Maintenance SME Professional I/II

Safety Performance, Compliance, and Incident Prevention

Achieve and sustain safety KPIs by strictly adhering to Metallus safety policies and procedures, actively identifying and mitigating risks, and reinforcing a proactive safety culture that supports and advances the organization’s safety vision.

Responsibilities

• Directly execute scheduled maintenance activities in alignment with the weekly maintenance plan.
• Work within the 7-day maintenance window to address and deliver planned, unplanned, and emergency work.
• Lead maintenance crews and contractors through execution of the maintenance plan.
• Assign and manage the workload of trade and craft employees during execution.
• Ensure safety, quality, and efficiency in all completed work.
• Identify and communicate plan deviations, scope changes, and improvement opportunities.
• Adhere to Metallus RMOS Standards.

Reliability & Maintenance Leadership

Drive the application of best practices to improve equipment uptime, performance, and lifecycle cost. Serve as the technical expert in reliability and maintenance practices across assigned assets or processes.

Preventive, Predictive, and Proactive Maintenance

• Execute and continuously improve maintenance strategies using equipment history, condition monitoring, and failure analysis.
• Apply predictive tools and insights (e.g., condition-based monitoring, analytics, inspections) to prevent failures.
• Support root cause problem solving and implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

Planning & Scheduling Support

• Collaborate with planning and scheduling functions to develop realistic, optimized maintenance plans.
• Provide technical input for maintenance windows, outages, and major shutdowns.

Contractor Management & Resource Coordination

• Support the definition of work scope and specifications for external contractors as needed.
• Ensure work is completed safely, efficiently, and to quality expectations.
• Optimize use of internal and external resources.

Continuous Improvement

• Partner with operations, engineering, safety, supply chain, and other stakeholders to improve processes, equipment reliability, and safety performance.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve productivity, reduce downtime, and lower maintenance costs.
• Provide technical guidance on repair vs. replace decisions based on risk, cost, and performance impact.
• Support prioritization of maintenance activities to maximize equipment availability and throughput.

Asset Strategy & Decision Support

• Provide technical guidance on repair vs. replace decisions based on risk, cost, and performance impact.
• Support prioritization of maintenance activities to maximize equipment availability and throughput.

Technical Skills

• Familiarity associated with IBM Maximo CMMS or other comparable CMMS
• Troubleshooting mechanical/electrical systems
• Reading mechanical/electrical engineering drawings
• Project management

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent with at least 5 years of experience in manufacturing operations and/or maintenance.
• An associate's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related degree with at least 2 years of experience in manufacturing operations and/or maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent with at least 7 years in manufacturing operations and/or maintenance.
• An associate's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related degree with at least 4 years of experience in manufacturing operations and/or maintenance.
• A bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, or related degree with at least 2 years of experience in manufacturing operations and/or maintenance.

Company Policy

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