Maintenance Team Lead

IFS Coatings Inc•Gainesville, TX

About The Position

Hands-on, working lead responsible for supporting safe, reliable, and efficient operation of plant equipment. This role provides day-to-day direction to maintenance technicians while actively performing maintenance work, coordinating priorities with Production, and ensuring all work is completed safely and documented in Fiix CMMS. The Team Leader promotes a strong safety culture, supports preventive and corrective maintenance efforts, and helps drive equipment reliability and continuous improvement on the shop floor.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required; Associate’s degree in Industrial Technology, Mechanical/Electrical discipline, or related field preferred.
3+ years of experience in industrial or manufacturing maintenance, with supervisory or lead experience preferred.
Strong working knowledge of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation systems.
Proficiency with CMMS platforms (Fiix, SAP PM, or similar) and maintenance data tracking.
Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work effectively in a fast-paced, production-driven environment.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook).

Nice To Haves

Experience in a hybrid hands-on maintenance and leadership role.
Demonstrated experience with preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.
Familiarity with maintenance KPIs, data analysis, and continuous improvement methodologies.
Experience managing contractors and vendor performance.
Strong problem-solving skills with structured root cause analysis experience.
Safety-first mindset with experience leading safety initiatives and investigations.

Responsibilities

Serve as a working lead for the hourly maintenance team, supporting daily maintenance activities while providing direction and oversight to technicians.
Lead daily safety huddles and reinforce IFS safety standards, PPE requirements, lockout/tagout, permits and Job Hazard Analyses (JHAs).
Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring all maintenance work is performed in compliance with IFS policies and regulatory requirements; participate in incident investigations as needed.
Coordinate daily maintenance priorities with Production and Operations to support schedule attainment and minimize unplanned downtime.
Create, assign, and close maintenance work orders in Fiix CMMS, ensuring accuracy, proper documentation, labor tracking, and parts checkout.
Support preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities by ensuring PMs are completed on time and breakdowns are addressed safely and efficiently.
Foster a proactive maintenance mindset focused on inspections, reliability, and continuous improvement of equipment performance.
Perform and support root cause analysis on equipment failures and repeat issues; ensure corrective actions are implemented and tracked.
Track and review equipment downtime, work order history and repeat repairs to identify opportunities for improvement.
Monitor technician performance to ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to standard; ensure follow-up work orders are created for temporary repairs or parts delays.
Assist the Maintenance Manager in planning and scheduling maintenance activities, shutdown work and PM optimization.
Oversee contractors and vendors performing maintenance work to ensure compliance with IFS safety rules, PPE, JHAs and site expectations.
Support spare parts management by verifying parts usage, identifying critical spares, and coordinating with maintenance leadership on ordering needs.
Communicate equipment status, risks and maintenance needs clearly to Production, Maintenance, and other stakeholders.
Support training, onboarding and mentoring of maintenance technicians to build skill levels and team accountability.