Maintenance Technician

US01 VALEO NORTH AMERICA; Kansas; On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo is a global tech company seeking a Maintenance Technician to join the Maintenance team in the United States. The role focuses on minimizing MTTR, maximizing MTBF, and driving continuous improvement in equipment reliability and safety.

You will participate in safety programs, manage maintenance budgets, and support Kaizen activities to ensure production efficiency while contributing to sustainable mobility initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment to minimize MTTR and maximize MTBF.
• Manage maintenance resources and budget; ensure timely upkeep and spare parts inventory.
• Lead maintenance QRQC and participate in PDCA/FTA analyses.
• Support Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives to reach VPS/IP/TQ targets.
• Ensure documentation, work instructions and FMEA are up to date.

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

SAFETY & ENVIRONMENT

Is in charge of create standards, establish safety culture and ensure it is thoroughly respected; Detect & react in case of deviation. Pilot safety QRQC. Assess environmental impact of equipment. Incorporate safety LLC in equipment design. Is aware and gets applied to local & Group regulations and norms.

PEOPLE

Develop expertise & specialists. Anticipate human resources needs, managing age pyramid & competence transfer needs & duration. Act to avoid turnover. Allocate resources to properly fulfil its role in the Mother / Daughter relationship.

INDUSTRIALIZATION

Manage the engineers/technicians industrializing new equipment. Ensure that the VSDP &IPROM standards are applied in equipment industrialization in cooperation with process PTM, respecting compliance rules. Participate in industrial IAR preparation. Ensure back to design flow.

MAINTENANCE

Manage its maintenance resources in order to minimize MTTR, maximize MTBF & TRP. Proposes maintenance budget (overheads, labour, spare parts inventory value); control respect of the budget. Drive productivity actions related to P-30. Lead maintenance QRQC. Deploy ERIM / TPM. Ensure the release and update of technical documentations & Work Instructions. Ensure equipment FMEA are done & up to date Keep up to date the Lists of spare parts CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT Measurements and micro-stoppages observation sessions. Reach and maintain a dynamic and efficient Proposals of Improvements system.

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

Participate in safety and environment risks reduction. Leads Safety QRQC for all accidents & near-misses involving Maintenance people. Contribute to new equipment and processes industrialization and start ups. Participate in Maintenance QRQC. Pilot PDCA / FTA & Maintenance 5 WHYs on topics assigned by the Maintenance Manager. Prepare LLC & Kaizen Cards. Participate in maintenance budget preparation & propose potential organization improvements. Promote the Valeo 5 axes in daily activities, develop improvement plan on VPS, IP,TQ and reach assigned V5000 targets.

Job: Maintenance Technician Organization: Maintenance - J Schedule: Full time Employee Status: Regular Job Type: Permanent contract Job Posting Date: 2026-09-23

Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

As part of a global community of passionate people, you will grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility.

All our employees are gathered around our common culture and have everyday the opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share

Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies. We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding. Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you!