Senior Operator I, Maintenance Lead

Schneider Electric•Seneca, OH

About The Position

The Maintenance Team Leader is a non-hierarchical team leader responsible for supporting the reliability, availability, and maintainability of production and manufacturing equipment through predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance. The role provides functional day-to-day leadership to the maintenance team and coordinates standardized maintenance processes and plans to support Safety, Quality, Service/Availability, and Cost performance. The Maintenance Team Leader works closely with Manufacturing and Engineering to prioritize maintenance activities, reduce equipment downtime and recurring failures, sustain equipment in its intended condition, develop maintenance technical competency, and drive continuous improvement through SPS/SIM and TPM practices. The position reports to the Maintenance Supervisor. The role is scheduled Monday through Friday, 6:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with weekday and weekend overtime as needed. The stated U.S. pay range is $29.50 to $43.60 per hour; the position is eligible for overtime pay and may include premium pay or differentials depending on location.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Two-year technical degree in a related field.
Ability to work cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Safety, and external technical resources.

Nice To Haves

Previous team leadership, technical leadership, or functional leadership experience preferred.
Previous experience with predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance preferred.

Responsibilities

Enforce Safety and Health requirements and 5S standards during maintenance activities.
Coordinate and perform predictive, preventive, and corrective maintenance, including complex Level 3, 4, and 5 interventions, consistent with required technical competency.
Provide functional day-to-day leadership to maintenance technicians, setting priorities and coordinating activities based on production requirements and equipment criticality.
Partner with Manufacturing to prioritize and execute maintenance action plans to restore and maintain equipment in its intended or original operating condition.
Monitor downtime, recurring failures, MTBF, MTTR, preventive-maintenance execution, and related indicators to support equipment reliability and availability.
Drive structured problem solving and permanent corrective actions for repetitive or high-impact equipment failures.
Deploy and sustain TPM practices to improve equipment reliability, availability, and maintenance effectiveness.
Ensure effective use of the CMMS for work-order execution, equipment history, preventive-maintenance plans, failure information, and maintenance follow-up.
Manage and optimize maintenance spare-parts inventory, balancing critical-parts availability with maintenance-cost control.
Support the technical capability and preservation of production equipment and tools within the assigned area.
Coordinate Maintenance involvement in installation, commissioning, and ramp-up of new equipment, workstations, and production lines, providing maintenance feedback and lessons learned.
Develop maintenance-team technical competency through coaching, on-the-job training, cross-training, and identification of competency gaps.
Participate in SPS/SIM routines and provide visibility to equipment risks, maintenance priorities, performance gaps, and recovery actions.
Drive continuous improvement in equipment reliability, maintainability, safety, and cost, and reduce unplanned downtime.
May serve as Maintenance Domain/PM Key User, as needed.
Perform other duties as assigned.