Maintenance Lead - (3rd Shift)

VLS Environmental Solutions•Gray Court, SC

About The Position

The Maintenance Lead is the hands-on night-shift maintenance lead for Gray Court shredding and AEF operations. The role directs assigned maintenance work, responds to equipment failures, completes preventive maintenance, troubleshoots mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, basic electrical, and control-related issues, and verifies equipment is safe before return to service. The position protects uptime through accurate work orders, root-cause follow-up, parts planning, shift handoffs, and strict energy-control, hot-work, guarding, and fire-prevention practices.

Requirements

3–5 years of maintenance experience.
High school graduate or equivalent.
Willingness to work flexible hours or shifts to support business needs, which may include occasional weekends or holidays.
Basic math, reading comprehension, and writing skills.
Dependable and able to manage time effectively.
Willingness to help in other departments as needed.
Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
Must pass a background check and drug screening.
Able to work long hours doing repetitive motions in any weather.

Nice To Haves

Basic welding experience preferred.
Experience with heavy equipment such as a forklift or front loader preferred.
Extensive hand and power tool experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead night-shift maintenance priorities and direct assigned technicians and contractors.
Inspect, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain shredders, conveyors, hydraulic systems, motors, gearboxes, bearings, guards, and related plant equipment.
Complete scheduled preventive maintenance and document inspections, repairs, parts used, testing, and equipment status.
Respond to shutdowns, secure failed equipment, determine the safest repair plan, and communicate production impact.
Apply lockout and tagout and verify zero energy before repair, cleaning, adjustment, unjamming, or component removal.
Perform welding, cutting, fabrication, grinding, and approved oxylance work only when trained, authorized, and protected by required hot-work and fire controls.
Diagnose mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, basic electrical, and control-related faults using alarms, error codes, manuals, schematics, and test equipment.
Perform electrical work only within documented qualification; escalate energized, high-voltage, safety-circuit, interlock, and advanced control-system work.
Verify guards, covers, emergency stops, alarms, control response, and operating condition before returning equipment to Operations.
Record downtime and use root-cause methods to address recurring failures instead of repeated temporary repairs.
Maintain critical-parts visibility, identify parts needs early, and verify replacement parts before installation.
Provide complete shift handoffs covering open work, equipment restrictions, temporary conditions, parts needs, and follow-up actions.
Support forklifts, loaders, facility systems, housekeeping, and operating needs when trained, authorized, and higher-priority maintenance work is controlled.
Stop work and remove equipment from service when energy controls, guards, fire protection, repair quality, or operating conditions are not acceptable.
Perform other related duties within assigned training, qualification, authorization, and safe-work requirements.