • Coaches, trains, and evaluates technicians, providing input on hiring, scheduling, and performance.
  • Ensures accurate CMMS use (work orders, labor time, parts, failure codes).
  • Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment.
  • Provides emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs during machine service.
  • Reads and interprets equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
  • Detects faulty operations, defective material and reports those and any unusual situations to the proper supervisor.
  • Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discusses machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problems or repair machine.
  • Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
  • Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
  • Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
  • Repairs, builds, and maintains manufacturing equipment and plant facilities.
  • Works with vendors and part suppliers on needed equipment and parts including estimates and quotes.
  • Moves machinery within plant, pre-plans layout, utility, and safety requirements and rigging.
  • Prioritizes repairs and maintenance to support production.
  • Trains operators in preventative maintenance.
  • Assures cleanliness of working areas.
  • Rotates on-call maintenance schedule.
  • Troubleshoots machinery or equipment issues.
  • Changes light fixtures when necessary.
  • Installs air condition units.
  • Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.
  • Repairs and maintains the physical structure of the establishment.
  • Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery and equipment such as robots or programmable controllers.
  • Sets up and operates machine tools such as lathe, grinder, drill, and milling machine to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs and fixtures, and tools.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.
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