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Maintenance & Reliability Engineer at ALKEGEN

Maintenance & Reliability Engineer

ALKEGEN · Buffalo, NY, US

3 weeks ago

Maintenance & Reliability Engineer

ALKEGEN · Buffalo, NY, US

24 days ago
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About the Role

Alkegen is an innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials. We are seeking talented individuals to help us deliver products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further. Join our global team and grow with us.

Responsibilities

  • Develops maintenance procedures through technical reviews, serving as a technical resource, and creating/reviewing job procedures and checklists.
  • Initiates the procedure Management of Change (MOC) work process.
  • Leads minor capital projects from scope through completion, collaborating with operations, maintenance, and finance.
  • Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
  • Delivers maintenance input into major project activities and acts as a maintenance representative for capital projects.
  • Performs regular field assessments of equipment.
  • Participates in the facilitation and implementation of the Root Cause Investigation (RCI) process, applying cause and effect methodology.
  • Creates Equipment Reliability Strategies based on opportunity analysis, asset criticality, and identified needs.
  • Evaluates and quantifies continuous improvement projects, such as equipment reconfigurations and design changes.
  • Evaluates the effectiveness of the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program by quantifying the impact of failures and PPM.
  • Facilitates and contributes to proactive RCM optimization activities to improve productivity.
  • Analyzes asset utilization and cost data to prioritize reliability opportunities.
  • Evaluates and validates the impact of corrective actions on availability/reliability.
  • Participates in improvement activities like Process Simplification, Value Engineering, and Reliability Modeling.
  • Participates in plant health studies and implements corrective actions.
  • Applies long-term cost of ownership and reliability engineering principles to purchasing requirements and stock levels.
  • Provides equipment reliability and performance data to the M&R Manager.
  • Complies with all Federal, State, Local, and Company rules and regulations on Health, Safety, and Environmental issues.
  • Maintains the highest level of safety standards on site, identifying and correcting unsafe conditions and acts.
  • Embodies Alkegen's core safety principles, including The Seven Safety Absolutes, use of PPE, and Safe Standards of Work.
  • Champions safety in the workplace daily.

Requirements

  • BS in engineering discipline or equivalent experience required.
  • 3+ years of manufacturing or related experience required.
  • Demonstrated firsthand experience in trade craft such as electrical or mechanical desired.
  • Familiarity with spare parts identification processes (critical spare, slow moving, ABC categories).
  • Familiar with risk assessment principles.
  • Experience with RCA triggers and facilitating investigations.
  • Knowledgeable of maintenance information systems (Maximo, SAP, Limble, etc.).
  • Familiar with Reliability Engineering Principles (e.g., Statistical analysis, reliability modeling).
  • Knowledgeable of predictive and preventative maintenance tools, equipment, and best practices.

Skills

  • Interpersonal skills
  • Hands-on approach
  • Self-starter with strong work ethic and self-accountability
  • Team player with excellent communication skills
  • Attention to detail with an inquisitive personality
  • Ability to work safely under pressure and to tight timescales
  • Mechanical comprehension of technical specifications for equipment installation and operation (clearance checks, interference fits, lubrication, torque requirements).
  • Diagnostic capability to solve problems and determine root cause of failures.
  • Ability to safely troubleshoot AC/DC voltage systems up to 480V.
  • Proficiency in using a DVOM and other test equipment to diagnose defects.
  • Knowledge of industrial control systems including PLCs and ladder logic.

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • 3+ years of manufacturing or related experience

Education Level

  • BS in engineering discipline or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

  • $91,066 - $113,832

Benefits

  • Details of participation in benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

About the Company

  • Alkegen brings together two of the world’s leading specialty materials companies to create one new, innovation-driven leader focused on battery technologies, filtration media, and specialty insulation and sealing materials.
  • Through global reach and breakthrough inventions, we are delivering products that enable the world to breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.
  • With over 60 manufacturing facilities and a global workforce of over 9,000 of the industry’s most experienced talent, Alkegen is uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.
  • Alkegen offers a range of dynamic career opportunities with a global reach.
  • We strive every day to help people – ALL PEOPLE – breathe easier, live greener and go further than ever before.
  • We believe that diversity and inclusion is central to this mission and to our impact.
  • Our diverse and inclusive culture drives our growth & innovation and we nurture it by actively embracing our differences and using our varied perspectives to solve the complex challenges facing our changing and diverse world.

Equal Opportunity

  • Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, nation of origin, religion, color, gender identity and expression, age, disability, education, opinions, culture, languages spoken, veteran’s status, or any other protected class.