Maintenance Workleader - C Shift
About The Position
McCormick is seeking a Maintenance Workleader for the 3rd shift (9:30pm-6am, Sun-Thurs) at their Hunt Valley Plant. This role manages and directs daily activities related to mechanical and electrical predictive, preventive, and proactive maintenance programs, focusing on improving process reliability, reducing maintenance costs, and supporting plant performance objectives. The position also supports core reliability processes such as Autonomous Maintenance, Early Equipment Management, Training, and Focused Improvement. The Work Leader fosters a high-performance team environment, leads daily direction setting for the shift, and ensures alignment with plant safety, quality, reliability, and cost objectives.
Requirements
- Acceptable attendance record.
- Meets standards in overall performance rating in most recent performance review.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Minimum five (5) years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to work overtime and weekends as required.
Nice To Haves
- Demonstrated ability to investigate and solve mechanical and processing problems.
- Experience diagnosing mechanical issues and resolving minor equipment problems.
- Experience in performing changeovers and preventive maintenance on production equipment.
- Working knowledge of CMMS, SAP or other ERP systems, and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience with Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio.
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) pillar experience.
- Experience with high-speed food packaging and processing equipment.
- Demonstrated leadership capability, including formal leadership training.
- Proven ability to coach, train, and positively influence others with respect and professionalism.
- Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including risk assessment capability.
- Experience leading and facilitating team and cross-functional meetings.
- Experience with financial forecasting or budgeting.
- Demonstrated competency to operate all equipment within the business (strongly preferred).
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage daily mechanical and electrical maintenance activities.
- Drive improvements in process reliability (PR%), waste reduction, cost control, and loss elimination.
- Coordinate maintenance resources to meet operational objectives.
- Monitor activities and results; make work assignments and lead escalation and decision-making processes to resolve plant losses.
- Lead daily cross-shift communications regarding adjustments, downtime, parts/settings changes, and planned/unplanned work.
- Ensure all safety incidents are reported and handled according to established protocols.
- Ensure completion of required monthly, quarterly, and annual training for team members.
- Review and ensure completion of required work orders in CMMS; develop corrective actions from completed work orders.
- Support and develop High Performance Organization (HPO) teams to embed structured problem-solving methodologies such as A3, PDCA, Breakdown Analysis, and 5-Why into daily operations.
- Foster strong communication, personnel development, and continuous improvement practices across teams.
Benefits
- 401k
- health insurance
- paid time off
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth opportunities
- Flexibility and Support for Diverse Life Stages and Choices
- Wellbeing programs
- Comprehensive health plans covering medical, vision, dental, life and disability benefits
- Family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leave, fertility benefits, Employee Assistance Program, and caregiver support
- Retirement and investment programs including 401(k) and profit-sharing plans
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
