Electromechanical Technician Lead (Night Shift)

Electromechanical Technician Lead (Night Shift)

Location: Verona, VA 24482 Onsite
Position Type: Direct Hire Full-Time, Non-Exempt
Schedule: Night Shift This role is onsite in Verona on nights, with weekends and holidays as needed.

Job Description/Overview:
The Electromechanical Technician Lead provides hands-on technical support and leadership to a maintenance team supporting dairy processing, packaging, utility, and automation equipment. This position coordinates maintenance activities, troubleshoots complex equipment issues, and helps ensure safe, reliable plant operations. This is a night shift position requiring flexibility for rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, and emergency call-ins as needed.

Responsibilities:
• Lead, coach, and support maintenance technicians in the safe and effective execution of maintenance activities.
• Prioritize and assign daily maintenance work to maximize equipment uptime.
• Maintain and repair dairy processing, packaging, utility, and automation equipment.
• Perform preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance.
• Provide hands-on troubleshooting support for electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control systems.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions for recurring equipment failures.
• Coordinate maintenance work with Production, Quality, Warehouse, and Sanitation teams.
• Manage preventive maintenance schedules and documentation through the CMMS.
• Monitor equipment performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability and efficiency.
• Train and develop technicians while supporting production startups, changeovers, shutdowns, and emergency repairs.
• Ensure compliance with food safety requirements and applicable safety procedures, including SQF, GMP, HACCP, OSHA, and lockout/tagout.

Qualifications:
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• At least 5 years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
• At least 2 years of maintenance leadership, lead technician, or supervisory experience preferred.
• Technical degree, industrial maintenance certificate, apprenticeship, or equivalent training preferred.
• Experience in dairy, food, beverage, or consumer packaged goods manufacturing strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of dairy processing systems, including pasteurization, CIP, homogenizers, pumps, sanitary valves, heat exchangers, and tanks.
• Strong troubleshooting skills with filling, packaging, conveyance, and robotic palletizing equipment.
• Advanced understanding of electrical systems from 24V controls through 480V industrial power.
• Proficiency with Allen-Bradley PLCs, FactoryTalk software, servo drives, variable frequency drives, HMIs, and industrial communications.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, P&IDs, mechanical drawings, and technical manuals.
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance methods and experience using CMMS systems.
• Strong leadership, communication, prioritization, and root cause analysis skills.
• Availability for night shifts, rotating shifts, weekends, holidays, and emergency call-ins as needed.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of an industrial maintenance environment, including lifting, climbing, reaching, and bending.