Mfg. Maintenance 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

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

• 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
• Work closely with planners and schedulers
• Work closely with stores and purchasing personnel
• Maintain good working relationships with maintenance trades
• Coordinate asset management activities with reliability engineering
• 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 our Strategic Priorities.