Maintenance Engineer

About the role

The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and maintainability of production equipment and facility systems. This role develops preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, analyzes equipment failures, manages maintenance projects, and supports continuous improvement initiatives to maximize operational performance and reduce downtime.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance (PM) programs for production equipment and facility systems.
• Analyze equipment failures and identify root causes using problem-solving methodologies.
• Lead corrective actions to prevent recurring equipment issues.
• Support predictive maintenance initiatives including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and condition monitoring.
• Monitor equipment performance metrics such as uptime, MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), and MTTR (Mean Time To Repair).
• Work closely with maintenance technicians to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control system issues.
• Manage equipment upgrades, retrofits, and reliability improvement projects.
• Support capital equipment installations and commissioning activities.
• Develop maintenance procedures, work instructions, and technical documentation.
• Assist in spare parts management and inventory optimization.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, company safety policies, and applicable regulations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, or Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles.
• Coordinate work with external contractors and equipment suppliers.
• Participate in budgeting and maintenance cost reduction activities.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.

Experience: 3-7+ years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or industrial engineering experience. Experience with industrial production equipment and automated systems.

Work Environment: Manufacturing environment with exposure to machinery, noise, and moving parts. Requires use of personal protective equipment (PPE). Physical demands include standing, lifting, bending, and working in confined spaces.

Skills

• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PM/PdM)
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Reliability Engineering
• PLC troubleshooting
• Industrial automation and controls
• Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• CMMS software (Limble, Maximo, SAP PM, eMaint, Maintenance Connection, etc.)
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Data analysis and KPI reporting

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Equipment uptime (%), Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), Preventive Maintenance compliance rate, Maintenance cost per unit produced, Unplanned downtime hours, Safety performance.