Maintenance Engineer

JobSummary:

Responsible for improvements to production equipment and maintenance systems to increasereliabilityof the overall manufacturing processes. Work is of a technical nature and may involve engineering skills, as well as, data interpretation to identify opportunities for improvement. Provides technical support to engineering, production, and a group of multi-function skilled trade employees (mechanical and electrical) in an area of work which, involves the repair, maintenanceandimprovement of manufacturing processequipment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides pre-task planning, technical expertise, guidance and leadership for multi-craft, maintenance technicians (Electricians and Mechanics) to troubleshoot & repair equipment.

• Adheres to and reinforces safe workingpractices.

• Troubleshoots and diagnoses difficult, infrequent problems with processequipment.

• Performs equipment failure root causeanalysis.

• Performs predictive assessments and problem diagnosis of processequipment.

• Ensures a common approach to solving machinery and / or process problems, through the development of Best practices.

• Provides technical training to production and maintenance team members to improve skill levels within the teams.

• Understands and supports electrical machine control systems, including robots and visionsystem.

• Troubleshoots Electrical / Pneumatics / Hydraulic / Mechanicalissues.

• Follows-up with vendors and contractors on maintenanceissues.

• Works with Throughput Improvement Teams for engineeringsolutions.

• Implements and supports continuous improvementprojects.

• Flexible work schedule as required to support productionneeds.

• Weekend work and overtime as required to support production and maintenancerequirements.

• Creates standardized work for maintenancetasks.

• Reviews and improves maintenance procedures, PM tasks, and opportunistic maintenanceactivities.

• Identifies and prioritizes spare partsneeds.

• Maintains equipment documentation and drawinglibrary.

• Procures emergency repair and project related machineparts.

• Prepares technical reports to document equipment modifications and equipment maintenanceprocedures.

• Effectively utilizes computerized maintenance management systems (SAPPM).

• Uses predictive technologies to drive uptime and improve the maintenance system and tracks improvement in MTTR, MTBF and OEE.

• Drives institutionalization of maintenance systems using the Tenneco Business System(TBS).

• Maintains open lines of communication with plant leadership regarding status of equipment downtime, repair, and project related activities.

• Other duties asassigned.

Education /Experience:

• Engineering Degree or equivalent training /experience.
• 3+ years of experience in maintenance management / supervision or processengineering.
• Working knowledge of CMMS Systems - SAPpreferred.
• Relevant training / certifications /licenses.

Skills:

• Familiarity with PFMEA & Controlplans.
• Ability to read and interpret machine and part prints(GD&T).
• Knowledge of operation, programming, and maintenance of industrial manufacturing controlsystems.
  • Working knowledge and understanding of MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Project,Access).

• Familiar with CADprograms.
• Working knowledge of heavy industrial or manufacturing plantprocesses.

Travel:

• Ability to travel up to10%.

PhysicalDemands&WorkEnvironment:

• Often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle orfeel.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance and to stoop kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Vision abilities required include closevision.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts andvehicles.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate toloud.