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Industrial Maintenance Shift Lead- 2nd Shift
Platteville, CO
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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:

• High school diploma or equivalent; associate/technical degree in Industrial Maintenance, Electrical, Mechanical, or related field preferred.

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience in food, beverage, or dairy manufacturing environments (liquid processing preferred) with at least 2 years of leadership, management, or supervisory experience.

• Proven troubleshooting experience in mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.

• Working knowledge of PLC-controlled equipment, VFDs, sensors, relays, and control circuits.

• Ability to read and interpret electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and mechanical schematics.

• Experience with CMMS, workflow planning, and work order tracking.

• Familiarity with boilers, compressors, refrigeration, and HVAC systems.

• Welding/fabrication (MIG/TIG) skills strongly preferred.

• Prior lead or supervisory experience in a manufacturing or maintenance setting preferred.

• Must be able to work nights, weekends, or cover other shifts when required.

Physical Requirements:

• Regular standing, climbing, bending, and reaching required; ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

• Work may involve exposure to moving mechanical parts, wet or humid conditions, and elevated noise levels.

• Comfortable working at heights with fall protection and LOTO compliance.

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.


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