Maintenance Engineer

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%

We believe our employees are our greatest resource. We offer competitive salary, benefits, 401k, and vacation packages for all full time permanent positions. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and GAF, Standard Logistics, SGI, and Siplast are proud to be affirmative action employers. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. If applying for positions in the U.S., must be eligible to work in the U.S. without need for employer sponsored visa (work permit).