What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Engineer position at Lippert?
Overview
Who We Are:
Lippert is a leading, global manufacturer and supplier of highly engineered products and customized solutions, dedicated to shaping, growing and bettering the RV, marine, automotive, commercial vehicle and building products industries. We combine our strategic manufacturing capabilities with the power of our winning team culture to deliver unrivaled customer service, award-winning innovation and premium products to all of our customers.
Why We are Different:
At Lippert, Everyone Matters. This is not just a tagline or empty promise; it is who we are. We have intentionally created a culture that values and celebrates our team members’ unique and varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to give our team members a deeper sense of purpose at work, and we continue to build a better work environment by aligning our cultural and business strategies with the needs of our team members.
What You will Get:
Summary/Objective:
The Maintenance Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting saft, efficient plant operations. This role focuses on preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, troubleshooting complex equipment issues, and partnering with operations to drive continuous improvement manufacturing assets.
Essential Functions:
Other Key Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Working Conditions:
- 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.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, or a related technical field.
- 2-5 plus 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.)
Competencies:
Supervisory Responsibility:
This role has no supervisory responsibilities upon hiring.
Physical Demands:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk and hear. This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day. The Team Member may have to lift and/or move items over 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time hourly position, and hours/days of work are decided by production schedules and your reporting manager. Occasional after hours or on call support may be required.
Travel:
Travel will be minimal and will be primarily local during the business day.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- 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 mythologies
- Project management experience supporting equipment upgrades, process improvements, or capital projects.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance:
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
Other Duties:Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the Team Member for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
AAP/EEO Statement
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 recruitment, hiring, job assignment, compensation, training, promotion, discipline, transfer, leave-of-absence, access to benefits, layoff, recall, termination and other personnel matters. All employment and personnel-related decisions are based solely upon legitimate, job-related factors, such as skill, ability, past performance, and length of service with Lippert.
Lippert’s strong commitment to equal employment opportunity requires a commitment by each individual team member. Compliance with the letter and spirit of this policy is required of all team members. Violations of this policy should be immediately reported to your leader or to any member of leadership. Team members who violate this policy will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.
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