Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC) · 1 day ago
Body Shop Maintenance Engineer - Glue
Charleston, SC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expMercedes-Benz Vans, LLC is a leader in mobility innovation, and they are seeking a Body Shop Maintenance Engineer to contribute to the development of tomorrow's mobility solutions. The role involves monitoring department performance, improving equipment operations, and ensuring maintenance standards are met to enhance production efficiency.
AutomotiveManufacturingSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Collaborates and takes over responsibilities with other departments in preparing scope of work including project requirements, milestones, deliverables, end products, documents and reports that are expected to be provided by external providers
Develops best practices to improve equipment capacity, quality and reliability
Develops operational strategies to achieve energy and financial objectives
Develops planning standards, methods, and procedures to maintain robust PM, TPM processes as well as robust containments and countermeasures for equipment downtime
Ensures equipment uptime, MTTR, MTBF, and OEE by relying on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
Ensures that highly technical equipment meets required specifications and high quality standards
Evaluates current production activities and drives improvements
Investigates complex problems, analyzes root causes and derives resolutions. Will use 8D Problem Solving Process to ensure sustainable quality products
May train and support less experienced engineers and team members
Participates in budget preparation and monitor expenses and profitability
Participates in regularly scheduled team meetings
Proposes and manages medium-scale projects from beginning to end. May scope and manage large capital investment projects (>$5M)
Repair, adjust, and maintain production equipment, machinery, or instruments in cooperation with internal and external staff to ensure that it functions reliably and complies with process specifications
Responsible for coordinating activities (PM's, TPM, problem solving) of third party contractors, vendors, or suppliers related to the maintenance field
Stays current with product specifications, engineering technology and production processes
Will perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant degree required. Equivalent experience may be substituted
5 years plus of relevant experience required, strongly preferring automotive environment including experience with:
PLC experience such as; Siemens S7 Tia portal
3D-CAD experience such as; SolidWorks, Catia, Siemens NX, ect
Hands-on experience pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and computer controlled systems
Hands-on experience with process devices such as; motor drives, sensors, AC/DC converters, lifts, conveyors, etc
Experience with Paint applications(chemicals,sprays,filtration,pumps,degreaser,hydrocyclones, rectifier process, anodes, anolyte systems, ultra-filtration, DI-water, industrial paint oven curing)
Experience with joining technologies, clinching, gluing and fluid technology
SAPipro
Experience with project management
Experience with equipment installation
Knowledge of manufacturing methods/procedures and process technology
Ability to present complex technical information related to achieving goals of the department
Able to influence team members at all levels of the organization
Proven written and verbal communication at all levels within the organization with good negotiation skills
Able to anticipate needs and deliver timely, relevant solutions and actions
Proven design & implementation of Continuous Improvement themes with savings
Ability to troubleshoot, instruct repair techniques, & assist if needed for root cause analysis in stressful situations
Ability to read & create blueprints and schematics
Able to perform the essential functions of the job
Preferred
Experience in process layout and optimization incorporating asset utilization is a plus
Benefits
EXCELLENT COMPENSATION & BENEFITS PLAN WITH 401k MATCHING
Mitarbeiterhandy möglich
Gesundheitsmaßnahmen
Mitarbeiterrabatte möglich
Mitarbeiter Events
Parkplatz
Company
Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC)
Shape the future today. The world is changing.
1001-5000 employees
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