Specialist - Plant Engineering (Paint Maintenance)

Position Summary:

Coordinate, monitor, and perform specialized technical processes and related functions directly related to paint activities in the Plant Engineering & Maintenance Department in an automotive manufacturing environment to meet and exceed company goals and objectives. Design, develop, and improve production process equipment and systems.

Essential Functions:

• Develop, coordinate, and lead activities in the maintenance of all mechanical equipment in the paint department.
• Investigate equipment failures and difficulties to diagnose faulty operation and provide technical direction and support to identify and troubleshoot problems, develop countermeasures for downtime incidents, and resolve issues.
• Develop, implement, and execute preventative maintenance (PM) plan and schedule in the SAP system.
• Maintain spare parts for mechanical equipment within the SAP system.
• Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, and maintain mechanical equipment, systems, and processes to meet requirements, applying knowledge of engineering principles.
• Interpret engineering drawings, schematic diagrams, or formulas and confer with management or engineering staff to determine quality and reliability standards.
• Provide technical training and guidance to Team Members as needed.
• Develop engineering improvement plan; support and/or lead continuous improvement activities.
• Evaluate data and write reports to validate or indicate deviations from standards.
• Develop, document, and provide technical presentations.
• Administer, coordinate, and comply with all Business Management System (BMS), Environmental Management System (EMS), and Safety Management System (SMS) requirements. Team Member may be required to handle hazardous wastes which may include identifying, inspecting, packaging, labelling, and moving waste in compliance with RCRA regulations. Relevant training will be provided if assigned these job duties.
• Meet all other requirements as assigned. 

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent preferred

Related Experience:

• 0 – 10 years job related experience preferred
• 3 – 5 years experience in automotive manufacturing paint process desired 

Skills / Knowledge:

• MS Word
• MS Excel
• MS PowerPoint
• SAP desired
• Ability to use Computer Aided Design - AutoCAD 

Additional Information:

Position may require occasional travel (domestic or foreign). Flexibility in working hours to include weekends, holidays, and off shift. Position may require on-call duty or overtime due to overall responsibility.