Maintenance Team Leader

Maintenance Team Leader

Glanbia  

Join this dynamic team focused on delivering better nutrition for every step of life’s journey 

The Opportunity 

The Maintenance Team Leader is responsible for leading daily maintenance operations to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient performance of plant equipment and facilities. This role plans and assigns maintenance work, supports production continuity, develops maintenance personnel, and drives continuous improvement through preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and process optimization-while maintaining strict compliance with safety, quality, and food regulatory standards.

Essential Functions

Leadership & Supervision

• Supervise, coach, and develop maintenance mechanics to ensure skill proficiency, accountability, and safe work practices.
• Schedule and coordinate maintenance staffing and shift coverage.
• Conduct employee meetings, performance development (PDP) reviews, and provide ongoing feedback, including attendance and disciplinary actions as required.
• Promote professionalism in communication, behaviors, and workplace interactions.
• Assist with employee relations and issue resolution in partnership with management and HR.

Maintenance & Reliability

• Plan, schedule, and assign all maintenance work, including daily, monthly, semiannual, and annual equipment rebuilds.
• Maintain, service, and troubleshoot production equipment, utilities, and facility systems.
• Create, manage, and continuously improve preventive maintenance (PM) programs.
• Coordinate facility upgrades, capital improvements, and utility outages with cross‑functional teams.
• Ensure maintenance activities are performed within budget parameters.
• Ensure after‑hours response and leadership during plant outages and emergency situations.

Continuous Improvement & Problem Solving

• Lead equipment downtime investigations, including Breakdown Analysis (BDA) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Develop and implement corrective actions to improve equipment reliability and plant performance.
• Support TPM and continuous improvement initiatives, driving zero-loss behaviors.
• Ensure operators and maintenance personnel are trained in troubleshooting capabilities.

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Support plant productivity, quality, and safety performance objectives.
• Uphold and actively promote plant safety programs and OSHA compliance.
• Ensure adherence to food safety and regulatory requirements, including SQF, FDA, and Pasteurized Milk Ordinance (PMO).
• Conduct audits to ensure compliance with SOPs, safety procedures, and maintenance standards.
• Maintain accurate maintenance records, manuals, work instructions, parts inventories, and documentation.

Systems, Reporting & Communication

• Manage work orders through the UpKeep maintenance management system, including creation, completion, and closure.
• Participate in daily plant reviews, changeovers, and required staff meetings.
• Report maintenance performance metrics and equipment status to leadership.
• Serve on committees and lead meetings as assigned.

Glanbia Values

The Maintenance Team Leader is expected to demonstrate Glanbia’s core values:

• Showing Respect- Collaborate with internal and external partners through professional, transparent, and respectful communication.
• Find a Better Way- Champion process improvements and eliminate non‑value‑added activities.
• Winning Together- Support training, onboarding, and development of team members.
• The Customer’s Champion- Proactively support internal and external customer needs.
• Performance Matters- Meet or exceed performance and reliability metrics.
• Sense of Fun- Balance high performance and accountability with a positive, engaging work environment.

The Skills you will bring to the team

Education & Experience

• Associate degree in maintenance or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of two (2) years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience preferred.
• Must complete Glanbia Team Lead Certification Program.

Technical & Functional Skills

• Working knowledge of electrical systems, including basic troubleshooting and coordination of repairs in an industrial environment.
• Familiarity with dairy processing equipment, including pasteurizers, separators, fillers, conveyors, and CIP systems.
• Understanding of TPM or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
• Ability to read and interpret technical procedures, blueprints, SOPs, and regulatory documentation.
• SAP experience preferred; CMMS experience required (UpKeep).

Core Competencies

• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple projects.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, and decision‑making abilities.
• Proficient in standard computer applications (email, spreadsheets, recordkeeping).

Physical & Environmental Requirements

Physical Demands

• Regular standing, walking, and use of hands and arms.
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
• Occasional crouching, kneeling, climbing, or balancing.

Work Environment

Manufacturing environment with exposure to loud equipment, humidity, heat, moving mechanical parts, and potential electrical hazards.

Travel Requirements

Minimal travel (up to 10%), including occasional overnight travel.

Where and how you will work  

The opportunity will be based in Phoenix, AZ.  

What we would like to offer you!  

The opportunity to develop your career on a global stage, continuous learning through an on-demand learning platform, and a competitive compensation package including staff discounts, generous family leave policy, health & dental plan, competitive salary, 401K.  

About Glanbia  

Glanbia is a better nutrition company with three divisions: Performance Nutrition, Health & Nutrition and Dairy Nutrition. Collectively and with our partners we offer an incredible breadth of expertise in nutrition. We employ a team of 5800 people, work with global food and beverage companies, and sell our award-winning and market-leading brands and ingredients in more than 100 countries worldwide

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a variety of candidates, we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

At Glanbia, our culture celebrates individuality, knowing that together we are more.