Maintenance Shift Leader

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Maintenance Shift Leader for a direct hire opportunity in Buffalo, NY. This onsite role is ideal for a hands-on industrial maintenance professional who enjoys leading technicians, solving complex equipment issues, and improving reliability in a high-volume manufacturing environment.

The Maintenance Shift Leader will play a key role in keeping production equipment running safely and efficiently while supporting preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, team development, and continuous improvement initiatives. This opportunity offers strong visibility within operations, exposure to advanced automated manufacturing and packaging equipment, and the chance to make a direct impact on uptime, quality, and plant performance.

Candidates who value supportive leadership, teamwork, technical problem solving, and a culture focused on safety and continuous improvement will find this role highly rewarding.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead, coach, and mentor maintenance and tooling technicians while promoting safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Troubleshoot complex electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, PLC, automation, packaging, and production equipment issues.
- Coordinate preventive and predictive maintenance activities to reduce downtime, improve reliability, and support production goals.
- Respond quickly to equipment breakdowns, oversee machine changeovers, and provide hands-on technical support to production teams.
- Manage maintenance parts inventory, critical spare parts, vendor support, and cost-conscious maintenance practices.
- Maintain accurate work orders, downtime logs, repair documentation, shift handovers, and equipment performance updates.

Compensation and Benefits

- Pay rate: $35.00 per hour.
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Work location: Onsite in Buffalo, NY 14225.
- Full-time opportunity.

This company offers growth and a great group of people to work with.