Lead Maintenance Technician [Grade 25, D2 Shift, Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation]

Who You’ll Work With

As a Lead Maintenance Technician reporting to the D2 Maintenance Supervisor, you'll work with a highly motivated team skilled in industrial maintenance to maintain and repair plastics manufacturing equipment in extrusion, thermoforming and injection molding processes. Beyond the equipment, you’ll serve as a mentor for other technicians and as a resource for setting daily team activities.

Shift: D2: Friday, Saturday, Sunday and every other Monday, 5:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Who We Are Looking For

The candidate needs strong problem-solving ability to identify defects and repair industrial equipment. The role requires familiarity and training with electrical, mechanical and fluid system safety, diagnostics and repair.

Required Skills & Experience:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Post-high-school technical or vocational education, or related military training in industrial maintenance technology and industrial electrical systems.
• Experience or certification with common programmable logic controllers (PLC) and variable frequency drives.
• Familiarity with reliability-based maintenance programs and principles.
• Five years of industrial or manufacturing maintenance experience, preferably in plastics manufacturing.
• Strong industrial mechanical experience resolving issues with shafts, pulleys, belts, pumps, couplers, actuators and hydraulic presses.
• Electrical safety, troubleshooting and repair experience, including PLC control systems, AC systems up to three-phase 480 volts and DC systems.
• Experience replacing drives, ball screws, motors, pumps, heaters, switches and HMI panels.
• Experience with hand tools, machine-shop equipment, precision measuring instruments, digital multimeters, cutting and welding equipment.
• Ability to read documentation and drawings for mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical systems.
• Personal computer skills, including Microsoft Office and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS); SAP preferred.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts, including possible evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to lift objects up to 50 pounds.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience coaching others on technical topics and mentoring peers.
• Experience with plastic processing equipment and processes, including extrusion, thermoforming, injection molding, driers, loaders and transfer systems.
• Experience or certification with industrial automation and robotics; Denso and ABB preferred.
• Ability to become certified to operate forklifts, man lifts and scissor lifts.

What You’ll Work On

At Nike Air Manufacturing Innovation, you will support customized plastics-processing equipment used to create Nike Air cushioning systems. You will troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, electronic control, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, maintain production assets and help maximize uptime in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

• Perform preventative maintenance and determine repair work needed to prevent equipment failure and improve reliability.
• Repair or modify production equipment using controls, drawings, electrical, mechanics, hydraulics, machine-shop equipment, piping, PLCs, pneumatics, RF, troubleshooting, welding and programming.
• Respond quickly to equipment issues and return assets to production.
• Support projects designed to decrease downtime.
• Contact vendors, research problems, identify components and order maintenance machine parts.
• Track and turn in repairable flagged parts.
• Escalate part issues to supervisors or management with potential solutions when known.

NIKE, Inc. offers a total rewards package, a casual work environment, a diverse and inclusive culture and opportunities for professional development. NIKE, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.