Job Summary:This position is an individual contributor role, with no direct reports. Primary responsibility is the generation and management of support systems for manufacturing equipment and processes: documentation of technical intellectual property, technical support for ongoing maintenance and production operations, and implementation of equipment and process improvement plans.
Responsibilities:- Provide leadership and technical solutions to improve equipment uptime, capability, reliability and throughput
- Provide technical support to maintenance operations to improve the effectiveness of troubleshooting of equipment and process failures,
- Create effective equipment strategies to enable cost-effective maintenance
- Provide technical ownership of manufacturing equipment and systems
- Provide leadership and technical expertise for Capex projects and biannual outages
- Mentor salary and hourly personnel to improve the team's overall understanding of the mechanical systems in the department
- Improve equipment performance and reliability through planned projects, gathering input from operators, crafts and plant floor observations
- Develop long-term solutions and mitigation plans for the most impactful root causes of equipment breakdowns
Qualifications:- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field required
- Five to eight years of mechanical (maintenance) engineering experience required
- AutoCad experience required
- Experience with Cranes, Hydraulics, Pumps, and other Rotating Equipment required
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and implement solutions
- Experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably Metals
- Experience using Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), preferably SAP
- Possess the fundamentals of equipment reliability
- Understanding of Root Cause Analysis
