Ensure the safety of all employees by leading a comprehensive Sonoco safety process to prevent injuries. Lead plant compliance of all federal, state and local environmental and safety regulations.
Effectively implement/maintain a reliability-centered maintenance process that drives machine uptime, improves OEE and lower operations costs by championing the Sonoco Maintenance Excellence process.
Provide department leadership to ensure the highest standards of plant condition and equipment performance are achieved and sustained.
Ensure maintenance department personnel possess the appropriate skills and are qualified and proficient. Identify and support technical training and development for department employees.
Apply reliability tools to determine the root cause of critical equipment failures and downtime. Identify the appropriate countermeasures and solutions to improve equipment reliability and prevent recurrence.
Perform as a key member of the plant leadership team - positive communicator and problem solver - driving for plant/process improvements, meeting objectives and setting the bar for performance standards.
Support pillar continuous improvement activities. Assure all departmental goals are in alignment with, plant, regional , and corporate goals.
Proactively maintain, improve, install, and troubleshoot and repair mechanical, electrical, robotic/automation, hydraulic, pneumatic, and steam (location specific) systems/processes/equipment.
Install/troubleshoot/maintain AC and DC drives/motors.
Effectively perform troubleshooting activities on PLC programs. As required by location, modify and/or write PLC programs.
Weld as required by location.
Fabricate and install various electrical, piping, pneumatic, and mechanical equipment as required by location.
Perform shop work using machining and shop equipment (lathes, drills, milling machines, etc) as required by location.
Safely and effectively troubleshoot and situationally assess equipment issues/failures. Implement the most applicable, effective corrective action based on circumstances.
Conduct thorough root cause analysis and follow up to ensure the optimum corrective action has been taken.
Ensure corrective actions minimize the risk of repeat failures.
Assist in the development / modification and implementation of procedures / activities to drive to zero failure.
Drive the proactive maintenance process in the effort to eliminate unplanned failures.
Participate in the development / improvement / optimization of Preventive / Predictive Maintenance procedures and tasks.
Communicate effectively with operations personnel to identify and resolve abnormal or degraded equipment conditions that could negatively impact safety, quality, or productivity.
Includes helping develop operator skill sets to a level that allow for asset ownership and care at the operator level.
Effectively document all maintenance activities in the Computerized Maintenance Management System to build an accurate database of asset history.
Assist in identifying opportunit
Additional Information
Position: Maintenance Lead (Team Lead/Mechanic)
Location: Tulsa, OK
Wage: $44.04/ hr.
Shift: Primarily 1st shift but must be willing to work overtime, including weekends
From a small family business to a multi-billion dollar global company, Sonoco has been changing the face of products and packaging since 1899 - all while keeping the heart of "People Build Businesses" alive. Our talented people are at the core of our growth, constantly reinventing the Sonoco wheel with brilliant solutions every year. Today we are a world leader in global packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. We're extremely proud of our portfolio of brands, our achievements in sustainability and industrialization and the groundbreaking work accomplished by our people.
Reporting to the Plant Manager, the Maintenance Lead is responsible for supporting the achievement of maximum plant reliability by performing maintenance tasks and activities as an owner of Sonoco's Maintenance Excellence Process. Maintenance and reliability best practices will be utilized to maintain equipment in optimum condition, maximize availability, and support technological advancement. The Maintenance Lead will use advanced multi-craft training and knowledge to perform proactive equipment/process/system maintenance; troubleshoot failures, perform highly effective root cause analysis, and make repairs in a manner that minimizes the potential for repeat failures; and actively participate in Sonoco's continuous improvement effort.
Sonoco · Tulsa, OK