Maintenance Engineer

Summary/Objective:

The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting safe, efficient plant operations. This role focuses on preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, troubleshooting complex equipment issues, and partnering with operations to drive continuous improvement of manufacturing assets.

• A unique, inclusive and supportive company culture.
• Comprehensive benefit offerings including medical, dental, vision, 401k with employer match, vacation, and more.
• Fair and competitive compensation.
• Career development and mentoring opportunities to grow.
• Holiday, personal and vacation days.

• Analyze equipment performance, downtime, and failure data to improve asset reliability and uptime.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Troubleshoot complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automation-related equipment failures.
• Lead and support root cause analysis (RCA) activities and implement corrective actions for significant equipment issues.
• Partner with operations to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing performance.
• Utilize CMMS data and maintenance metrics to drive data-based reliability decisions.

• Support or lead equipment upgrades, refurbishments, and new equipment installations.
• Create, update, and maintain technical documentation including schematics, PM instructions, and spare parts lists.
• Standardize maintenance procedures and best practices across production equipment and lines.
• Collaborate with operations, quality, engineering, and safety teams to support production and business goals.
• Identify opportunities to reduce maintenance costs and improve asset lifecycle performance.
• Support lean manufacturing, TPM, uptime improvements, equipment replacements, and asset reliability.
• Participate in safety investigations and support corrective actions related to equipment or maintenance activities.
• Promote and model a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Perform all other responsibilities as may be assigned by management.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2-5+ years of experience in maintenance engineering, reliability engineering, or manufacturing engineering.
• Demonstrated troubleshooting skills across mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and automation systems.
• Experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency with CMMS systems and maintenance performance metrics (MTBF, MTTR, downtime, etc.).

• Equipment reliability, failure analysis, and problem diagnosis.
• Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving skills.
• Data-driven decision making and trend analysis.
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective cross-functional collaboration with operations, quality, safety, and engineering teams.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a focus on preventative solutions.

• Primarily working indoors, office environment.
• May sit for several hours at a time.
• Prolonged exposure to computer screens.
• Repetitive use of hands to operate computers, printers, and copiers.

Regularly required to talk and hear; very active with standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. May have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Full-time hourly position, with hours and days decided by production schedules and reporting manager. Occasional after‑hours or on‑call support may be required.

Travel will be minimal and primarily local during the business day.

• Experience with PLCs, VFDs, robotics, or automated manufacturing systems.
• Formal root cause analysis and reliability engineering experience.
• Exposure to TPM, lean manufacturing, or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Project management experience supporting equipment upgrades, process improvements, or capital projects.

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

This role has no supervisory responsibilities upon hiring.

Lippert provides equal employment opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, citizen status, protected veteran status, military service, marital status or any other legally protected category as established by federal, state, or local law. This policy governs all employment decisions, including…