Job Description
Job Title: Maintenance Reliability Engineer
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Salary: $80,000 - $100,000
Shifts Available: 1st Shift 6am - 4:30pm
Industry: Medical Device Manufacturing
We are working with a well-known Medical Device Manufacturer based near Kalamazoo, MI. They are looking to recruit an experienced Maintenance Reliability Engineer working on 1st Shift (6am - 4:30pm), the successful applicant will benefit from a salary ranging from $80,000 - $100,000 . This company are also able to offer a great benefits package
Duties and responsibilities as a Maintenance Reliability Engineer:
- Owns equipment, preventative and predictive maintenance, and machine calibrations to ensure equipment utilized in the production of goods operates and peak efficiency with minimal down time.
- Utilizes CMMS software to effectively track, schedule, and manage preventative maintenance and calibrations for all equipment.
- Performs both preventative and unscheduled maintenance activities for company equipment.
- Effectively documents equipment related activities per Quality Management System (QMS) guidelines with sufficient detail to ensure integrity of equipment history.
- Manages spare parts inventory, ensuring critical spare parts are present when needed.
- Reports equipment related metrics, such as equipment up-time, down-time, repair time, and root cause of failure trending to key stakeholders and management.
- Ensures production equipment adheres to Quality Management System Guidelines and SOPs, Federal Regulations, and International Standards while following good documentation practices.
- Work hands-on to develop system level design strategies, make recommendations to management and coordinate implementation of equipment, systems, and processes.
- Lead the development, implementation, testing & refinement of systems, and sub-systems used in the manufacture of products.
- Report opportunities for improvement clearly and concisely, recognizing and highlighting specific deviations as well as provide status reports and progress reviews.
- Ensures maximization equipment up-time and efficiencies while reducing scrap.
- Rapidly and correctly determine root cause(s) of equipment and process faults and product non-conformances and formulates recommendations and implements fixes and corrections.
- Projects and assignments are general and open ended in nature and requires inventiveness and creativity in finding solutions.
- Listen and work with others to contribute new ideas.
- Must demonstrate a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction for both internal and external customers, and maintain a high standard of ethics.
Skills and experience required as a Maintenance Reliability Engineer:
- Minimum of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering with 5 years of relevant experience is required.
- Must be able to generate, follow and explain detailed proposals and operating procedures (i.e. assembly instructions, inspection procedures, maintenance schedules and guidelines, and proposals).
- Must be able to analyze and correct complex product and/or process issues using independent judgment.
- Must be able to routinely make decisions that immediately impact operations.
- Must be able to plan, organize, document and implement multiple concurrent tasks.
- Must have the ability to operate hand tools, power tools, inspection equipment, and common office equipment.
- Must have the ability to determine balanced and effective preventative maintenance schedules based on machine OEM recommendations and actual operating time and conditions.
- Must have excellent analytical skills and the ability to provide mathematical solutions based on fundamental engineering principles.
- Experience with calibrations is a plus.
- Experience with form, fill, seal machines is a plus.
- Experience with electrical automation systems such as PLCs, servo drives, sensors, etc. is a plus.
- Experience with set up, troubleshooting, and repair of HVAC systems and process water chillers is a plus.
- Experience with pneumatic automation systems and components is a plus.
- Experience with hydraulic automation systems and components is a plus.
- Proof of Degree and Transcripts must be provided upon request.
- References must be provided upon request.
- Basic computer skills (word processing, spreadsheets, database)
The factory is easily commutable from the following regions Oshtemo, Mattawan, Kalamazoo, Westwood, Portage, West Portage, Milwood, Schoolcraft, Galesburg, Nazareth, Parchment, Paw Paw
This position may suit applicants from the following backgrounds "Reliability Engineer", "Maintenance Engineer", "Manufacturing Engineer", "Maintenance Technician", "Maintenance Lead", "Lead Maintenance Technician", "Maintenance Supervisor"
All applicants must live in the USA and be eligible to work and live in the USA. Please note, our client is unable to offer Sponsorship or Visa support for this role.