Maintenance Engineer

Provides engineering support to address plant issues that are impacting production over a short period of time. Provides technical expertise which may be equipment based or repair technique based which impacts the availability and maintainability of the facility. Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, techniques and methodology within the analytical technology discipline.

Responsibilities / Duties 

• Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations. 
• Develops maintenance operating discipline. 
• Provides technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions. 
• Ensures that work requests include engineering input on repair details and if necessary provides onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from this data, for equipment that is critical for the process.
• Ensures repairs, repair techniques and equipment specific training are documented and made available. 
• Provides maintainability input to Global Project Methodology activities. 
• Supports the preventive maintenance coordinator, as required, in reviewing spare parts list for existing equipment. 
• Enters quality, service and product performance information into the reporting system. 
• Participates in developing the maintenance budget to support the maintenance strategy.