Maintenance Engineer
RBC Bearings
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Job summary
RBC Bearings in Belton, SC is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to serve as the plant's technical expert for equipment reliability, troubleshooting, maintenance strategy, and manufacturing support.
The ideal candidate will bring broad mechanical and electrical knowledge across controls, automation, hydraulics, pneumatics, and CNC work, driving uptime, safety, and continuous improvement across maintenance and manufacturing operations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Electrical/Mechatronics or related field.
- Minimum 5 years of industrial maintenance, reliability engineering, or related experience.
- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex manufacturing equipment.
- Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, hydraulics/pneumatics, and industrial automation.
- Ability to read electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, hydraulic/pneumatic diagrams.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical resource for complex equipment issues.
- Lead root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.
- Develop maintenance standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Support PLC, HMI, VFD, servo, and automation systems.
- Mentor technicians and engineers across maintenance and operations.
- Identify reliability improvements and cost reduction opportunities.
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Job description
Maintenance Engineer
Belton, SC
Manufacturing Engineering Manager
Full-time
Mid to Senior Level
Manufacturing | Industrial Maintenance | Reliability Engineering
Facilities Management | Maintenance | Reliability | Engineering
The Maintenance Engineer serves as the plant's technical expert for equipment reliability, advanced troubleshooting, maintenance strategy, and manufacturing support. This role is responsible for improving equipment uptime, reducing operational risk, developing maintenance standards, and leading resolution of complex equipment issues across the facility.
The ideal candidate possesses a broad technical background spanning mechanical systems, electrical systems, controls, automation, hydraulics, pneumatics, CNC equipment, and industrial reliability practices. This individual will play a critical role in preserving and expanding organizational knowledge while driving continuous improvement across maintenance and manufacturing operations.
- Serve as the primary technical resource for complex equipment-related issues.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for chronic and high-impact equipment failures.
- Analyze downtime trends and identify opportunities to improve reliability and maintainability.
- Develop and implement permanent corrective actions through structured root cause analysis.
- Support the development of maintenance standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Diagnose and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, servo, and controls-related failures.
- Provide escalation support for maintenance technicians during major equipment breakdowns.
- Work directly with OEMs, contractors, and suppliers to resolve technical issues.
- Support emergency response activities related to critical production equipment.
- Assist in rebuilding, upgrading, and modernizing existing equipment.
- Support PLC, HMI, VFD, servo, robotics, and industrial communication systems.
- Assist with integration, commissioning, and startup of new equipment and automation systems.
- Maintain technical documentation, backups, and change records for critical equipment.
- Identify automation opportunities that improve reliability, safety, and productivity.
- Lead root cause investigations using methodologies such as 5-Why, Fishbone, FMEA, and A3 Formatting.
- Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
- Support TPM, precision maintenance, lubrication excellence, and condition monitoring initiatives.
- Establish equipment criticality rankings and maintenance plans based on business risk.
- Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and acceptance activities.
- Develop technical scopes of work and provide engineering support for capital projects.
- Assist in the preparation of Capital Authorization Requests (CARs) and business justifications.
- Identify cost reduction, productivity improvement, and reliability improvement opportunities.
- Mentor and develop maintenance technicians, engineers, and supervisors.
- Create troubleshooting guides, training materials, SOPs, and maintenance documentation.
- Capture and standardize critical technical knowledge to reduce dependence on single-person expertise.
- Support development of future technical leaders within the organization.
- Promote and maintain a strong safety culture.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and company standards.
- Support facility, environmental, and safety improvement initiatives.
- Participate in risk assessments and equipment safety reviews.
- Mentor and develop maintenance technicians, engineers, and supervisors.
- Support development of future technical leaders within the organization.
- Capture and standardize critical technical knowledge to reduce dependence on single-person expertise.
- Foster cross-functional collaboration and continuous improvement across maintenance and manufacturing operations.
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Technology, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
- Minimum 5 years of industrial maintenance, reliability engineering, manufacturing engineering, or related experience.
- Demonstrated expertise troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment and systems.
- Strong understanding of:
- Mechanical systems
- Electrical systems
- Hydraulics and pneumatics
- Industrial automation
- Machine controls
- Ability to read and interpret:
- Electrical schematics
- Mechanical drawings
- Hydraulic diagrams
- Pneumatic schematics
- Technical manuals
- Experience supporting CNC machining centers, lathes, grinders, and automated manufacturing equipment.
- Experience with cobot and industrial robotic systems such as ABB, Fanuc, or UR.
- PLC programming and troubleshooting experience.
- Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance planning.
- Reliability certifications such as:
- CMRP
- CMRT
- CRL
- CMCP
- Lean Manufacturing, TPM, and Continuous Improvement experience.
- Project management and capital equipment implementation experience.
- Extended periods of standing, walking, and working within a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to inspect, troubleshoot, and interact with industrial equipment.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing for extended periods.
- Ability to reach, grasp, climb, and safely access equipment when required.
- Ability to respond to emergency equipment situations and support production operations.
- Serve as the plant's primary technical expert for equipment reliability and maintenance strategy.
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for complex and high-impact equipment failures.
- Develop and implement maintenance standards, procedures, and reliability best practices.
- Support PLC, HMI, VFD, servo, robotics, and industrial communication systems.
- Lead root cause investigations and develop corrective actions.
- Optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
- Support capital project planning, installation, commissioning, and startup activities.
- Develop technical documentation, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and training materials.
- Mentor maintenance technicians, engineers, and supervisors.
- Promote compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- Identify and implement opportunities for cost reduction, reliability improvement, and productivity gains.
This position offers a unique opportunity to become the technical cornerstone of a manufacturing operation committed to continual improvement, reliability excellence, automation, and operational performance. The successful candidate will have significant influence on equipment strategy, maintenance effectiveness, workforce development, and future technology implementation.
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