Maintenance Engineer in Palmer

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Summary: Palmer Foundry is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Engineer to support the reliability, availability, and continuous improvement of our foundry equipment and facility systems. This position is responsible for developing and improving preventive maintenance programs, troubleshooting equipment failures, leading root-cause analysis, coordinating major maintenance activities, and driving improvements in equipment reliability and uptime.

The Maintenance Engineer will work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) to ensure equipment and facility systems operate safely, reliably, and efficiently. The ideal candidate combines strong mechanical and electrical troubleshooting skills with a practical, data-driven approach to equipment reliability and continuous improvement.

This position may require access to export-controlled technology or software source code that is subject to export controls restrictions under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and will therefore be required to meet eligibility criteria under ITAR and EAR regulations.

• Develop, implement, maintain, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs for production equipment and facility systems. Scheduled PMs for our in-house maintenance personnel in addition to sourcing and contracting outside service technicians.
• Maintain, troubleshoot, and diagnose foundry equipment, including melting and holding furnaces, molding machines, sand systems, cut-off equipment, shot-blasting equipment, air compressors, pumps, motors, cooling systems, cranes, and related production equipment.
• Provide technical support for mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, combustion, and controls-related equipment issues.
• Lead Root-Cause Analysis (RCA) of recurring or significant equipment failures and implement permanent corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Monitor and analyze equipment reliability, downtime, preventive maintenance compliance, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), and other maintenance KPIs to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Work closely with Palmer Foundry Industrial Engineering and OEMs regarding onboarding of new equipment, ensuring all critical and non-critical spares, and preventative maintenance schedules are understood.
• Coordinate and support planned shutdowns, major repairs, equipment rebuilds, installations, upgrades, and other maintenance and capital improvement projects.
• Develop maintenance scopes of work, project schedules, cost estimates, and implementation plans as required.
• Manage spare-parts requirements, critical spare inventory, vendors, suppliers, and outside contractors through the company's Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
• Identify critical equipment and components and establish appropriate spare-parts and preventive maintenance strategies to minimize production risk.
• Maintain accurate equipment records, maintenance histories, work orders, preventive maintenance procedures, spare-parts information, and supporting documentation through the CMMS.
• Ensure maintenance work orders are properly documented, prioritized, completed, and closed in a timely manner.
• Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and EHS to maintain safe, reliable, and efficient manufacturing operations.
• Support equipment modifications and process improvements while ensuring appropriate consideration of safety, quality, maintainability, and production requirements.
• Assist in developing equipment specifications and evaluating new or replacement manufacturing equipment.
• Coordinate outside…