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Continental · 5 months ago

Maintenance Engineer Area Lead

1805 US-521, Sumter, SC 29150, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Continental is a technology company that develops pioneering technologies and services for sustainable and connected mobility. The Maintenance Engineer Area Lead will organize and monitor maintenance processes for production machinery, implement maintenance strategies, and lead the maintenance team to ensure efficient operations.

AutomotiveManufacturingRetailTransportation

No H1B

Responsibilities

Organize and monitor the production machinery planned maintenance process, its planning, fulfillment, documentation and continuous improvement (including inspections, lubrication, preventive and predictive maintenance tasks, Machine Tolerance Checks, big repairs) in the area of responsibility

Organizes and monitors the unplanned maintenance process in order to insure coordination of maintenance staff, diagnostic, repair and restart of production machineries in case of breakdowns in accordance to area production priorities

Ensures the implementation of the local Maintenance strategy (including TPM implementation support, maintenance processes improvements including SAP-PM and interfaces with other departments and ensuring Central KPIs are updated and tracked)

Plans and monitors the area maintenance budget for optimization of storage stock level and purchased quantities of spare parts, technical components and needed maintenance supplies

Directs, administrates and develops area maintenance team members

Identifies, analyses and insures the implementation of potential technical improvements on area production machineries in cooperation with other departments (Production, Quality, Purchasing)

Lead several machine improvements, refurbishments, upgrades or installation projects

Promote and enforce ESH standards, ensure rapid response to hazards, and lead by example in safety practices

Follow all plant, ESH, CBS, quality, and department processes and procedures

Initiates contracts with suppliers for area maintenance outsourced activities

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Maintenance experienceTire manufacturing knowledgeProject management skillsTechnical controls knowledgeMS-Office softwareSupervision experienceExternal supplier experienceMachine improvements experience

Required

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Engineering Technology or related field

5+ years maintenance experience in manufacturing and supervision

Experience in technical controls, drives, pneumatic, hydraulic and mechanical knowledge

Tire manufacturing knowledge

MS-Office software

Strong project management skills

Experience working with external suppliers

Experience with machine improvements, refurbishments, upgrades or installation projects

Legal authorization to work in the US if required. We will only sponsor current internal Continental employees for employment visas now or in the future for this job opening