Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer — Greer, South Carolina

About Walter Tools

Founded in 1919 and headquartered in Tübingen, Germany, Walter has over 100 years of expertise in precision cutting tools for milling, turning, grooving, drilling, and threading. With 3,800 employees and customers in more than 80 countries, Walter combines global reach with deep Engineering Kompetenz. Our Greer, SC production unit manufactures Walter Titex solid carbide drills and operates a key reconditioning center for drills and endmills across North America.

What will I be doing?

Walter Tools is seeking an experienced and hands‑on Maintenance Engineer for our Greer, South Carolina production facility. This role is critical to maximizing the uptime and reliability of our CNC grinding machines and supporting equipment used in solid carbide drill manufacturing and reconditioning operations. The Maintenance Engineer develops and executes preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance strategies, supports continuous improvement of our maintenance systems, and works closely with production and engineering teams to eliminate downtime and ensure machines perform at their required level.

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive (PM), predictive (PdM), and reliability-centered maintenance programs for all CNC grinding machines (ANCA, Rollomatic, and Reinecker), facility equipment, and utility systems.
• Implement and manage condition-monitoring programs, including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and ultrasound, to detect early signs of equipment degradation and prevent unplanned failures.
• Establish and maintain asset criticality rankings to prioritize maintenance resources and reliability initiatives based on production impact.
• Develop and maintain spare-parts lists, reorder levels, and critical-spare inventory to minimize machine downtime during corrective maintenance events.
• Administer and continuously improve the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including maintenance plans, SOPs, work orders, spare-parts records, and performance reports.

• Lead corrective maintenance activities on CNC grinding machines and supporting equipment, including mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and coolant systems.
• Analyze equipment failure data, machine work-order history, and condition-monitoring data using Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and FMEA tools to identify recurring failure patterns and eliminate equipment “bad actors.”
• Lead cross-functional teams to implement equipment improvements, optimize PM/PdM strategies, and enhance operator and maintenance technician training to improve overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Provide technical support for the installation, modification, and relocation of equipment, ensuring optimal reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance, including the creation of supporting documentation.
• Collaborate with CNC operators and process engineers to identify machine-related quality or performance issues and implement mechanical or process-level solutions.

• Monitor and report key maintenance KPIs, including OEE, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), planned versus unplanned maintenance ratio, and maintenance cost per machine.
• Use data-analysis tools such as Power BI, Excel, or similar platforms to identify trends, present findings, and support data-driven maintenance decisions.
• Support local and global engineering projects and collaborate with other Walter and Sandvik plants to identify and share maintenance best practices.
• Lead projects end to end: define scope, create and maintain timelines, coordinate contractors, and follow up on progress and results with the Engineering Manager and site leadership.

• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with OSHA regulations, Walter and Sandvik internal safety standards, and ISO 9001, 14001, and 45001 requirements.
• Perform and document lockout/tagout (LOTO) procedures and ensure safe work practices are followed by all maintenance personnel during equipment servicing.
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