The Plant Engineer is a valued member of the EDCOAT Maintenance team. This full-time, exempt position is based in New Carlisle, IN and reports to the Director of Operations. This is a position with normal working hours of Monday to Friday between 7:00AM - 4:30PM. This individual is responsible for the profitable operation of the facility. The position’s primary function is maintaining and repairing equipment, providing engineering support for a coil coating, slitting, and warehousing facility. The position's day to day responsibilities is to oversee and coordinate maintenance projects within our EDCOAT facility. This role involves coordinating with the team of maintenance technicians, scheduling and planning maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and maintaining budgets and timelines. Strong leadership, technical knowledge, and project management skills are essential for success in this role. The Plant Engineer will be accountable for complying with all applicable company standards and government regulations. Success will be defined by the employee’s ability to ensure prompt responses to breakdowns, repairs, preventative maintenance work, and initiate continuous improvement. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

An individual in this position must be able to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities listed described. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

• Coordinate and partner with the maintenance technicians, assigning tasks and providing guidance to ensure quality workmanship and adherence to safety protocols.
• Coordinates with Management and Production Supervisors when responding to requests while providing guidance to ensure quality service standards are being met.
• Monitoring supply of spare parts and completing requisitions, as needed. 
• Studying production schedules and estimating Maintenance Technicians’ hour requirements for completion of job assignment during operation or downtime.
• Interpreting EDCOAT, LLC policies to Maintenance Technicians and enforcing safety regulations maintaining OSHA/Regulatory compliance.
• Interpreting blueprints and work orders to Maintenance Technicians and assigning duties accordingly.
• Establishing or adjusting work procedures to meet production schedules, work priorities, availability of equipment, and skills of personnel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Critical Thinking: Using logic to find the cause of and to develop solutions to maintenance problems
• Equipment Maintenance: Performing routine maintenance on Paintline and related equipment. 
• Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to ensure the quality of coating and line rolls and compliance for wastewater discharges. 
• Repairing: Repairing Paintline equipment or related systems using appropriate tools. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from college or university preferred.
• Four to six years of experience in various aspects of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of machinery and equipment required. Entire facility oversight preferred

Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

• Plant Engineer is scheduled to work 8 hour shifts weekly with expected overtime during project or downtime periods.
• Requires extended periods of walking and standing on concrete surfaces, extended periods of stooping, bending, crouching, or crawling, frequent ascending and descending stairs, and frequent reaching with hands and arms.
• The employee must occasionally lift up to 75 pounds from floor to waist level and push/pull up to 75 pounds.

Work Environment

• The Plant Engineer position holds a moderate to high risk of minor physical injury (cuts, bruises, and minor ailments) to self and others due to daily exposure to paint, and solvent fumes and to sharp edges and pinch points.
• The Plant Engineer position holds a small to moderate risk of serious physical injury (major cuts, abrasions, and limb breakage or loss) to self and others due to the risk of electrical shock and due to moving mechanical parts and rotating machinery.
• Extreme caution must be exercised when working around moving / rotating machinery or metal strip.
• Personal Protective Equipment will be worn as needed in compliance with Company standards and government regulations.

About EDCOAT, LLC

For over 25 years, EDCO Enterprises expanded and opened EDCOAT, LLC (“EDCOAT”). EDCOAT operates in a 260,000 sq ft facility in New Carlisle, IN and provides coating for all types of metals including aluminum, cold rolled, galvanized, stainless steel and more to a wide range of customers throughout North America.

For over 25 years, EDCOAT has been a leader in the coating and slitting industry. We, as a team, continue to set the standard for quality, service, and innovation. Every employee contributes to our success. Know you will be challenged and rewarded – and success is shared because we’re in it together. EDCOAT is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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