Maintenance Engineer

1 month ago


Richmond, United States Kaiser Aluminum Full time

Kaiser Aluminum is known around the world for its superior quality. Our secret is what we put into itinnovative thinking, industry-leading reliability, and a world-class commitment to customer service. In short, the same qualities we look for in our people. We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join the Kaiser Aluminum Bellwood team outside of Richmond Virginia

The Maintenance Engineer is a dynamic problem solver to work with us in a fast paced, collaborative environment. This role is responsible for executing mechanical engineering services to safely meet Bellwood's business plan by providing support to production, maintenance, and the engineering team. This position is a critical interface in the efficiency, output, and quality of our processes and will be responsible for mechanical systems safely integrated with manufacturing, along with upgrades of existing equipment. The primary focus will be the extrusion presses and tube mill hydraulic and mechanical systems operation, redesign, and upgrades.

What you'll do:

  • Act as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) specializing in diagnosing equipment malfunctions and formulating repair methodologies during root cause analysis procedures.
  • Develop maintenance operating discipline. Formulate and standardize a set of operational protocols that govern maintenance procedures and practices.
  • Provide technical expertise to plant personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
  • Maintains and assists in development of PPM plans/modules to increase the safety and reliability of the sites, consulted on documentation of PPM changes.
  • Ensure 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.
  • Ensure repairs, repair techniques and equipment specific training are documented and made available.
  • Provide maintainability input to SOPs and Project Front End Loading. Performs technical reviews of procedures. Serves as a technical resource during procedure creation and review in support of the Planner. Creates and reviews job procedures and checklists.
  • Collaborate with the maintenance department in scrutinizing spare parts lists and Bills of Materials (BOMs) for existing equipment. Contribute to maintenance optimization exercises including Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC), and Asset Criticality Rankings.
  • Participate in developing the maintenance budget to support the maintenance strategy.
  • Provide engineering input for work packages to ensure standards are followed, as required.
  • Provide input on development of work orders during development of Outage work, particularly on critical equipment requiring engineering review or input.
  • Provide equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for input into equipment purchasing requirements, evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance.
  • Utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) related to maintenance spending, equipment reliability, and overall maintenance effectiveness within assigned areas. Responsible for the collection of equipment historical data and identifying improvement opportunities based on maintenance cost, asset utilization and Reliability Engineering principles.
  • Evaluate the financial ramifications of equipment failures on maintenance budgets to uncover avenues for improvement. Initiate and oversee the implementation Engineering Change Requests (ECRs) in in area. Grasp the fundamentals of Long-Term Cost of Ownership and execute expenditure analyses in assigned areas with supervisory guidance.
  • Coordinate all phases of assigned area mechanical engineering projects from concept, scope development, written specifications, bid solicitations, design, manufacturing, equipment commissioning, and project closure.

What you'll need to succeed:

  • Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology or Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution or similar education. Associate's degree in one of the above fields with five plus (5+) years' experience.
  • High/low pressure hydraulic systems is preferred and experience with extrusion presses is preferred.
  • Three plus (3+) years' experience in an industrial environment.
  • Preferred three plus (3+) years' experience in leading, managing, and executing projects.
  • AutoCAD proficiency.
  • Knowledge of reliability tools common to industry.
  • Project Leadership: You have experience leading successful capital projects.
  • Tech Savvy: You are proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
  • Operationally focused: You have stellar organizational and root cause problem solving skills.
  • Demonstrated Communication skills: You can effectively communicate with all levels of employees and know why details matter.

About Kaiser Aluminum: Talented people join our team because we are a company passionate about environmental sustainability, employee growth, contributing back to our communities and championing a diverse and inclusive culture. We are strongly committed to expanding inclusion, equity, and diversity how we hire, develop, and inspire our diverse team members that reflects and relates to the increasingly multicultural community.

No third-party candidate submissions are being accepted at this time for this opening


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