Maintenance Engineer

A retail client in the Denver, CO area is seeking a Maintenance Engineer I to join their bakery manufacturing team. This resource will be responsible for all machine maintenance of their hydraulics, pneumatics, and manufacturing equipment. There will be partnership with a team of technicians and will report directly to the senior engineering manager.

Other responsibilities include:

• Develop an understanding of equipment overhaul requirements
• Assist Engineering Leader in the development of execution plans, manpower and schedules for overhauls and shutdown activities
• Interface with planning/scheduling, inventory control and maintenance purchasing teams to learn and understand parts, labor and time requirements for overhauls and repairs
• Analyze current Preventive Maintenance (PM) program condition and understand/prioritize gaps
• Manage the PM program for all equipment, building and facilities through the Computer Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Oversee PM review process of critical assets utilizing required tools and understanding return on investment of changes Learn planning, scheduling, work order, inventory control, and purchasing functions of CMMS
• Utilize AutoCAD to view process diagrams, equipment layouts, and necessary plant drawings
• Maintain equipment and facility documentation/drawings
• Provide support to engineering/maintenance team on troubleshooting and day-to-day activities
• Oversee the parts room to ensure adherence to company policies, availability of necessary parts, elimination of obsolete materials and adjustments/optimization of stocking levels
• Participate in facility reliability-based Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process and serve as technical/engineering representation
• Utilize Kroger Down Time (KDT) and one click to understand current reliability failures with minimal supervision
• Drive and document Improvements in Reliability initiatives of a unit of operation
• Serve as technical representation in the Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control (DMAIC) Kaizen process
• Analyze and drive improvements of maintenance key performance indicator metrics
• Manage PPM execution and ensure program compliance

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in high volume manufacturing (food or bakery preferred)

Preferred

• Dairy, food, or beverage experience
• TPM experience (Total productive maintenance)