Maintenance Engineering-PLC Specialist

General Summary

The specialist is responsible for assisting group leaders and team members with repetitive and chronic equipment problems. The specialist is also responsible for implementing and maintaining maintenance documents.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Analyze and assist group leader with shift-to-shift follow-up activities.
• Establish and implement a maintenance downtime report system. Execute action plans to achieve maintenance downtime targets for assigned areas of the shop.
• Maintain a safe work environment and follow all environmental rules.
• Assist maintenance group with managing key maintenance indicators such as budget, downtime, manpower, preventive maintenance, spare parts, and computerized system.
• Monitor and control spare parts purchasing and usage through SAP, control spare part inventory levels through spare part audits, organize warehouse storage area by creating ben locations for new equipment and ordering new equipment parts for system upgrades. Create equipment numbers and bar codes for equipment location storage.
• Execute the maintenance department’s action plan to achieve the yearly operation plan. Make self-available during off shifts for technical support.
• Assist production with HMI and PLC modifications with existing and new equipment, assist production with new model teams and improve shop efficiency through breakdown countermeasures and creating work standards. 
• Manage internal and external contractors for shop issues including fabrication of parts, overhauling of equipment, manipulation of CAD drawings and modifying of equipment for machine improvements.
• Train team members on new equipment and new technology including PLC and specific machine operations. Train team members on specific troubleshooting and develop training material for team member level progressions. Develop one-point and new equipment training lessons for team members to increase troubleshooting efficiency and decrease machine downtime.

The above typical duties are characteristic of this job and demonstrate a level of difficulty and are not intended to list or limit the duties that may be required or assigned to a team member in this classification.

Qualifications & Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or industrial engineering or related field along with two (2) to five (5) years of progressive experience in the maintenance field in a manufacturing environment preferably within the automotive industry, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment and discretion in making recommendations, exercising company decisions and carrying out essential job duties that affect efficient business operations and its objectives, policies, practices, and conditions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to those who are able to perform the essential duties of the job.

Specialized Skills and Knowledge Required

• Experience using Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Access.
• Experience with SAP system preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with PLC programming (preferably A/B or Siemens).
• Experience with automation, design, installation, and repair of equipment.
• Capacity to understand schematics and specifications of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.