Industrial Maintenance Shift Lead- 2nd Shift

Job Description

Job Description

Industrial Maintenance Shift Lead– 2nd Shift

Location : Platteville, CO

Relocation Assistance Offered, but prefer local candidates

Schedule : 2 : 00 PM – 10 : 30 PM (Monday–Friday with weekend availability if needed for emergencies)

Pay Range : $42.00–$48.00 per hour (Full-time, on-site)

Summary :

We’re seeking a skilled Industrial Maintenance Shift Lead to lead and support our 2nd-shift maintenance team in a high-speed food and beverage manufacturing environment. This working-lead role provides technical direction, performs hands-on troubleshooting, and ensures safe, reliable plant operations with a strong emphasis on food safety and equipment uptime. The ideal candidate brings experience in dairy or beverage (liquid) processing, PLC troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance leadership.

Key Responsibilities :

• Provide shift leadership to maintenance technicians, overseeing work order planning, execution, and safe work practices.
• Troubleshoot and repair production and facility equipment, including pumps, valves, motors, conveyors, gearboxes, packaging systems, and high-speed filling or processing lines.
• Perform PLC troubleshooting (Allen-Bradley preferred) to identify electrical and control issues; programming ability is a plus but not required.
• Support and maintain equipment such as boilers, air compressors, ammonia and glycol refrigeration systems, and HVAC units.
• Develop and improve preventive maintenance programs for existing and new equipment.
• Partner with production leadership to minimize downtime and coordinate shift coverage.
• Maintain compliance with SQF, HACCP, FSMA, GMP, and other food safety standards.
• Provide on-call support for technical issues or emergency breakdowns as needed.
• Lead 5S and shop organization efforts; maintain CMMS documentation for all maintenance activity.
• Assist in technician training, job evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives using Lean or TPM principles.
• Collaborate with Parts Specialists to manage spare parts inventory and ordering.

Required Qualifications :

Physical Requirements :

Ideal Candidate :

A hands-on maintenance leader with experience in dairy or beverage manufacturing, skilled in troubleshooting PLC-driven, high-speed equipment, who thrives on solving problems, mentoring technicians, and keeping production running safely and efficiently on the 2nd shift.