Maintenance Engineer

Job Purpose/Scope:
Apply engineering concepts to safely optimize equipment, procedures, and departmental budgets to achieve better maintainability, reliability and availability of equipment.
Job Duties/Responsibilities:
Essential Functions
40% Analyze repetitive equipment failures, identify root causes, make recommendations, implement correct actions and develop long term equipment reliability programs.
25% Estimate maintenance costs and evaluate effective alternatives.
10% Assist in the selection and maintenance of software to drive and manage the Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) processes. Develop and maintain CMMS system for facililty.
10% Forecast spare parts requirements. Working with Tool Room to correlate Min/max on parts by developing critical equipment list in MP2, providing feedback from Em, PM and CM parts usage, developing history on equipment and parts usage.
10% Assess the need, timing and cost for equipment upgrades, rebuilds and replacements and make recommendations.
5% Coordinate with other engineering resources, operations, maintenance personnel and outside contractors to schedule and manage projects.
Secondary Functions
Assists Maintenance Supervisor to plan, schedule and supervise services internally for the Maintenance, Machine Shop and Engineering departments, as well as, procure outside contractors/vendors to maintain facility auxiliary systems, such as HVAC, Boilers, Propane/CNG systems, CO2 & Halon systems, emergency generators and the Fire Protection system. Help maintain the work order system and participate in safety, environmental and ISO audits.
Performs those administrative activities necessary, including provision for selection and development of employees’ safety, employee counseling and motivation, organization goals and objectives, and planning, organizing, integrating, and measuring the work performed within the plant. Promotes lean, quality; team concepts.
Knowledge/Experience/Skills:
Knowledge
Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology or related field
Experience
3 years of experience working in a manufacturing, maintenance environment in an engineering or maintenance support role. A combination of education and applicable experience may be considered.
Skills
LEADERSHIP: Able to influence the actions and opinions of others in a desired direction; to exhibit judgment in leading others to worthwhile objectives. Being able to clearly present information through the spoken word; influence or persuade others through oral presentation in positive or negative circumstances; listen well.
TEAM BUILDING: Able to work with people in such a manner as to build high morale and group commitments to goals and objectives. Able to take action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a realistic understanding of issues; able to use reason, even when dealing with emotional topics.
ORGANIZATION AND PLANNING: Able to organize or schedule people to tasks; to develop realistic action plans while being sensitive to time constraints and resource availability. Present interpersonal skills for effective communication and interaction. Present specific goals and objectives and prioritize objectives.
PROBLEM SOLVING: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Specialized Working conditions and % Travel: (i.e. hearing, vision, extreme temperatures)
Close Vision, Distance Vision, Color Vision, Peripheral Vision, Ability to Adjust Focus
Physical & Mental Demands:
Physical Demands
Occasional Frequent Constant Essential
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Carrying ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Standing ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐
Walking ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐
Lifting Light (up to 10 lbs.) ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐
Lifting Medium (up to 30 lbs.) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Lifting Heavy (up to 50 lbs.) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Lifting Very Heavy (Over 50 lbs.) ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Grasping ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Kneeling ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Climbing ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
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Bending ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Pulling ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Pushing ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Finger Manipulation ☒ ☐ ☐ ☐
Mental Demands
Occasional Frequent Constant Essential
Reading (Documents) ☐ ☒ ☐ ☐
Written Communication ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Customer Contact ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Speaking (Groups/Customers) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Calculating ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Flexibility ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Reasoning/Analysis ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
Tact ☐ ☐ ☐ ☒
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