Maintenance Engineer

Lubrizol - Louisville, KY

Full-time - Mid Level

Louisville, KY

5,001-10,000 employees

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Maintenance Engineer at Lubrizol Corporation plays a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and efficiency of equipment within the Louisville facility. This position involves collaborating with a diverse team to implement maintenance strategies, troubleshoot equipment failures, and optimize preventative maintenance programs, ultimately contributing to the company's mission of delivering sustainable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
• Provide technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating equipment design.
• Ensure work requests for critical equipment include engineering input on repair details.
• Provide onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from repair data as necessary.
• Document and make available repairs, repair techniques, and equipment-specific training.
• Support specification, identification, and purchasing of required parts.
• Provide maintainability input into Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) strategy.
• Collaborate with Reliability Engineer to develop facility and equipment maintenance strategies.
• Review History Feedback forms from Crafts for unusual findings.
• Act as a technical resource to the planner and crafts as needed.
• Update the MMS system for new equipment and changes based on project data.
• Ensure scheduled services are entered into the MMS based on maintenance strategy.
• Drive completion percentage of PPM tasks and report non-compliance PMs monthly.
• Enter notifications for deficiencies discovered during PMs.
• Manage PM deferral process for compliance-related PMs.
• Evaluate documented results of PPM activities to assess effectiveness.
• Identify opportunities to optimize PPM intervals and evaluate impacts with Reliability Engineer.
• Support projects and update spare parts requirements for new and demolished equipment.
• Understand the economic impact of decisions related to the PPM program and spare parts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in a Chemical Manufacturing facility.
• Familiarity with Preventative maintenance strategy and activities.