Production & Maintenance Engineer (Electrical Focus)
Position Overview
The Production and Maintenance Engineer is responsible for overseeing daily production targets while ensuring the high-level operational integrity of plant machinery. This role requires a strong electrical background to manage complex systems, including motors, control valves, and automated utilities, ensuring maximum efficiency and minimal downtime.
Key Responsibilities
1. Production Management & Quality Control
- Target Achievement: Execute production planning and monitor in-line inspections to meet daily, weekly, and monthly targets.
- Process Optimization: Adhere strictly to production process parameters and technical standards to ensure quality and quantity outputs.
- Waste Reduction: Implement strategies to reduce lumps, rejections, and material waste.
- Reporting: Provide comprehensive shift completion reports to the Senior Shift Supervisor and review status updates with the Production Manager.
2. Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance
- Preventive Maintenance: Plan, schedule, and execute preventive maintenance for all production machinery, including pumps, blowers, forklifts, and overhead cranes.
- Breakdown Response: Lead troubleshooting and repair efforts for electrical and mechanical failures to minimize plant downtime.
- Utility Oversight: Maintain and validate critical equipment such as heat exchangers, heaters, and various valve types (ball, gate, globe, butterfly, and safety valves).
- System Validation: Ensure all critical machines and utilities are qualified and validated according to industry standards.
3. Shop Floor Leadership & Safety
- Safety & 5S: Maintain high standards of 5S and safety protocols within the shop floor area to ensure a hazard-free environment.
- Team Supervision: Control, check, and supervise operator activities to ensure compliance with operational values and targets.
- Resource Management: Lead and manage resources to align with the vision and efficiency goals set by management.
Qualifications & Skills
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related technical field.
- Experience: Proven experience in maintenance within a process industry.
- Technical Proficiency: Strong understanding of electrical control systems, power distribution, and mechanical utility maintenance.
- Software Proficiency: Strong understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook) for production tracking, scheduling, and formal reporting.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills for coordinating with internal departments, management, and vendors if needed.
Pay: From $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
