Automotive Maintenance Specialist

ZipRecruiter; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Sterling Heights seeks a Professional Maintenance Specialist to manage manufacturing equipment and ensure maintenance procedures are effectively implemented. The role requires strong technical understanding, leadership capabilities, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. Candidates should have a background in industrial automation and project management, along with excellent communication and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of industrial automation and project management experience.
• Experience with continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Manage designated manufacturing equipment in a high-volume environment.
• Create Standard Maintenance Procedures and ensure equipment is maintained.
• Lead kaizen projects for Safety, Cost, Quality, and Throughput improvements.

Skills

Organization

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Problem-Solving

Leadership

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor’s degree in a technical/engineering field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Suite

Job description

Job Description

The Professional Maintenance Specialist (PMS) will be responsible for managing designated manufacturing equipment and technology in a fast-paced, high-volume, unionized manufacturing environment.

The selected candidate will coordinate safety, quality, delivery, cost, and morale initiatives related to their designated equipment and/or technology.

The PMS will ensure maintenance procedures and processes are well defined, understood, and practiced by the skilled trades.

The Professional Maintenance Specialist must possess a high level of technical understanding of their specific technology, including operations, component life cycles, and activities required to maintain basic conditions.

Provide coaching and mentoring to team members (both hourly and supervisory) regarding Stellantis Production Way techniques for problem solving and corrective action implementation.

Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. Create Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs) related to time-based maintenance (TBM), mean time between failure (MTBF) of components and equipment in their assigned technology or area, as well as the requirements to return equipment to basic conditions and/or maintain the basic conditions of their equipment/technology.
2. Work with Skilled Trades staff to ensure that the PMS's designated equipment/technology is maintained at basic conditions and to guide/coaching the Skilled Trades staff on actions to restore the equipment/technology to basic conditions.
3. Ensure that the Standard Maintenance Procedures enable the achievement of KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, and OEE).
4. Address throughput, run-to-run, and downtime issues with equipment in a production environment.
5. Coordinate activities per Stellantis Production Way standards, particularly Autonomous and Professional Maintenance Pillar activities.
6. Impact overall equipment effectiveness through systematic planning and execution of maintenance enablers, utilizing the CMMS - Total Maintenance System (TMS).
7. Lead kaizen projects focused on Safety, Cost, Quality, and Throughput improvements and waste reduction opportunities identified through cost deployment.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Minimum of 3 years of industrial automation and project management experience
• Ability to work any shift and overtime as required
• Excellent organization, written, and oral communication skills
• Interpersonal skills to interface effectively across all levels of the plant
• Ability to build effective relationships with plant leadership and customers
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Goal-oriented self-starter with leadership capabilities
• Ability to coach and mentor skilled trade employees
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical/engineering field
• Experience with continuous improvement systems and lean manufacturing
• Experience working in a union environment
• Green Belt, Red X, or Six Sigma training
• Experience with controls, robotics, drives, communication systems, sealing, glass cell, conveyance, welding, paint, vision systems, sensors, and automotive automation systems
• Knowledge of Lean Manufacturing methodologies
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Suite software