Facilities Maintenance Team Lead - 2nd shift - New Bern

Fortune Brands•New Bern, NC
•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for maintaining a safe and clean working environment by adhering to all procedures, rules, and regulations. The Facilities Maintenance Team Lead supports operations departments and the facility by ensuring equipment safety, availability, and reliability. The position involves troubleshooting, diagnosing, and repairing production equipment, including electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems, using various tools and instruments. The role also includes proactively identifying operating difficulties, collaborating with the maintenance engineer to implement changes, and installing/modifying production and facilities equipment using diagrams and schematics. A thorough understanding of plant systems, infrastructure, and utilities is required, along with the ability to use drawings and schematics for machine assembly and system troubleshooting. The position requires an advanced understanding of machine controls for troubleshooting and repair, and collaboration with the controls engineer. Responsibilities also include identifying and requesting replacement parts, performing preventative maintenance, repair, and project work orders, and utilizing fabrication skills with various shop equipment. The role involves maintaining continuity within the maintenance department through documentation and communication between shifts and individuals, completing facilities project work, and mentoring lower-level maintenance personnel. The position requires effective work with limited supervision and strong communication and teamwork skills, as well as timely completion of all required paperwork and other assigned duties.

Requirements

  • Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school in maintenance related field and a minimum of five (5) years related experience preferred.
  • Electrical license preferred.
  • Associate must not have been removed from or voluntarily stepped down from a bid in the preceding 6 months.
  • Associates can have no written disciplinary warnings within six (6) months of the posting date.
  • Associates cannot have less than 17 UTO hours.
  • Associate must meet all minimum qualifications outlined on the job bid.
  • Associates selected will receive the necessary training to perform the requirements of this position, to include processes and computer requirements.
  • A 90-day probationary period applies to all job postings.
  • Associate submits an application through SmartRecruiters prior to the posting deadline.

Nice To Haves

  • Associate’s degree or equivalent from two-year College or technical school in maintenance related field and a minimum of five (5) years related experience preferred.
  • Electrical license preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with all procedures, rules and regulations.
  • Support operations departments and facility, ensuring equipment safety, availability and reliability.
  • Utilize necessary tools, instruments, and senses to troubleshoot, diagnose and repair production equipment including electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
  • Proactively identify sources of operating difficulties and collaborate with the maintenance engineer to develop and implement the process or equipment changes.
  • Install and modify production and facilities equipment, using layouts, diagrams, schematics, etc.
  • Have a working knowledge and thorough understanding of plant systems, infrastructure and utilities.
  • Utilize drawings and schematics to complete machine assemblies as well as trouble shoot existing systems.
  • Utilize an advanced understanding of machine controls to troubleshoot and repair existing systems, review existing logic for issues and collaborate with controls engineer to correct.
  • Identify and request replacement parts and equipment.
  • Perform preventative maintenance, repair, and project work orders as assigned, using required and approved processes.
  • Perform repair work using fabrication skills, including manual machine shop equipment including but not limited to lathes, end mills, welding and soldering equipment, plasma cutter, sheet metal brake and band saw.
  • Maintains continuity among maintenance department by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs between individuals and shifts.
  • Complete facilities project work as assigned.
  • Mentor and train lower level maintenance personnel in the advancement of their knowledge as it pertains to facilities maintenance.
  • Work effectively with limited supervision.
  • Communicate and perform effectively, both independently and in a team environment.
  • Completes all required paperwork in a timely manner.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance, or a role-based sales incentive plan
  • comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs
  • robust health plans
  • market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution
  • product discounts
  • flexible time off benefits
  • adoption benefits
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