Senior Maintenance Lead

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Senior Maintenance Lead – Quality Harvest Foods

Are you a maintenance expert ready to drive performance, train teams, and create a safe, efficient work environment? Join us at Quality Harvest Foods, where your expertise is the cornerstone of our success.

About the Role:
As the Senior Maintenance Lead, you’ll oversee our facility’s maintenance operations, from physical structures to advanced production machinery. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this role demands a seasoned professional adept at troubleshooting, training, and leading by example. You’ll support the development of maintenance best practices, coach and train mechanics and Shift Leads, and build a roadmap for continuous skill improvement and facility efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Training: Coach and develop mechanics and Shift Leads on troubleshooting methods and equipment-specific best practices, strengthening the team’s technical and operational capabilities
• Maintenance Planning & Execution: Collaborate with the Maintenance Manager to construct detailed training roadmaps, prioritize day-to-day maintenance activities, and maintain safety and quality standards
• Troubleshooting & Problem Solving: Lead root cause analyses, implement corrective actions, and eliminate manufacturing constraints
• Documentation & KPI Development: Create training materials, troubleshooting documentation, and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure measurable progress and team accountability
• Hands-On Maintenance Support: Supervise and perform installations, replacements, and repairs on equipment including motors, pumps, gears, and valves to support facility uptime

Qualifications:

• 9+ years in industrial maintenance with expertise in hydraulics, pneumatics, and mechanical systems; electrical and controls experience is a plus
• Advanced project management, decision-making, and leadership skills; able to prioritize, organize, and execute complex maintenance schedules
• Proficiency with CMMS and Microsoft Suite; comfortable reading schematics, technical manuals, and troubleshooting guides
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional teams, manage vendor relationships, and motivate direct reports

Why Quality Harvest Foods?
With competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a culture of growth and teamwork, we value leaders who bring deep technical skills, a commitment to safety, and a drive for continuous improvement. This is an opportunity to make an impact on a team that values your leadership and expertise.

Apply now and be part of a dynamic environment dedicated to quality and efficiency.

Quality Harvest Foods is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from all backgrounds.