Team Lead - Electrical

What you will be responsible for:

• Lead, schedule, and direct a team of Maintenance Electricians in preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergency maintenance activities.
• Promote a strong safety culture by ensuring compliance with all safety policies, lockout/tagout procedures, GMPs, food safety requirements, and ISO standards.
• Provide training, technical guidance, and day-to-day leadership to maintenance team members.
• Plan and coordinate preventive maintenance events, projects, contractor support, and work order completion to maximize equipment reliability and minimize downtime.
• Troubleshoot, install, maintain, and repair electrical, electronic, automation, HVAC, and facility systems, including motors, drives, transformers, generators, controllers, and low-voltage systems.
• Develop, maintain, and improve preventive maintenance programs, procedures, and equipment documentation using the CMMS.
• Utilize reliability and TPM practices such as vibration analysis, thermography, air surveys, oil analysis, and root cause analysis to improve equipment performance.
• Perform equipment inspections, identify potential issues before failures occur, and recommend corrective actions and equipment improvements.
• Coordinate repairs, rebuilds, and inventory management of critical spare parts, motors, rolls, and other maintenance assets.
• Read and interpret electrical schematics, blueprints, and technical documentation to support troubleshooting and equipment modifications.
• Partner with Production, Engineering, Scheduling, and other departments to prioritize work, improve processes, and achieve operational goals.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, repair logs, and equipment history while ensuring work areas and tools remain clean, organized, and secure.
• Support installation, relocation, and commissioning of new equipment and facility systems.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Qualities we're looking for:

• Is respected by peers not only in the area but in maintenance as well.
• Understands equipment to make improvised repairs when needed.
• Supports continuous improvement activities.
• Ability to work effectively with other departments such as Engineering, Production, and Scheduling to meet goals/objectives.
• Self-motivated with the ability to motivate others.

 Qualifications for the role: 

• 2 - 4 years manufacturing experience on same or similar equipment. 
• Associates degree preferred. 
• Experience with Lean Six Sigma, ASQ, Quality ISO/SQF, Continuous Improvement a plus. 
• Ability to manage moderately complex issues and problems. 
• Experience with cross-functional teams.  
• Solid working knowledge of electrical processes and related manufacturing.  
• Experience using Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Outlook. 
• Maintains strict confidentiality and protects privacy of confidential/sensitive information. 
• Exceptional time management and organization skills.  
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal, written, and presentations).  
• Proactive; exercises sound judgment and decision making; able to identify problems and needs and develop solutions and/or options. 
• Self-confident, self-motivated polished professional who thrives in a challenging, fast-paced environment. 

Schedule: 

The schedule for the position is Monday - Friday 6 AM - 2 PM with flexibility to support business and production needs. 

Experience

Required

• 2 - 4 years: Maintenance related functions

Education

Preferred

• Associates or better

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