Job Information
Vertiv Corporation Mfg. Maintenance Engineering Technician in Ironton, Ohio
Job Description
The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance of plant assets. They define and lead processes and systems for providing a proper response to failures and quality repairs to the equipment by specifying repairs and modifications to equipment.
The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for the safe and efficient maintenance of plant assets. They define and lead processes and systems for providing a proper response to failures and quality repairs to the equipment by specifying repairs and modifications to equipment.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Developing maintenance procedures, methods, and testing
Supporting craftsmen performing all facets of maintenance work and responding to equipment faults
Troubleshooting equipment breakdowns
Specifying replacement parts and ensuring the equipment is functioning correctly
Assist Planners in the development of Work Packages
Inspecting jobs to verify the work is performed correctly
Partnering with other departments and customers, specifically other engineering and production teams
Developing processes to manage maintenance tools, and equipment
Monitoring and controlling maintenance costs
Leading responses for emergencies, unplanned problems, and repairs
Driving improvements in health and safety policies and procedures
Leading improvement to maintenance methods and safety of plant, personnel, and production processes
Provide skill-based training to craftsmen on specific equipment in the plant and general skill-based knowledge
Programming programmable logic controllers (PLC), and distributed control system (DCS) (electrical)
Developing installation and commissioning packages for new installation
The maintenance function must justify its existence on a profit-improvement basis. Quarterly and year-end reports generated to this end.
Measurement of Position Performance:
Provide timely technical support to supervisors and trades
Improve mean time to repair (MTTR), extend mean to between failure (MTBF)
Additions and corrections to spare parts as required.
PM & PdM program executed on time as planned
Position Goals:
The maintenance engineer has the following primary goals:
Technical support to the maintenance staff (supervisors and trades)
Ensure the maintenance function provides operations with the service it requires
PM & PdM program executed as scheduled, corrective actions addressed
Minimize MTTR and operational downtime by supporting equipment repair right the first time
Relationships:
Work closely with operations and maintenance supervision.
Work closely with planners and scheduler
Work closely with stores and purchasing personnel
Maintain good working relationships with maintenance trades
Coordinate asset management activities with reliability engineering
Work with other organizational units such as HR and accounting
Maintenance Engineering is different and distinct from project, process, and reliability engineering. Project Engineering supports the longer-range capital program of new installations and alterations. Process Engineering typically reports to and focuses largely on problems of production. Reliability engineering works on medium and long-term asset management by working with ca