Maintenance Mechanical Engineer

SK battery America•Commerce, GA

13h

About The Position

The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for designing and executing industrial and manufacturing engineering projects, policies, processes, methods, and procedures to improve performance, reduce waste, prevent delays, and promote cost-reducing strategies across the company. The role works with departments across several disciplines, including SHE, equipment, controls, production engineering, and production planning, and requires some on-call support. The position manages maintenance and repair planning, budgets, investment allocations, purchasing, equipment upkeep, and construction activities. It optimizes equipment and manufacturing procedures, supports continuous improvement, supervises and trains maintenance personnel, and provides technical support and training to production teams. It also helps ensure safe operations and regulatory compliance, performs facility inspections, responds to equipment and production issues, and tests equipment, repairs, and finished products or processes for performance, quality, and safety.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering (mechanical, electrical, or similar) or a related field.
Experience with construction in the manufacturing industry.
Ability to optimize equipment programs and troubleshoot issues to identify root causes.
Excellent communication skills and ability to train hourly and salaried team members.
Self-starter who takes ownership of projects and sees them through to completion with limited supervision.
Ability to support any shift in a seven-day work pattern.
Leadership behaviors that include outstanding interpersonal, team-building, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

Communicate manufacturing capabilities, production schedules, and other information to facilitate production processes.
Manage maintenance and repair progress and performance, and confer with vendors, staff, and management about purchases, procedures, specifications, manufacturing capabilities, and project status.
Create and manage annual budgets, maintenance and repair plans, and investment allocation plans; review construction investment allocations.
Estimate production costs, production times, staffing requirements, maintenance labor, and costs; evaluate alternatives as needed.
Research and compare supplier bids, negotiate prices for parts, supplies, and contract work, and issue purchase requests and purchase orders.
Create and implement preventive maintenance schedules and procedures; ensure equipment is properly maintained.
Draft and manage construction documents required by PSM/ISO, and supervise on-site construction related to repairs, extensions, or production-plan changes.
Assist with supplies forecasting, ordering, shipping and receiving, and inventory control; maintain detailed records of maintenance and repairs and obtain specialized components and fixtures.
Monitor machinery and systems to predict likely equipment failures using methods such as vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis.
Use data and statistical methods to improve equipment performance, production methods, layouts, material handling, and staffing allocation; identify root causes of failures and recommend changes.
Install, calibrate, replace, overhaul, and upgrade equipment, machinery, and systems; identify opportunities for improvements and cost reduction.
Analyze and plan workflow around space requirements and equipment layout, develop manufacturing processes, and plan efficient fabrication and assembly operations.
Participate in continuous improvement initiatives, develop manufacturing methods and cost analysis systems, investigate operational issues and bottlenecks, and recommend improvements to procedures and resource allocation.
Prepare documentation for new manufacturing processes and engineering procedures.
Monitor departmental performance using key performance indicators; assess maintenance skills needs; supervise and train technicians, assistants, employees, contractors, engineers, and technical staff; ensure work meets company standards and complete performance reviews.
Provide technical manufacturing support and train production personnel, including training on new equipment.
Ensure compliance with applicable local, state, and federal regulations and PSM/ISO standards; plan and manage compliant construction projects and correct identified non-compliance.
Perform facility inspections and review and repair production facilities based on system feedback or requests; identify production abnormalities and associated safety hazards; maintain support equipment and clean, safe maintenance facilities.
Develop emergency plans for natural disasters, power loss, and releases of harmful substances, and plan emergency training.
Read and interpret blueprints, charts, and technical repair manuals; design, install, and troubleshoot manufacturing equipment; evaluate products against specifications and quality standards.
Select appropriate tools and materials, diagnose faults involving design, materials, or processes, develop stable solutions, prioritize critical concerns, repair issues promptly, and respond to emergencies.
Test equipment, repairs, finished products, and process capabilities for performance, quality, and compliance with safety regulations; analyze statistical data and coordinate quality-control activities.