Overview

We are seeking a Maintenance Reliability Engineer to join our team at our facility located in Lapeer, MI, 48446. As a Maintenance Reliability Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of our manufacturing operations. You will be responsible for conducting maintenance activities, troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues, and implementing lean manufacturing principles to optimize our processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in maintenance engineering, excellent communication skills, and a passion for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and implements current and new processes / technologies to increase equipment performance and uptime
• Champions systems and best practice procedures towards a proactive manufacturing culture
• Analyzes equipment performance, failure data, and corrective maintenance history to develop and deploy engineering solutions, improved maintenance strategies, preventative maintenance optimization, and other reliability techniques
• Provides technical service to operations and manufacturing personnel on equipment related troubleshooting efforts
• Utilizes predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance technologies and strategies designed to identify or control risks prior to failure and ensure optimum maintenance execution
• Collaborates with the maintenance team to prioritize assets and actions by determining failure probabilities and evaluating the risk of compliance, supply, strategy, and cost
• Provides training and coaching in Root Cause and Reliability Analysis and takes ownership for ongoing corrective action tracking, implementation, and follow up to ensure that all Root Cause Analysis projects are documented
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and KAMAX policies and procedures

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering – preferred
• 2+ years of Maintenance & Reliability Engineering experience - preferred
• Demonstrates ability to perform full array of reliability tool sets
• Strong technical understanding of electrical or mechanical components, tools, and designs
• Ability to complete a failure mode effects analysis, cause and effect diagrams, root cause failure analysis, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis
• Ability to research and apply new equipment technology / trends
• Robust problem solving, mathematical, analytical, and decision making skills
• Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications, including Microsoft Office
• Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Strong reporting and technical writing capability
• Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships
• Desire to develop into a leadership role

You should be proficient in:

• Blueprint Reading
• Basic Computer Skills
• Budgeting / Forecasting Experience
• Electrical Troubleshooting Skills
• Experience in a Manufacturing Environment
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Hydraulics Experience
• Lean Manufacturing Principles
• Microsoft Excel
• Mechanical Troubleshooting Skills
• Six Sigma Experience
• Sourcing and Procurement Experience

Salary info:

$30 - $35 / hr