Maintenance Engineer

Our client, a global leading automotive and trucking manufacturer, is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join their growing team in Grover, NC.

The Maintenance Engineer is proficient in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics and Project Management, responsible for equipment reliability and availability improvements, utilizing, managing and providing technical training of complex Maintenance Engineering techniques, such as: condition-based maintenance.

This function will be required to work cross functionally with Operations, Process, Projects, Manufacturing Engineering and additional technical groups to reduce equipment failure frequency and maximize soft and hard savings, anticipating failures and stoppages, by correct application of predictive maintenance and additional strategies, according to Volvo Production System / WCM 7 steps of Professional Maintenance and Early Equipment Management.

The Multi Craft Maintenance Engineer is responsible for setting, manage and train personnel on adequate Maintenance strategies, as: breakdown maintenance, preventive maintenance, inspection n’ replacement, time-based maintenance and condition-based maintenance, taking into account designed life span of equipment, application, performance, trends, Maintenance skills and additional elements.

Core Responsibilities:

• Responsible for condition-based maintenance implementation, management and education
• Reduce costs systematically, applying, advanced techniques, performing training and adjusting Maint. Strategies
• Specify and quantify spare parts, address spare parts ledgers
• Replacement of obsolete parts and retrofit plans
• Check data from emergency work orders log and trends management to apply and address countermeasures
• Facilitate EWO meetings and drive to root cause identification and elimination
• Generate periodic reports of cost savings, maintenance engineering activities and performance indicators
• Support and perform Standard and Advanced Kaizen projects, related to Maintenance Engineering
• Provide technical support to Maintenance on repairs of equipment in breakdowns and planned activities
• Create documentation and perform training to Operations teams, including Maintenance teams
• Maintains and updates the Technical Specification, cross-functionally
• Perform design work to reduce equipment weak points
• Must be able to work any shift
• Instruct and manage whole Maintenance crew on Maintenance Engineering Projects and CBM activities
• Able to design equipment improvements at a high level using 3d cad software.

• Required Competencies:Decision Quality: Makes good decisions (without considering how much time it takes) based upon a mixture of analysis, wisdom, experience, and judgment; most of his/her solutions and suggestions turn out to be correct and accurate when judged over time; sought out by others for advice and solutions
• Informing: Provides the information people need to know to do their jobs and to feel good about being a member of the team, unit, and/or the organization; provides individuals information so that they can make accurate decisions; is timely with information
• Problem Solving: Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers

Minimum Education and Years of Experience Required:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering, or, Electrical Engineering Technology, with knowledge of industrial automation, robotics, controls Or Bachelor of Science degree in Mechatronics or Mechanics, with knowledge of mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, robotic mechanics and mechanical design, using solid modeling methods.
• Eight (8), years of experience, or more, in Industrial Maintenance Engineering of Automotive / Transportation Industries AND four (4) years’ experience implementing and managing Condition-based Maintenance
• Or;Associate Degree in Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology, with knowledge of industrial automation, robotics, controls, AND, Associate degree in Mechatronics or Mechanics, with knowledge of mechanical systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, robotic mechanics and mechanical design, using solid modeling methods.
• Twelve (12), years of experience, or more, in Industrial Maintenance Engineering of Automotive / Transportation Industries, AND, four (4) years’ experience implementing and managing Condition-based Maintenance
• Preference given to past Maintenance Engineering, Project Management and Maintenance Management experience.

• Other Requirements:Proficient in WCM – Professional Maintenance and Early Equipment Management
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Proficient in CMMS systems
• Proficient English communication written and verbal
• Proficient in AutoCAD or similar
• Vibration Analyzer systems / Thermographic analysis (cam. and software)