Precision Maintenance Lead

Description Overview

The Precision Maintenance Lead will promote, mentor, and coach precision maintenance practices and will be a resource to the plant who constantly focuses on improving the life of troubled equipment and improving the skill sets and performance of the maintenance team as a whole.  The Lead will work closely with the operations, engineering, and maintenance departments to ensure that a troubled equipment list is created, maintained, tracked, and communicated to the whole organization. The Lead will become a part of the manufacturing work system team and will ensure that work orders for these assets are in the backlog and planned well. Lead will work from this backlog to ensure that jobs are considered for the schedule every week. Lead will work with technicians to ensure that these improvement projects are properly executed, followed through, documented, and value of the job is captured and reported to all levels of the organization. The Lead will report weekly and monthly to plant leadership team progress made and upcoming opportunities to improve.  Lead will champion the facility’s lubrication improvement program. 

Scope of the Role

• Must observe and practice all Department/Plant Procedures including wearing required PPE
• Adherence to plant safety, food Safety, sanitation standards, and following all GMP guidelines.
• To improve the safety, reliability, and efficiency of assets through the planning and scheduling process and MRO process application. 
• Develop, implement, and champion Precision Maintenance® techniques 
• Identify, develop, justify, and implement reliability and performance improvement projects
• Responsible for leading the following programs:
  • Condition Assessment
  • Lubrication Program
• Work with Predictive Maintenance Lead to develop and review real time condition assessment data for all critical equipment
• Work with Asset Reliability team to identify critical equipment failure modes
• Co-ordinate and support collection and review of all necessary before and after data to report value of improvement project
• Optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of existing condition monitoring tools
• Responsible for identifying and coordinating training for maintenance personnel
• Responsible for identifying and executing projects designed to improve equipment reliability
• Implement quality assurance procedures for critical spares and parts
• Implement quality commissioning procedures for rebuilt or new equipment
• Assist in the development of field balancing and shaft alignment work to ensure procedural compliance and that job tolerances are met
• Assist with developing and tracking Precision Maintenance® metrics
• Work with vendors in addressing issues identified through root cause and condition-based maintenance program
• Perform, interpret data, and report on the following tasks:
  • Tribology (oil analysis) inspections, including data collection, oil changes, bearing change, maintaining quality of lube inventory and ownership of lube storage area
• Lead / assist craftsman during precision assignments
• Research and develop alternative methods maintaining equipment
• Have a passion for the Precision Maintenance® process, a willingness to go above and beyond what is considered good enough
• Report in writing any discrepancies or conditions that require corrective, predictive or planned maintenance for production systems
• Willing to accept accountability for own decisions, performance, and behavior
• Ability to organize, lead, and participate in cross functional teams
   

Experience Required

• 5 years of experience as a maintenance technician in industrial maintenance with preference in FDA / regulated GMP environment, journeywork status in 1 trade preferred
• Experience in the installation and repair of mechanical equipment required. Diagnose and repair of all machinery and process malfunctions, must be fluent in mechanical troubleshooting, electrical troubleshooting a plus.
• Diagnose and repair of all mechanical power transmission equipment. Knowledge of Gear boxes, mechanical drives, variable speed applications, and Servomotors.
• Skilled within specific tolerances using various precision tools; Vernier calipers, depth gauges, dial indicators, etc.
• Desirable training/experience includes lubrication, alignment, balancing and equipment installations. 
• An excellent safety work record and demonstrated safety behaviors including adherence to lockout tagout and confined space entry.
• Computer competency including basic Excel, Word, Power Point
• Experience with SAP, Office, PdM software or systems desired
• Read and decipher mechanical drawings, schematics, and piping diagrams. 
• Proficient in knowledge of bearings, pulleys, chain drives, belt drives, and lubricants standards and applications.
• Basic Industrial electrical knowledge and practice of NFPA 70E preferred
• Willingness to become a qualified electrical worker to support specific tasks
• Good math, oral/written communication, and interpersonal skills
• Proven analytical, planning, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Ability to be flexible and shift priorities in a constantly changing, fast-paced work environment.  
• Highly motivated and resourceful with a “get-it-done, can-do” attitude 
• Ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with all team peers and customers.
• Maintain accurate records and data. 
• Ability to travel for training and continuous improvement activities 
• Ability to endure daily, excessive walking, standing, crouching, lifting (excess of 60lbs), twisting, climbing, reaching.