Position Summary:

Toyota is seeking a third shift Maintenance Lead Technician. This position is responsible for leading a team of Maintenance Technicians to ensure top equipment performance and long-term reliability of our assets and processes. This position reports to the third shift Maintenance Team Leader.

Essential Position Duties:

• Reporting team activity and progress through visual management (weak point management, pareto charts, other TPS tools, and graphs).
• Manage general practices for the third Maintenance team, including lock out/tag out (electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic/mechanical), 5S condition (process and shop cleanliness and organization, and other potential hazards (proper PPE)
• Coordinate daily activities and generate/assign PM’s to the associates
• Coordinate trouble calls for machine downtime to ensure all equipment is repaired with the utmost quality
  • Downtime prevention activities
• Work order completion according to targets
  • Attain target of no work order older than 25 days
  • Coordinate daily activities to have parts and necessary supplies
  • Retest all equipment with associate and leadership to verify quality and performance of machine
• Cross shift repair coordination
  • Coordinate the transfer of time sensitive repair and improvement work to and from adjacent shifts to prevent the interruption of production operations
• Human development
  • Assist in the development of each Associate in behavior and skillset
• Project management
  • Initiate, plan, execute, control, and report the work of a team to achieve improvement goals
• Promote kaizen activity
  • Continuously identify and implement improvements (safety, quality, cost, delivery, and environment)
• Create a teamwork atmosphere through excellent communication and respect for people
• Daily management
  • Downtime countermeasure effectiveness, check sheet completion, work orders, and project schedules
  • Escalate critical equipment issues or downtime events to ensure adequate resources are assigned
• Work unscheduled overtime to complete assigned jobs to ensure meeting of production goals
• Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Additional duties as assigned

Core Competency Requirements:

• Strong communication skills (oral & written)
• Continual learning
• Interpersonal skills/respect for people
• Team player – Willingness to share knowledge
• Resourcefulness/initiative
• Customer focused

Education & Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required
• 6 hears of previous Maintenance Experience preferred

Physical Requirements / Working Conditions:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Individuals will be required to perform all job duties while walking and/or standing for extended periods of time on hard surfaces. The work for this position is very physical in nature with repetitive tasks. This means it is fast paced; you must be detail oriented. You must be able to stoop, bend, twist, turn, squat, reach, push, pull, grab or grasp.  Proper lifting techniques required. May include lifting up to 44.5 pounds.

Primary environment for this position is a warehouse/ factory environment. The Toyota shop floor is not climate controlled and internal temperatures will be relative to the external temperatures and temperature forecasts.

About Toyota Material Handling

Let Toyota take your career to new heights. Toyota Material Handling provides employees with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through innovation and creativity in an unmatched culture.

Based in Columbus, Indiana, Toyota offers a full line of high-quality material handling equipment sold under the Toyota brand for over 50 years. We are proud of our large and diverse workforce. We seek individuals committed to excellence with talent, skill and innovation. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package with a pleasant and challenging work environment. Life is better at Toyota.

Benefits that set Toyota apart:

• Generous Salary + Bonus Program
• Low cost Medical with FREEDental and FREE Vision Insurance
• FREEon-site medical center
• On-site Pharmacy
• FREEon-site gym membership
• 401k matching
• Group life insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP) that allows for covered behavioral health visits
• Generous paid time off (PTO) allotment
• Between 13-14 paid holidays
• New Parent Leave

Affirmative Action Responsibility:

It is the Company’s policy to afford equal employment and advancement opportunity for all qualified individuals without distinction or discrimination because of race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.