Traveling Maintenance Lead

Advanced Technology Services•Peoria, IL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

ATS, founded in 1985, is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better. This role involves following all safety-related policies, rules, regulations, technical instructions, and guidelines. The Traveling Maintenance Lead will communicate with the team to promote understanding of the relationship between site actions and results and overall tactical objectives. They will drive day-to-day execution of team-related responsibilities and priorities using leadership competencies that support the ATS culture, displaying behaviors that align with being self-motivated and emotionally intelligent. Documentation of work performed in service reports, applicable management systems, and written explanations regarding observations and collected equipment performance data is crucial. This includes compiling technical manuals, operations, and maintenance processes relevant to equipment upgrades and automation integrations. The role also involves updating records, reviewing CMMS history, and analyzing data. Key responsibilities include performing expert-level break-fix and preventative maintenance. This encompasses observing devices in operation to locate the root cause of problems, dismantling devices to access and remove defective parts, examining parts for imperfections, adjusting functional parts of devices and control instruments, repairing or replacing defective parts, testing devices to observe performance, performing tests for electrical circuitry and mechanical systems, and reconditioning and repairing machine tools. The lead will also identify and source parts, supplies, and repair items, and perform evaluations of alternatives to improve cost and/or reliability of equipment, compiling alternative packages for retrofit, upgrade, or alternative functionality of equipment. Independently performing maintenance as per industry standards and creating maintenance standards and instructions for altered or new manufacturing equipment are also key duties. The role may require setting up and operating multiple machining operations (lathe, drill press, grinder, other metalworking tools) to make and repair parts, and may involve welding tasks. Conforming to customer contractor codes of conduct, housekeeping standards, and safety processes is mandatory. The lead will also alter, troubleshoot, and analyze complex control systems to resolve in-depth software/hardware and configuration problems, and utilize advanced maintenance technologies to collect equipment performance data, observe trends, and make recommendations. Conducting on-the-job training and supporting the technical development of the team are also important aspects of this position.

Requirements

High School Graduate or equivalent (GED).
Associates degree with a Technical focus and 12 years of related experience in specific industry; or, 15 years of experience in specific industry.
Possesses comprehensive understanding of electrical, mechanical, fluid power and control systems. Can analyze the problem, synthesize alternative solutions, and perform repairs.
Must be able to use basic hand tools and specialized tools, and programming software as appropriate.
Extensive travel required. (Local, National, International)

Nice To Haves

Experience in condition-based maintenance techniques, precision mechanical alignments, maintenance of applicable process equipment, and automation integration.
Robust experience in programmable logic controllers, field device troubleshooting, maintenance of electrical drive and motor systems, and motion control devices.

Responsibilities

Follows all safety related policies, rules, regulations, technical instructions, and guidelines.
Communicates with the team to promote and understanding of the relationship between site actions and results and overall tactical objectives.
Drives day-today execution of team-related responsibilities/team priorities using the leadership competencies that support our ATS culture.
Displays behaviors that align with being self-motivated and emotionally intelligent.
Document’s work performed in service reports, applicable management systems, and written explanation regarding observation and collected equipment performance data. Compiles technical manuals, operations, and maintenance processes relevant to equipment upgrades and automation integrations.
Updates records and reviews CMMS history and analyzes data.
Performs expert level break-fix & preventative maintenance. This includes but is not limited to: observing devises in operation to location root cause of problem; dismantling devices to gain access to and remove defective parts; examining parts to detect imperfections; adjustment of functional parts of devices and control instruments; repair and/or replacement of defective parts; testing of device to observe performance; and performing tests for electrical circuitry and mechanical systems; reconditioning and repairing machine tools.
Identifies and sources parts, supplies and repair items, as necessary. Performs evaluations of alternatives to improve cost and / or reliability of equipment. Compiles alternative packages for purposes of retrofit, upgrade, or alternative functionality of equipment.
Independently performs maintenance as per industry standards; creates maintenance standards and instructions for altered or new manufacturing equipment.
May be required to setup and operate multiple machining operations including but not limited to: lathe, drill press, grinder, and other metalworking tools to make and repair parts. May perform welding tasks.
Conforms and complies with customer contractor codes of conduct, housekeeping standards, and safety processes.
Alters, troubleshoots, and analyzes complex control systems to resolve in-depth software/ hardware and configuration problems.
Utilizes advanced maintenance technologies to collect equipment performance data. Observes trends and makes recommendations.
Conducts on-the-job training and supports technical development of team.