Senior Equipment Maintenance Engineer

 

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Educational Background

• Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics, Electrical. Automation, Mechatronics Engineering or Metallurgical Engineering.

• Other educational backgrounds may be considered if they are directly related to thermoelectric material production and processes.

Working Experience

• Minimum 5+ years applicable experience in applied engineering role dealing with equipment and machine trouble shooting such as extrusion Machine, attrition mill, ovens, alloying and fast growth/processing equipment.

• Experience working with processing metal, metal or ceramic powders in laboratory or industrial foundry setting is preferred.

Abilities

• Ability to use AutoCAD, Mechanical Design Software.

• Ability to perform backup and edit PLC program.

• Ability to work with minimum supervision and to manage assigned tasks and projects effectively.

• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex materials and thermoelectric-related problems and research solutions in the public domain as well as creating/ developing innovative solutions

• Ability to leverage knowledge and experience and apply it to solve problems resourcefully

• Effectively manages multiple priorities and projects

• Ability to teach and train others within work group

• Ability to work, teach and learn in cross-organizational teams

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

• Proficient computer skills, experience

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with Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access database, Email, internet access and the ability to develop tools and/or special applications within these packages.

• Demonstrates a high standard of ethics, professionalism, competency, and quality

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Access to manufacturing methodologies and proprietary process information.

• Contact with supervisors and peers within department and from other departments.

• Directly contact with subject matter experts within technical community.

• Interact with customer sales and account managers in handling external customer complaints.

• Identify and trace the root causes of failures for process/quality improvement.

• Deal with technological problems and suggest solutions to solve the quality issues.

AUTHORIZATION

• Report quality high risk events to supervisors.

• Report unsafe behaviours to supervisors.

• Report to next managing levels when my supervisor does the wrong thing without the correction.

JOB CONDITIONS

• Exposure to a variety of compounds, solvents and chemicals.

• Works in standard office/manufacturing environment.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Job Element Weight # Performance Satisfactory When/Specific Duties

Ingot Production Support

40%

• Troubleshooting of equipment related issues handled timely either by providing assistance to maintenance technicians or working side by side to assist with repairs.

• Plan for spare part stock to minimize machine down time and provide support to procurement for sourcing

• Production process problems affecting the yields are identified and corrective action ideas presented to Department Manager as potential projects for process improvement with supporting data to identify root causes and developing corrective actions.

• Approved corrective action projects are performed with hands on approach, guided, conducted and managed to support product requirements and Department objectives.

• Critical process control parameters continuously monitored and updated periodically, and the results communicated to ingot production team members by means of postings in production area or group meeting or company presentations

• Process definitions and costs estimates, equipment requirements are studied with improvements to assist for capital improvement proposals either for equipment replacement or improvement.

• Production support is provided as needed to fill in potential gaps during the processing of work orders in the line

• Problem notes, audit findings and customer complaints are addressed timely to correct issues

• New and improved materials are worked into ingot production platform transitioning from R&D group and hands on assistance provided with the qualification process by collobarating with R&D team, as part of project team member.

Business Operations

30% 

• Address customer complaints and quality issues, and be actively involved in research and development effort of our thermoelectric material properties, processes, responsible from update of various ingot material properties related databases

• Participates in problem solving teams to assist other departments needs in relation to material related problems

• Conducts training of engineering community for materials and their properties based on existing and newly developed training materials

• Actively participated in departmental and inter departmental projects to learn and contribute other process platforms outside ingot manufacturing processes

• Projects results are documented in internal technical library in the form of technical reporting.

• Identifies Departmental needs for production related tooling and processes after consulting with DL operators/technicians.

• Personal time card and project updates are completed on time

• Conduct periodic training of operators for the processes and provide support for cross training activities

Supervisory duties

20% 

• Directly interact and supervise ingot production personal on daily basis to address production related problems to maintain and improve ingot manufacturing yields without comprise on quality and cost of products

• Daily Monitoring of equipment technician to ensure that equipment and facility is properly preventive maintenance as schedule and documentation

• Time cards of direct reports approved and maintained in Kronos for accurate information

• Performs mid-year and end of year performance assessment of direct reports and provide results and recommendations to Department Manager review and approvals.

• Resources are used judiciously to meet group objectives

• Contributes to annual budgeting/re-budgeting process with timeliness for the department

Personal Development

20% 

• Participates in and occasionally leads training opportunities, for Engineering Community as well as to learn other skills in relation to applications of thermoelectric materials.

• Follows literature in the field of Thermoelectric Material Research and prepare internal reports and presentations.

• Develops and maintains individual goals