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Maintenance Automation & Controls Engineer (C Shift)

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC (Charleston, SC)
Charleston, SC Full Time
POSTED ON 11/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/21/2025
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Shape the future today.

The world is changing. The question is, what will be our contribution to the outcome? We have set the pace in the field of mobility from the very beginning, and we will continue to do so. At Mercedes-Benz Vans, interdisciplinary teams are developing the mobility of tomorrow. Our goal is to make mobility safer, simpler, and more sustainable for people across the globe. Put your pioneering spirit to good use: This is your opportunity to make a contribution that extends far beyond your job title.

At Mercedes-Benz Vans, we offer you the perfect environment for your professional and personal growth. Cutting-edge training and promising career opportunities will help you to foster and expand your professional skill set as well as your individual strengths. Think, try, and thrive with us in collaborative work environments that spark game-changing concepts.

Job Overview:

Monitors Department performance. Develops, implements, and improves the operation of equipment. Acts as interface between maintenance technicians and engineering to ensure the maintenance of equipment in production. Implement an established maintenance program and maintain detailed maintenance records

3rd Shift

Essential Functions:

Develops best practices to improve equipment capacity, quality and reliability

Repair, adjust, and maintain production equipment, machinery, or instruments in cooperation with internal and external staff to ensure that it functions reliably and complies with process specifications.

Responsible for coordinating activities (PM’s, TPM, problem solving) of third party contractors, vendors, or suppliers related to the maintenance field.

Investigates complex problems, analyzes root causes and derives resolutions. Will use 8D Problem Solving Process to ensure sustainable quality products.

Develops and implements the plant´s controls architecture with focus on process stability, system availability, as well as ease of operation and maintenance. Co-ordinates with Automation & control technicians to optimize, debug & rewrite automation software programs.

Ensures equipment uptime, MTTR, MTBF, and OEE by relying on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

Supports Automation & controls technicians in troubleshooting complex PLC- equipment problems and performing systems tests in line and sandbox

Ensures that highly technical equipment meets required specifications and high quality standards

Drives and implements cost reduction initiatives while maintaining high quality standards

Develops and contributes to product and process quality design testing methods

Develops planning standards, methods, and procedures to maintain robust PM, TPM processes as well as robust containments and countermeasures for equipment downtime

Stays current with product specifications, engineering technology and production processes and leads development of automation and control system updates.

Proposes and manages medium-scale projects from beginning to end. May scope and manage large capital investment projects (>$5M)

Collaborates and takes over responsibilities with other departments in preparing scope of work including project requirements, milestones, deliverables, end products, documents and reports that are expected to be provided by external providers.

Responsible to support implementation of new equipment.

Drives the implementation of continuous improvement processes for efficiency to create a Lean Manufacturing environment.

May train and support less experienced engineers

Participates in regularly scheduled team meetings

Will perform other duties as assigned

Qualifikationen

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or other relevant degree required.

5 years plus of relevant experience required, strongly preferring automotive environment including experience with:

  • PLC experience such as; OMRON, AllenBradley, Siemens
  • 3D-CAD experience such as; SolidWorks, Catia, Siemens NX, ect.
  • Hands-on experience pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and computer controlled systems
  • Hands-on experience with process devices such as; motor drives, sensors, AC/DC converters, lifts, conveyors, etc.
  • Experience with Paint applications (chemicals, sprays, filtration, pumps, degreaser, hydrocyclones, rectifier process, anodes, anolyte systems, ultra-filtration, DI-water, industrial paint oven curing)
  • Experience with joining technologies, clinching, gluing and fluid technology
  • SAPipro
  • Hands-on Programming experience in booth or work cell
  • Hands-on experience in off-line simulations
  • Experience with project management
  • Experience with equipment installation

We are all in for change. Are you too? Apply now.

If you have experience in the above and are interested in joining an outstanding company we welcome you to apply. The division Mercedes-Benz Vans is world renown for quality and innovative products.

EXCELLENT COMPENSATION & BENEFITS PLAN WITH 401k MATCHING

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that appreciates and leverages the diversity of our team. We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation),age, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, physical or other disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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KontaktMercedes-Benz Vans, LLC

8501 Palmetto Commerce Pkwy29456 CharlestonDetails zum Standort

Meg Seckinger E-Mail: aston.seckinger@mercedes-benz.com

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