Engineering Services Professional II
Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations.
About the role
The Engineering Services Professional is responsible for ensuring optimal performance of all mechanical and electrical equipment to include continuous improvement, downtime reduction, energy consumption reduction, measurement, and environmental impact. This role involves creating standard process instructions, maintaining appropriate performance reports (building, production, environmental), and developing, evaluating, and maintaining preventative maintenance processes. The Engineering Services Professional acts to establish collaborative internal and external relationships between engineering services team members, plant departments, and outside contractors and vendors.
The Engineering Services Professional assists the Engineering Services Manager in training, developing, and coaching team members by fostering a working environment that promotes open communications, teamwork, and individual engagement to accomplish goals and objectives.
Responsibilities
- Ensure optimal performance of all mechanical and electrical equipment to include:
- Continuous improvement, downtime reduction, energy consumption reduction, measurement, and environmental impact
- Digital drive, PLC, and process control systems
- Plant computer systems and networks
- Electrical power distribution and systems
- Motor, gearbox, belt, and pulley mechanical power transfer
- Compressed air generation and transfer
- Steam generation and transfer
- Create standard process instructions
- Maintain appropriate performance reports (building, production, environmental)
- Establish collaborative internal and external relationships with:
- Engineering services team members
- Plant departments
- Outside contractors and vendors
- Develop, evaluate, and maintain preventative maintenance processes
- Understand and effectively participate in the plant safety process
- Assist the Engineering Services Manager in training, developing, and coaching team members by:
- Fostering a working environment that promotes open communications, teamwork, and individual engagement to accomplish goals and objectives
- Ensuring that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner
- Ensuring that written performance evaluations of associates are completed as required; provide continuous feedback on personal performance issues; take immediate action to recognize achievements and address deficiencies or problems
- Ensuring safety rules are clearly understood and followed
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Textile Engineering or related field or equivalent education and/or experience
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Skills
- Communication skills – verbal, written, and group presentations
- Ability to manage multiple projects and work in a fast-paced environment
- Analytical/problem-solving skills
- Leadership skills
Physical Requirements
- Standing: Ability to stand operating equipment: 25% of day
- Sitting: Ability to sit down for a meeting or work at a computer: 25% of day
- Moving: Ability to move throughout plant: 50% of day
- Lifting: Ability to lift up to 50lbs: 10% of day
- Climbing: Ability to climb machine catwalks and stairs, etc. while walking in plant: 10% of day
- Push/Pull/Reach: Ability to push/pull cabinet drawers, reach for documents: 15% of day
- Bending: Ability to pick up objects from the floor: 25% of day
- Visual Acuity: Ability to read documents, computer screens, and SPIs: 100% of day