Lead Maintenance Mechanic

Job Title: Lead Maintenance Mechanic

Job Description

The Maintenance Lead is responsible for hands-on maintenance activities which include troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining machinery and equipment such as packaging, food processing, and other automated equipment. Will also be responsible for leading shift, training mechanics, and managing reports.

Responsibilities

• Mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and maintenance of all equipment

• Troubleshooting and maintaining PLCs, VFDs, HMIs, and other control systems.

• Responsible for preventative and emergency maintenance

• Train and develop junior mechanics

• Coordinating weekend maintenance activities, writing shift, reports, etc

• Experience using CMMS systems to create and update PMs

• Lead ateam of mechanics, ensuring tasks are assigned and completed efficiently.

• Provide technical guidance and support to team members to address complex maintenance challenges.

• Assist in the training and onboarding of new mechanics, ensuring team skill development.

• Collaborate with supervisors to create and manage work schedules, balancing maintenance priorities with production needs.

• Foster a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement within the maintenance department.

• Communicate effectively with production and leadership teams to address equipment issues and prioritize repairs.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $40.00 - $40.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job

classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be

subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits

available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision

Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital

401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available

Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)

Short and long-term disability

Health Spending Account (HSA)

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a fully onsite position in Clifton,NJ.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Aug 22, 2025.

About Aerotek:

We know that finding work is hard, and finding meaningful work is harder. Aerotek connects 180,000+ light industrial and skilled trades workers with 14,000+ employers each year, helping our workers navigate an evolving labor market and find jobs that meets their goals, skills and interests. Since 1983, we have provided a variety of career opportunities across North American industry from short-term assignments at Fortune 500 companies where you can build your skills, to long-term opportunities where you can play a vital role solving for companies construction, manufacturing and maintenance challenges. Our 1,500+ experienced recruiters across 250+ offices work relentlessly to put our workforce in a position to thrive. Let us rise to meet your challenges and put our people-are everything spirit to the test as your career continues to grow.

Aerotek offers weekly pay, employee benefits including medical, dental & vision, life insurance, health advocacy and employee assistance programs, a 401(k) plan, and employee discounts.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.