Maintenance Engineer: Reliability & Uptime Champion

Trew; Olde West Chester (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

TREW in West Chester, OH is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to improve the reliability, availability, and maintainability of production equipment and facility systems. You will develop preventive maintenance programs, analyze failures, lead corrective actions, and support predictive maintenance initiatives.

You will work with maintenance technicians to troubleshoot diverse systems, manage upgrades and capital projects, and contribute to Lean/Six Sigma based continuous improvements to maximize

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering.
• 3–7+ years of maintenance or reliability/industrial engineering experience.
• Experience with industrial production equipment and automated systems.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain preventive maintenance programs for production equipment and facility systems.
• Analyze equipment failures and identify root causes using problem-solving methodologies.
• Lead corrective actions to prevent recurring equipment issues.
• Support predictive maintenance initiatives including vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and condition monitoring.
• Monitor equipment performance metrics such as uptime, MTBF, and MTTR.
• Work closely with maintenance technicians to troubleshoot mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and control system issues.
• Manage equipment upgrades, retrofits, and reliability improvement projects.
• Support capital equipment installations and commissioning activities.
• Develop maintenance procedures, work instructions, and technical documentation.
• Assist in spare parts management and inventory optimization.
• Ensure compliance with OSHA, company safety policies, and applicable regulations.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, TPM, or Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) principles.
• Coordinate work with external contractors and equipment suppliers.
• Participate in budgeting and maintenance cost reduction activities.

Skills

PM/PdM

RCA

Reliability Engineering

Industrial automation

Hydraulic and pneumatic systems

CMMS software

Lean Manufacturing

Project Management

Data analysis

KPI reporting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Tools

CMMS software (Limble, Maximo, SAP PM, eMaint, Maintenance Connection)

Job description

TREW in West Chester, OH is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to improve the reliability, availability, and maintainability of production equipment and facility systems. You will develop preventive maintenance programs, analyze failures, lead corrective actions, and support predictive maintenance initiatives.

You will work with maintenance technicians to troubleshoot diverse systems, manage upgrades and capital projects, and contribute to Lean/Six Sigma based continuous improvements to maximize