Maintenance Team Coach

It balances priorities across planned and unplanned work to keep facility disruption to a minimum and develops a highly motivated team skilled in industrial maintenance. The team maintains and repairs plastics manufacturing equipment used in extrusion, thermoforming and injection moulding processes. The role leads one of the maintenance teams supporting a production shift within a 24/7 production facility, where collaboration and communication are core values and the environment is fast-paced.

• Lead a team of maintenance professionals to execute facilities and equipment maintenance and upkeep following predefined specifications.
• Balance priorities across planned and unplanned work to ensure facility disruption is kept to a minimum.
• Develop and work with a highly motivated team skilled in industrial maintenance to maintain and repair plastics manufacturing equipment in extrusion, thermoforming and injection moulding processes.
• Lead one of the maintenance teams supporting one of the production shifts.
• Ensure repairs or modifications to production equipment are completed using the team's skills in controls, drawings, electrical, general mechanics, hand tools, hydraulics, machine shop, piping systems, PLC knowledge, pneumatics, RF, troubleshooting, welding, and programming.
• Ensure preventative maintenance is performed on production equipment and determine through regular inspections the repair and maintenance work necessary to prevent failure and improve reliability.
• Perform preventative maintenance, deploy projects to decrease downtime, and respond quickly to equipment issues to return assets to production.
• Contact vendors as needed, research problems, identify potential components, and order maintenance machine parts.
• Track and turn in repairable flagged parts, and elevate part issues to management quickly with potential solutions if known.
• Collaborate and communicate to deliver solutions and maximise uptime in a fast-paced environment.

• Bachelor's degree required in the relevant or a related field, or any acceptable combination of education and experience equivalent to a Bachelor's degree in the relevant or a related field.
• High School diploma or GED.
• Post high school Technical/Vocational school degree or education or related Military training in industrial maintenance technology and industrial electrical systems.
• 3 years industrial/manufacturing maintenance experience.
• Demonstrated strong problem-solving ability necessary to identify defects and repair industrial equipment.
• Familiarity and training with electrical, mechanical, and fluid system safety, diagnostics, and repair.
• Electrical safety, troubleshooting, and repair experience, including PLC control systems; AC electrical systems and components up to 3-phase 480-volt; DC electrical systems and components; and replacement of components including drives, motors, pumps, heaters, switches and HMI panels.
• Experience working with basic hand tools, machine shop equipment, precision measuring instruments, digital multi-meters, cutting and welding equipment.
• Ability to read and understand documentation and drawings for mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical systems.
• Personal computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office and background using computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including possible evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Able to lift objects up to 50lbs.
• Scope: Manages multiple professionals, but direct/indirect reports may include Associate track roles. Manages operational initiatives and achieves team goals through leading team.
• Problem Solving: Applies evaluation and judgment to select the right course of action and uses sophisticated analytical or problem-solving skills to identify cause of issues.
• Utilises past experience or precedent to identify solutions or adapt existing approaches to resolve the issue.

• Experience in plastics manufacturing.
• Experience working with plastic processing equipment and processes including extrusion, thermoforming, injection moulding, and support equipment such as driers, loaders and transfer systems.
• Experience and/or certification working with common Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and variable frequency drives.
• Experience and/or certification working with industrial automation and robotics (Denso and ABB preferred).
• Familiarity with reliability-based maintenance programmes and principles.
• Ability to be certified to operate forklifts, man lifts, and scissor lifts.
• Experience with Siemens and Allen Bradley PLC control systems.
• Experience with SAP.

• Shift: N1: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and every other Monday, 5:30 pm – 5:30 am.
• Work is based in a 24/7 production facility.
• Maintenance teams are aligned to each of the four production shifts.