Company Overview: At Bobo’s Oat Bars everything we create is made with love and baked by hand using wholesome, simple ingredients you can find in your own kitchen. Working at Bobo’s is a labor of love. Our experienced staff exudes integrity, grit, passion, and a unified desire to share the love of Bobo’s and our products from their hearts to others. Bobo’s employees embrace and reflect the Bobo’s values being collaborative, adaptable, passionate, persevering, and fun-loving.
Compensation and Benefits:
· Wage range is $35.00 - $39.00
· Benefits include health, dental and vision insurance, 401k with 4% company match, sick and vacation leave
Position Summary: The Maintenance Technician Lead is a senior, hands-on maintenance role responsible for advanced troubleshooting, equipment reliability, and shift-level execution of maintenance activities. This position serves as the technical and functional lead for the maintenance team during assigned shifts, combining expert-level maintenance skills with clear accountability for shift-level performance.
The Maintenance Technician Lead works directly on equipment while coordinating, prioritizing, and directing maintenance work to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable plant operations. This role carries shift-level accountability for preventive maintenance completion and work quality, while modeling Bobo’s values and reinforcing standards for safety, food safety, and professionalism.
This position is not a people manager but is empowered to make real-time decisions that protect safety, equipment, and production.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Safety, Food Safety & Quality
- · Model, enforce, and actively promote all safety policies, procedures, and safe work practices.
- · Immediately stop production when equipment or safety risks are identified.
- · Uphold the highest standards of food safety and product quality, including allergen controls, GMPs, and SQF/HACCP requirements.
- · Identify, correct, and escalate safety, food safety, or quality risks in real time.
Technical Leadership & Troubleshooting
- · Serve as the primary technical authority and lead troubleshooter during assigned shifts.
- · Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and PLC-related equipment failures.
- · Provide hands-on technical support during production runs, changeovers, and startups.
- · Lead equipment testing, calibration, validation, and post-repair verification to ensure reliable operation.
Maintenance Execution & Shift Accountability
- · Execute and oversee preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance activities.
- · Assign, prioritize, and reassign maintenance work during the shift based on safety, production, and equipment needs.
- · Ensure shift-level PM completion and work quality meet established standards.
- · Verify repairs and PMs are completed correctly, safely, and documented accurately.
- · Hold peers accountable to workmanship, documentation, and safety expectations.
Leadership Without Direct Supervision
- · Act as the maintenance lead for the shift, coordinating technician efforts and responding to production needs.
- · Provide real-time coaching, guidance, and technical direction to Maintenance Technician I and II employees.
- · Support training, onboarding, and cross-training efforts by sharing knowledge and best practices.
- · Escalate performance, conduct, or capability concerns to the Maintenance Supervisor as appropriate.
Contractor Oversight
- · Direct and coordinate contractor work during assigned jobs.
- · Ensure contractors follow all site safety, food safety, and operational requirements.
- · Inspect completed contractor work and sign off on job completion in coordination with the Maintenance Supervisor.
Documentation, KPIs & Systems
- · Ensure accurate and timely completion of CMMS work orders, maintenance logs, and equipment history.
- · Maintain accountability for shift-level maintenance KPIs, including but not limited to:
- · Preventive maintenance completion
- · Work quality and first-pass repair effectiveness
- · Downtime response and resolution during the shift
- · Provide input on PM optimization, spare parts, SOPs, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Culture & Values
- · Consistently model and reinforce Bobo’s values: Collaborative, Adaptable, Passionate, Winning, and Fun-Loving.
- · Foster a respectful, team-oriented work environment where accountability and mutual support are expected.
- · Act as a culture carrier during assigned shifts, especially during off-hours or limited supervision periods.
Other Duties
- · Perform other duties as required to support safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.
Supervisory Responsibility:
- No direct reports
- Provides functional and technical leadership during assigned shifts
Qualifications / Education / Experience Desired:
- · High school diploma or equivalent required; technical certification, vocational training, or associate degree preferred
- · Minimum 4–6 years of industrial maintenance experience, preferably in food manufacturing
- · Advanced proficiency in mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and PLC troubleshooting
- · Strong understanding of preventive maintenance methodologies and reliability principles
- · Ability to read electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and technical manuals
- · Experience working in FDA-, SQF-, or HACCP-regulated environments
- · Demonstrated ability to lead by influence and make sound decisions under pressure
- · Proficiency with CMMS systems and basic Microsoft Office applications
- · Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including some weekends and/or holidays
Supervision Given:
- · This position will report to the Production Manager
Physical Demands:
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.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee:
- · Must be able to stand for shift length up to 12 hours unless otherwise specified (Constantly)
- · Must be able to tolerate exposure to peanuts and tree nuts (coconut, almond, and pecan) as well as other materials (Frequently)
- · Must use hands to grasp, grip, pinch and handle objects; lift and reach with hands and arms (Frequently)
- · Must be able to lift and/or move up to 15 pounds (Frequently) and up to 50 pounds (Occasionally)
- · Must be able to exert a push/pull force of up to 50 pounds (Occasionally)
- · Required to walk and climb steps (Occasionally)
- · Must balance, stoop, kneel, or crouch (Occasionally)
- · Must be able to operate in congested areas (Occasionally)
- · Must be able to operate maintenance tools and equipment
- · Must be able to work from a scissor/articulating lift at heights up to and including 30 feet
Work Location: This position is required to work onsite in our Loveland, CO facility
Work Environment:
- · Environmental temperature varies between hot and cold conditions
- · Noise level is moderate; hearing conservation program not required, but provided upon request
- · Employees work on or near heavy machinery and rapidly moving equipment
Travel Required: None
Bobo’s Oat Bars is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Company does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, protected veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.
Pay: $35.00 - $39.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Education:
- High school or equivalent (Required)
Experience:
- Industrial maintenance: 4 years (Required)
- Electrical troubleshooting: 1 year (Preferred)
- CMMS: 1 year (Preferred)
Work Location: In person
