Maintenance Lead

Viwinco is seeking a Maintenance Lead to serve as the senior hands-on technical authority and informal working leader across our maintenance operations. This role combines mechanical, electrical, and automation/controls expertise with day-to-day leadership of maintenance activity on the floor — directing work, mentoring technicians, and driving first-time-fix quality on our high-speed automated vinyl forming and extrusion lines. The Lead Technician also assumes primary ownership of all maintenance activity, establishing consistent, expert-level support across operations. This is an individual contributor position that carries technical leadership responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Coordination

• Direct work: Act as the on-the-floor technical lead during assigned shifts, directing and coordinating the work of maintenance technicians on complex or high-priority repairs.


• Escalation ownership: Serve as the escalation point for difficult troubleshooting calls across mechanical, electrical, and automation systems; own the diagnosis through resolution.


• Mentorship: Mentor and train technicians on advanced diagnostic techniques, safe work practices, and equipment-specific knowledge; help develop bench strength across the team.


• Cross-team coordination: Partner with the Maintenance Supervisor, Reliability Engineers, and Facility Supervisor to prioritize work, plan major repairs/rebuilds, and align on root-cause corrective actions.


• Project leadership: Lead or actively participate in planned shutdowns, PM events, and equipment installations/relocations, coordinating labor and sequencing of work.


• Standards: Model and enforce safety standards, lockout/tagout, and quality expectations; hold the team accountable to procedures.

Mechanical & Electrical

• Troubleshooting & repair: Diagnose and repair mechanical systems on equipment, including hydraulics and pneumatics.


• Diagnostics & repair: Troubleshoot and repair 24V–480V control and power circuits, motor controls, VFDs, servo drives, and industrial power distribution equipment to the component level.


• Schematics & safety: Read and work from electrical schematics, ladder logic, and wiring diagrams; safely perform live and de-energized troubleshooting per NFPA 70E and site LOTO procedures.


• Installation support: Support panel builds, wiring upgrades, and electrical infrastructure improvements on production and facility equipment.

Automation & Reliability

• PLC/HMI: Troubleshoot and support PLC-based control systems, HMI interfaces, sensors, and networked I/O across production lines.


• Reliability collaboration: Work with automation technicians and the Reliability Engineer to improve machine reliability through controls-level root-cause analysis.

Ownership & Documentation

• Primary ownership: Serve as the primary maintenance owner for the operation, covering mechanical, electrical, and automation/controls.


• Program build-out: Establish and maintain PM routines, spare parts recommendations, and troubleshooting documentation specific to the equipment.


• Vendor coordination: Coordinate with equipment OEMs and specialty vendors for systems as needed for major repairs or technical support.


• CMMS (Fiix): Document all work performed, findings, and parts used in Fiix CMMS in a timely and accurate manner; close out work orders with sufficient detail for trend analysis.


• Data quality: Recommend and help maintain PM schedules, spare parts inventory levels, and equipment documentation (manuals, schematics, SOPs).

Qualifications

Education & Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate degree or technical certification in industrial maintenance, electrical/electromechanical technology, mechatronics, or a related field preferred.


• 5+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment, with demonstrated depth across mechanical, electrical, and automation/controls disciplines; prior lead, senior technician, or informal leadership experience strongly preferred.

Technical Skills

• Mechanical: Advanced troubleshooting of mechanical power transmission, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.


• Electrical: Strong working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motor controls, VFDs/servos, and NFPA 70E safe work practices.


• Automation: Practical experience with PLCs, HMIs, and industrial networks; ability to read and interpret ladder logic.


• CMMS: Comfortable working in a CMMS for work order management, PM scheduling, and documentation.


• Blueprint/schematic reading: Skilled at reading mechanical, electrical, and P&ID/schematic drawings.

Leadership & Professional Skills

• Informal leadership: Demonstrated ability to direct the work of others, coach less-experienced technicians, and drive accountability without formal supervisory authority.


• Communication: Clear, direct communicator able to coordinate across shifts and with supervisors, engineers, and vendors.


• Ownership: Strong ownership mentality; willing to take on ambiguous areas and build structure around them.


• Decision-making: Sound judgment under pressure during downtime events; able to prioritize and make decisions with incomplete information.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

• Regularly required to stand, walk, climb, bend, kneel, and work in elevated or confined spaces; frequently lifts/moves up to 50 lbs.


• May require off-shift, weekend, or on-call response to support production and emergency repairs.