Mfg. Maintenanc Engineering Technician

About the Role

The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance of plant assets. They define and lead processes and systems for providing a proper response to failures and quality repairs to the equipment by specifying repairs and modifications to equipment. The maintenance function must justify its existence on a profit-improvement basis, with quarterly and year-end reports generated to this end.

Responsibilities

• Developing maintenance procedures, methods, and testing
• Supporting craftsmen performing all facets of maintenance work and responding to equipment faults
• Troubleshooting equipment breakdowns
• Specifying replacement parts and ensuring the equipment is functioning correctly
• Assisting Planners in the development of Work Packages
• Inspecting jobs to verify the work is performed correctly
• Partnering with other departments and customers, specifically other engineering and production teams
• Developing processes to manage maintenance tools and equipment
• Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs
• Leading responses for emergencies, unplanned problems, and repairs
• Driving improvements in health and safety policies and procedures
• Leading improvement to maintenance methods and safety of plant, personnel, and production processes
• Providing skill-based training to craftsmen on specific equipment in the plant and general skill-based knowledge
• Programming programmable logic controllers (PLC) and distributed control systems (DCS) (electrical)
• Developing installation and commissioning packages for new installations

Position Performance Metrics

• Provide timely technical support to supervisors and trades
• Improve mean time to repair (MTTR) and extend mean time between failure (MTBF)
• Additions and corrections to spare parts as required
• PM & PdM program executed on time as planned

Position Goals

• Provide technical support to the maintenance staff (supervisors and trades)
• Ensure the maintenance function provides operations with the service it requires
• PM & PdM program executed as scheduled, corrective actions addressed
• Minimize MTTR and operational downtime by supporting equipment repair right the first time

Relationships

Work closely with operations and maintenance supervision, planners and schedulers, stores and purchasing personnel, and maintenance trades. Coordinate asset management activities with reliability engineering and work with other organizational units such as HR and accounting.

Maintenance Engineering focuses on the preservation of day-to-day asset reliability, distinct from project, process, and reliability engineering.

Requirements

• Mechanical/Electrical engineering degree or significant experience with a tech school background desired
• Understanding of equipment operation and repair practices
• Ability to use a CMMS and analyze data
• Training and certifications in predictive technologies, repair practices, and spare parts methodologies

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute their Strategic Priorities.