Maintenance Engineer

Role: Maintenance Engineer

Location: Waterloo IA

1st shift position (7 am to 3:30 pm). May be needed to cover off shift work as needed. Weekend work is also possible.

Your Responsibilities

As a Maintenance Engineer at our John Deere Foundry facility, you will provide engineering design and support of Foundry modifications and improvements. You will develop comprehensive preventative and predictive maintenance plans for the Foundry production equipment and processes through both internal and external resources. This position will interface and coordinate with partner organizations, facilities construction, maintenance personnel, and other engineering and design team members to develop engineering schematics, cost materials and labor, develop project timelines and maintain integrity of engineering specifications during construction.

In Addition, You Will

• Implement equipment and process modifications and repairs to improve reliability, efficiency, quality, productivity, and safety
• Maintain documentation to enable best practices with other maintenance projects and satisfy compliance requirements
• Oversee project coordination for the installation of process equipment and general expense projects in an industrial environment which includes estimating project costs. writing capital request justifications, interfacing with process owners to develop scope of work. analyze manufacturer recommendations to create new preventative maintenance plans to optimize equipment uptime, and designing and detailing bid and construction drawings and documentation
• Assist in the identification and resolution of potential environmental, safety, ergonomic and health hazards
  
  

What Skills You Need

• 2 or more years of heavy industrial maintenance or engineering environment
• 2 or more years of experience with Industrial Power systems including: Hydraulic, compressed air, natural gas, and electrical systems
• 2 or more years of experience leading and managing projects
• Good communication and teamwork skills
• Ability and willingness to support a multi-shift operational facility
• Experience leading others and/or teams
  
  

Experience with the capital justification process

What Makes You Stand Out

• Other areas of experience or interest that will help us place you on the right team include:
• Experience working in a Foundry Facilities/Maintenance
• Experience with and strong understanding of processes and equipment related to the green sand molding/casting industry including melting, molding, cleaning and core making
• Experience managing outside contractors
• Proficiency in using computer aided design and/or engineering tools
  
  

Business casual dress code, will need metatarsals for first day. Interviews will be conducted via MS Teams. Position will work 100% onsite. Driving of personal vehicle between Waterloo sites is possible. May also drive a John Deere owned Gator inside the facility after completing training.