Maintenance Team Lead - 3rd shift in Toluca, Illinois at Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.

Maintenance Team Lead - 3rd shift

US-IL-Toluca

Job ID: 2026-9129
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Category: Maintenance and Engineering
Toluca Plant

Overview

Day 1 Benefits, Competitive Pay,Full Relocation Assistance Available!

Take a peak behind the scenes of a day in the life at Ajinomoto Foods Toluca in the video below!

The Maintenance Team Leader will work with the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Supervisor to lead, plan/schedule, and perform repairs and preventive maintenance on Facility/Building/Grounds and Production Equipment. This position will also support ongoing related projects and direct daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the daily activities of the onsite Maintenance workforce on facility and equipment maintenance/repairs.
• Ensure employee accountability by reporting and assisting in incident investigations in accordance with established rules and regulations.
• Perform troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance as needed.
• Develop, plan, and schedule preventative/predictive maintenance activities.
• Evaluate the skills and performance of employees, make appropriate recommendations for improvement to the maintenance manager, and assist in employee training.
• Track work orders and produce performance metrics through the CMMS program.
• Troubleshoot and develop solutions for all Facility/Equipment/Building and Production Machine issues.
• Develop, maintain and track adequate spare parts for critical production equipment.
• Through daily support, assist the MRO in maintaining an adequate maintenance inventory.
• Ensure TPM is implemented and maintained across any equipment as necessary.
• Develop and implement departmental improvement projects.
• Provide technical direction to department technicians and contractors.
• This position does require some off hour communication, along with weekend coverage to maintain the facility’s needs.
• Responsible for all aspects of facility and maintenance installations and repairs.
• May perform other duties as assigned and extend into other areas as needed.
• Follow all Good Manufacturing Practices (G.M.P.) and Good Sanitation Practices (G.S.P.) and other Food Safety guidelines.
• Follow all safety policies and procedures to ensure safe work practices within the department.
• Keep work areas and equipment clean and orderly using 5S standards.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships.
• Ability to work effectively in independent situations and exercise good judgment to reach sound conclusions.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions, schedules, rules, procedures, etc.
• Ability to read, interpret and perform from various documents, including method sheets, assembly drawings, production reports, blueprints, printed shop schedules cards/boards, operating maintenance instruction and procedure manuals, etc.
• Ability to properly identify components and gain extensive parts knowledge.
• Ability to identify and obtain appropriate parts for work station operation.
• General knowledge of machinery, specifically related to areas of responsibility.
• Control experience including 120v and 24vdc machine controls.
• Understanding of components, including starters, overloads, fuses, circuit breakers, and switches.
• Experience maintaining motors and pumps, including VFDs, and controls/protection.
• Ability to use test instruments, including a multi-meter, amp probe, and megometer.
• Test instruments, including a multi-meter, amp probe, oscilloscope, and analog signal meter.
• Facility systems air compressors, including types and operation.
• Steam system, including boilers, coils, condensate, return, and operation.
• Cooling water system, including operation and components.
• HVAC, including operation and components.
• Plumbing, including PVC, copper, black pipe, hoses, fittings, and valves.
• Carpentry, including framing, tile ceilings, sheetrock, and texture.
• Concrete, including preparation, mixing, and texture.
• Plumbing, including PVC, copper, black pipe, hoses, fittings, valves, and fixtures.
• Painting, including preparation, cleanup, mixing, brushes, and spray.
• Mechanical theory, including bearings, bushings, levers, pulleys, drives, transmissions, gear boxes, and clutches.
• Ability to weld, including mig, tig, arc, and acetylene.
• Ability to operate a lathe, mill, drill press, and grinder.
• Bending, bonding, cutting, and shaping of sheet metal and plastic
• Plumbing, including PVC, copper, black pipe, hoses, fittings, and valves

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED required. Some college coursework preferred.
• 3-5 years of progressive mechanical and electrical experience required.
• Previous Refrigeration experience or equivalent education preferred.
• Flexibility to work overtime as required.