Maintenance Reliability Engineer - Machining

Your responsibilities

Salary based on experience/education: $80,000 - $95,000 / annually.

12.5% annual bonus potential

The Maintenance Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability, availability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance through reliability engineering, maintenance planning, condition-based and preventive maintenance, root cause analysis, and technical support. The role also ensures maintenance material readiness by managing equipment BOMs, critical spare parts, stock utilization, technical sourcing, vendor coordination, SAP purchase requisitions, and procurement follow-up so required parts and repairs are available when needed

• Lead and support reliability engineering strategies to improve equipment availability, maintainability, performance, and lifecycle cost.
• Develop and optimize preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance strategies using equipment history, failure data, operating manuals, and technical analysis.
• Own maintenance planning and material readiness for repairs, planned work, overhauls, and improvement activities, including BOMs, critical spare parts, stock levels, and emergency material requirements.
• Provide technical support for troubleshooting, major repairs, rebuilds, retrofits, and equipment or assembly overhauls.
• Analyze downtime, repeat failures, MTBR/MTTR, OEE, spare-parts consumption, and maintenance cost to identify reliability improvement priorities.
• Coordinate technical sourcing with vendors and Procurement, including quotations, equivalent-part options, SAP purchase requisitions, lead-time follow-up, and delivery status.
• Maintain accurate equipment documentation, maintenance KPIs, cost information, work standards, and material master/BOM data.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance-related projects, contractor activities, and new or modified equipment installations.

Your profile

Qualifications:

• Education/Credentials/Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Automation Engineering or related field

Or

Associate’s Degree in Industrial Maintenance, Mechanical, Automation or related field required with 6 years of maintenance engineering experience in a manufacturing environment

• Length of Experience

• Minimum 2 years of experience in maintenance in a manufacturing setting

• Prior maintenance or mechanical engineering experience in a Machining setting is preferred

• Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong knowledge of reliability engineering, root cause analysis, equipment criticality, preventive/predictive maintenance, and condition monitoring.

• Ability to troubleshoot machinery using mechanical, alignment, hydraulic/pneumatic, and condition-monitoring tools.

• Strong understanding of automated manufacturing equipment; CNC experience is desired.

• Knowledge of hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical power-transmission systems and components.

• Working knowledge of electronics and automated controls for interdisciplinary troubleshooting.

• Ability to interpret drawings, schematics, manuals, technical specifications, and vendor documentation.

• Ability to evaluate spare parts and equivalent components based on fit, function, performance, and application.

• Knowledge of BOMs, critical spares, inventory optimization, obsolescence, and repair-versus-replace decisions.

• SAP knowledge is desired for daily material searches, BOMs, purchase requisitions, maintenance records, and transactions.

• Ability to analyze downtime, MTBR, MTTR, OEE, failure frequency, parts usage, and maintenance cost.

• Strong planning, prioritization, and follow-up skills for both urgent machine-down needs and planned work.

• Excellent problem-solving, reasoning, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Self-starter with strong attention to detail, adaptability, and ability to manage multiple priorities.

• Ability to operate tools and equipment when necessary in an industrial manufacturing environment.

The [above] is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Your benefits

We offer an outstanding Benefits Package that includes:

• Company Tuition Reimbursement Package. Quarterly Bonus Program.
• 401K Match
• 120 hours of Paid Time Off after completion of Probation Period.
• Competitive wage with a Skill Pay Program that includes a work service credit on relative education and experience.
• Comprehensive medical plans with flexible cost options ranging from $4.62 to $57.62 a week. We also have a Preventative Healthcare and Medical Program with additional premium discount on medical insurance premiums.
• Dental plans ranging from $0.48 to $4.15 a week.
• Vision Plans ranging from $0.35 to $3.69 a week.
• Company Paid Life, AD&D, Short Term Disability, & Long Term Disability.
• 11 paid Holidays.
• Exclusive free medical services through our partnership with Everside Healthcare for employees and their dependents 3+ years of age.
• Gym Membership Reimbursement.

Company

thyssenkrupp integrated its Forging & Machining and Undercarriage businesses to start the new business unit Forged Technologies. With roughly 7,000 employees at 18 production sites in seven different countries, thyssenkrupp Forged Technologies has sales of over one billion euros and operates over 50 forging press lines and more than 150 machining and assembly lines in seven countries. The product portfolio includes undercarriage systems for heavy machinery as well as crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons, chassis products, transmission systems and rotor shafts for the automotive industry.

Contact

We only accept online applications submitted through the 'Apply Now' button on this job posting. You can find all current job openings on our career site at: https://jobs.thyssenkrupp.com/en Thank you for your interest in joining our team!

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