Industrial Maintenance Operations Lead

Job Description

Job DescriptionYour mission

Keep HCC’s plants running by leading people, plans, and preventive strategies that reduce downtime and elevate quality.

What you’ll own

• Team leadership: build a skilled, engaged maintenance crew focused on safe, cost-effective work.
• Safety culture: maintain a safe work environment; lead daily safety talks and weekly equipment/process/expansion reviews.
• Work execution: ensure all jobs are completed efficiently, economically, and safely.
• Planning & scheduling: finalize labor, parts, and priorities; manage preventive and predictive maintenance schedules.
• Dispatch & control: assign mechanics to specific tasks at shift start; make tactical decisions to adhere to schedule.
• Continuous improvement: act on mechanic suggestions to enhance planning and methods.
• Downtime analytics: produce detailed reports that inform proactive responses and best practices.
• Materials & systems: help set up and sustain the storeroom, shop standards, and CMMS accuracy.
• Systems expertise: leverage SAP for work orders, equipment data, inventory tracking; train mechanics on SAP.
• Partnerships: collaborate with Operations to deliver excellent internal customer service.
• Availability: maintain on-call status as required.

Tools and tech

• SAP for work orders, equipment records, inventory, and reporting
• CMMS discipline to drive reliability
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) for communication and analysis

Schedule and physical requirements

• Work on weekends, holidays, and rotating shifts (days/swings/graveyard).
• Lift up to 60 lbs as needed.

Background that fits

• High School Diploma + 4 years related experience OR Associate’s + 3 years OR Bachelor’s + 1 year.
• Proven strengths in mechanical and electrical troubleshooting.

Core technical capabilities

• Mechanical troubleshooting
• 120/208/240/480 voltage systems
• Electrical troubleshooting
• Electrical repair
• High voltage systems