Employment Type : Full-Time
SUMMARY The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for leading and coordinating activities related to plant reliability engineering improvements, programs and initiatives. This person will drive continuous improvement of maintenance initiatives by implementing industry wide Maintenance Best Practice's and will be responsible for managing equipment uptime metrics, analyzing Mean Time Between Failures data and other equipment performance data management systems in reducing downtime. ESSENTIAL DUTIES 25-30% Participate in the design and installation process for new equipment. Oversee capital projects originating from the Maintenance Department and “project” work orders. 25-30% Develop Predictive Maintenance strategies to identify pending equipment failures utilizing technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis and ultrasonic inspection. Hands-on-approach in leading efforts to reduce downtime and Maintenance costs. Maintain a proactive Maintenance approach. Develop new and revise existing PMs that will lead to a reduction of downtime or slow time. 20-30% Be a safety champion and agent of change. Provide daily walkthrough of production facility; provide necessary follow-up to safety and machine reliability observations. Assist Production and Maintenance teams with technical issues, equipment performance, and training. Assist with startup from planned outages and unplanned downtime events. 15-25% Lead efforts to increase the life cycles of equipment / parts with the use of alternative types of equipment / parts and PM plans. Look for opportunities to replace PMs with non-intrusive Predictive Maintenance techniques. 15-25% Regularly lead and participate in Root Cause Analysis sessions. Analyze root cause of equipment failures and recommend corrective actions that will lead to improved performance. LEVEL BASED COMPETENCIES: Level Based Competencies are to be designated based on job level and content. Decision Making Managing Conflict Communication Facilitating Change Building Strategic Working Relationships Technical/Professional Knowledge & Skills Technical knowledge/skills (entry, intermediate, advanced) Experience and application of standard Manufacturing concepts, practices, and procedures Knowledge of Statistics, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), Root Cause Analysis , Variable Process Control, and Kepner Tregoe Rational Process Detailed Engineering capability applicable to a glass mat manufacturing process Demonstrated expertise in a multi-discipline engineering role High volume manufacturing knowledge with engineering focus on production machinery, batching and preferably continuous process General knowledge/skills (entry, intermediate, advanced) Excellent communication skills: written, verbal and listening Demonstrated intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Excellent planning and organizational skills including ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously Demonstrated problem solving skills Intermediate financial/budgetary understanding Ability to lead and direct the work of others Education/Experience BS degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical) required Minimum of (3) years’ engineering experience in a manufacturing setting required; minimum of (5) years preferred Continuous Process, Web Handling, or Pulp & Paper Industry experience preferred Dimensions No of direct reports: 0 No of indirect reports: 0 Budget Responsibility: varies Travel Requirements: 0-10%