Facilities Engineer

Kaiser Aluminum; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Aluminum in Kalamazoo, MI is seeking a Facilities Engineer to identify and manage asset reliability risks at our aluminum casting and extrusion plant. This onsite role requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or 5+ years of related experience and involves RCA, FRACAS, and reliability improvement across water cooling, HVAC, electrical distribution, and other plant systems.

No visa sponsorship is available for this role, and candidates must be eligible to work onsite in the United

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical field OR 5+ years of experience with industrial facility systems.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to define, collect, and analyze data.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with maintenance and engineering to ensure reliability of facility equipment.
• Analyze asset performance, remaining useful life, and costs.
• Apply root-cause analysis and FRACAS to failures.
• Develop solutions to reduce losses from repetitive failures and other reliability issues.
• Provide onsite training and documentation for maintenance staff.

Skills

Data analysis

Troubleshooting

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related technical field

5+ years of experience with industrial facility systems

Tools

Windows

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

The Facilities Engineer identifies and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations at our Kalamazoo Michigan aluminum casting and extrusion plant.

This is an onsite position. At this time, we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role, either now or in the future. Therefore, we cannot move forward with candidates who would require sponsorship and or are on (e.g., H-1B, F-1, STEM OPT, OPT) visas.

What you will work on:

• Work with maintenance, engineering, and 3rd parties to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations for facility equipment including but not limited to:
• Water Cooling Systems
• Compressed Air System
• Facility cement work
• HVAC
• Plant Electrical distribution and efficiencies
• Other Facilities or shared resource related equipment
• Develop solutions to reduce losses from repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues
• To fulfill the responsibility listed above, this position shall apply:
• Root-Cause and Root-Cause Failure Analysis (RCA, RCFA)
• Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
• Analyze asset system performance to include:
• Remaining useful life
• Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability, and costs of assets
• Develop and monitor asset
• Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/re-design, and make/buy decisions
• Track utility spend with CI mindset for overall plant cost reductions opportunities
• Provide documentation and on site training for maintenance and engineering personnel.

Relationships

• Report to the Engineering & Maintenance Manager
• Maintenance department and 3rd party resources to be utilized

What you will bring to the role:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or a related technical field, OR a minimum of five (5) years of experience working with industrial facility systems is required
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to define, collect, and analyze data

Other skills:

• Excellent equipment troubleshooting abilities is essential.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and organization skills.
• PC proficiency including, but not limited to, the use of Word, Excel, and Power Point.
• Solid interpersonal skills, including verbal and written communication.
• Proven ability to work in a low supervision environment while successfully meeting goals.
• Willingness to work around large manufacturing equipment and furnaces.
• Experience with technical projects/initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Strong PC skills, including Windows, Word, Excel, various data collection and analysis packages.
• Proven ability to work in teams.
• Robotics experience is a plus.

No third-party candidate submissions are being accepted at this time for this opening.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered based on job-related qualifications and abilities. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

About Kaiser Aluminum: Talented people join our team because we are a company passionate about environmental sustainability, employee growth, contributing back to our communities and championing an inclusive culture.