KSB SE & Co. KGaA
Maintenance Team Leader
KSB GIW, Inc. Department: Maintenance Reports to: Maintenance Supervisor Location: Grovetown Maintenance FLSA Status: Hourly OVERVIEW: As a Lead Maintenance Technician, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of plant and manufacturing equipment. Reporting directly to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for leading a shift team, maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and workmanship, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Your duties will encompass planning and scheduling maintenance jobs, training and mentoring subordinates, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, and overseeing inventory and assets. RESPONSIBILITIES: Safety and Quality Leadership: Maintain a thorough understanding of plant safety policies and procedures, ensuring strict adherence by all team members. Uphold high standards of quality and workmanship, both in personal performance and that of subordinates, to ensure equipment reliability and product integrity. Lead a shift team in working together towards common goals, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment. Train and mentor employees involved in progressive maintenance training, ensuring continuous skill development and knowledge enhancement. Decision-Making and Initiative: Demonstrate the ability to make sound decisions and work independently with minimal supervision, ensuring efficient operation during assigned shifts. Take initiative to identify and implement improvements in materials, methods, and processes to enhance profitability and efficiency. Plan and schedule maintenance jobs, including resource allocation, material procurement, method selection, and tool and equipment usage. Ensure good communication between shifts, Operations, and Maintenance Supervisor to facilitate smooth workflow and handover. Inventory and Asset Management: Maintain responsibility for GIW Maintenance inventory and assets on the assigned shift, ensuring accurate tracking and utilization. Train operators in proper equipment operation and maintenance procedures, fostering a culture of equipment ownership and care. Ensure subordinates are well-informed of GIW policies and procedures, providing necessary guidance and support. Assign work to and supervise activities of other maintenance Journeymen, ensuring efficient utilization of labor resources and timely completion of tasks. QUALIFICATIONS: 5 years of combined mechanical and electrical industrial maintenance experience, demonstrating leadership and supervisory capabilities. 2-year technical degree in industrial maintenance or equivalent combination of training and experience. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Frequently: Standing, walking, sitting, bending, squatting, stooping, lifting, pushing, and pulling
KSB GIW, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. KSB makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. We value employees who take the initiative and are committed to our company; Employees who take responsibility and for whom business success is the focus of their actions. In return, we offer fair framework conditions for collective wages and pensions, flexible working time models, individual training opportunities and the best career prospects.
KSB GIW, Inc. Department: Maintenance Reports to: Maintenance Supervisor Location: Grovetown Maintenance FLSA Status: Hourly OVERVIEW: As a Lead Maintenance Technician, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the safe and efficient operation of plant and manufacturing equipment. Reporting directly to the Maintenance Supervisor, you will be responsible for leading a shift team, maintaining high standards of safety, quality, and workmanship, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Your duties will encompass planning and scheduling maintenance jobs, training and mentoring subordinates, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, and overseeing inventory and assets. RESPONSIBILITIES: Safety and Quality Leadership: Maintain a thorough understanding of plant safety policies and procedures, ensuring strict adherence by all team members. Uphold high standards of quality and workmanship, both in personal performance and that of subordinates, to ensure equipment reliability and product integrity. Lead a shift team in working together towards common goals, fostering a collaborative and productive work environment. Train and mentor employees involved in progressive maintenance training, ensuring continuous skill development and knowledge enhancement. Decision-Making and Initiative: Demonstrate the ability to make sound decisions and work independently with minimal supervision, ensuring efficient operation during assigned shifts. Take initiative to identify and implement improvements in materials, methods, and processes to enhance profitability and efficiency. Plan and schedule maintenance jobs, including resource allocation, material procurement, method selection, and tool and equipment usage. Ensure good communication between shifts, Operations, and Maintenance Supervisor to facilitate smooth workflow and handover. Inventory and Asset Management: Maintain responsibility for GIW Maintenance inventory and assets on the assigned shift, ensuring accurate tracking and utilization. Train operators in proper equipment operation and maintenance procedures, fostering a culture of equipment ownership and care. Ensure subordinates are well-informed of GIW policies and procedures, providing necessary guidance and support. Assign work to and supervise activities of other maintenance Journeymen, ensuring efficient utilization of labor resources and timely completion of tasks. QUALIFICATIONS: 5 years of combined mechanical and electrical industrial maintenance experience, demonstrating leadership and supervisory capabilities. 2-year technical degree in industrial maintenance or equivalent combination of training and experience. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Frequently: Standing, walking, sitting, bending, squatting, stooping, lifting, pushing, and pulling
KSB GIW, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. KSB makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. We value employees who take the initiative and are committed to our company; Employees who take responsibility and for whom business success is the focus of their actions. In return, we offer fair framework conditions for collective wages and pensions, flexible working time models, individual training opportunities and the best career prospects.