Team Lead - LPM

Padnos•Holland, MI

About The Position

This position is responsible for maintenance of all rolling equipment—including trucks, trailers, and heavy equipment—across PADNOS’s large, diverse fleet. The role leads a large team of skilled mechanics and is accountable for implementing lean practices in the shops, tracking service and repair efficiency, managing parts inventory, and analyzing fleet maintenance and replacement needs. These efforts aim to build team member competencies, maintain a safe work environment, and improve equipment availability and reliability. The Team Lead is expected to be a collaborative, values-driven leader who prioritizes team members’ needs and actively coaches them in their personal and professional growth. The role develops a culture of flexibility, continuous learning, safety, accountability, and excellence in safety, repair quality, and efficiency. It also supports continuous improvement across LPT and Manufacturing, establishes structured team meetings and KPI communication, analyzes equipment needs for capital acquisition, and uses lean practices and technology to improve asset capacity, effectiveness, and cost. The position seeks new methods, workflows, equipment, and technologies to advance maintenance capabilities. It defines and documents leading practices that improve repeatability, equipment availability, and reliability; identifies tools, equipment, and shop layouts that maximize efficiency; justifies new processing capabilities; and supports fleet growth through internal and external maintenance solutions. Success is measured through safety-program participation, team engagement, on-time service completion, quarterly rock goal completion, breakeven P&L performance while meeting budget, improved truck and trailer service and repair efficiency, and the fleet CSA Maintenance score.

Responsibilities

Lead a large team of skilled mechanics responsible for truck, trailer, and heavy equipment maintenance.
Develop and maintain a safety-first culture throughout the shops, including full participation in Safety Rules & Responsibilities and review, reporting, and resolution of safety events.
Improve team engagement, morale, team quality, and team depth; recruit the right people, build a talent bench, and coach team members’ personal and professional growth.
Use industry training partners, trade schools, and certification programs to develop talent and maintain team members’ skills.
Promote a culture of ownership, pride, accountability, and excellence in safety, repair quality, and efficiency.
Support LPT and Manufacturing in building a culture of continuous improvement.
Lead structured daily, weekly, and monthly meetings to manage the team and communicate key performance indicators.
Analyze fleet and heavy equipment to support capital acquisition of rolling equipment.
Use lean tools to increase capacity and reduce costs of rolling equipment assets by measuring performance, establishing baselines, and improving results.
Implement and use technology to track equipment efficiency and effectiveness.
Define and document leading practices that improve equipment maintenance repeatability, availability, and reliability.
Use lean practices to identify tools, equipment, and shop layouts that maximize efficiency.
Justify new processing capabilities by defining suitable equipment for the work.
Support rapid fleet growth through internal and external maintenance solutions.
Manage parts inventory and track service and repair efficiency.
Work toward 100% on-time service completion, quarterly rock goal completion, breakeven P&L performance within budget, and improved truck and trailer service and repair efficiencies.