Paint Shop Reliability & Maintenance Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Group AG; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Ladson, South Carolina is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to improve reliability, performance, and availability of production equipment. You will develop maintenance strategies, lead complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and support continuous improvement initiatives to reduce MTTR, MTBF while maintaining OEE and operating costs.

The role serves as a technical liaison among maintenance, production, engineering, contractors, and suppliers to ensure equipment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electronics, or Electrical Engineering required.
• 5+ years of relevant automotive maintenance experience.
• Experience with PLCs (OMRON, AllenBradley, Siemens).
• 3D-CAD experience: SolidWorks, Catia, Siemens NX.
• Hands-on experience with pneumatic, hydraulic, electrical, and computer-controlled systems.
• Experience with SAP, CMMS or equivalent.
• Experience with project management and equipment installation.
• Experience with paint applications and joining technologies would be favorable.

Responsibilities

• Develops best practices to improve equipment capacity, quality and reliability.
• Repair, adjust, and maintain production equipment to ensure reliable operation and compliance with process specifications.
• Coordinate activities of third party contractors, vendors, or suppliers related to the maintenance field.
• Develops planning standards, methods, and procedures to maintain robust PM/TPM processes.
• Investigates complex problems, analyzes root causes and derives resolutions; uses 8D process.
• Drives continuous improvement to reduce MTTR, MTBF and improve OEE.
• Drives and implements cost reduction initiatives while maintaining high quality standards.
• May scope and manage large capital investment projects (> $5M).

Skills

PLC experience

3D-CAD

Pneumatic/Hydraulic/Electrical

Project management

SAP/CMMS

Automotive industry experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Catia

Siemens NX

SAP

CMMS

Job description

Mercedes-Benz Vans, LLC in Ladson, South Carolina is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to improve reliability, performance, and availability of production equipment. You will develop maintenance strategies, lead complex troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and support continuous improvement initiatives to reduce MTTR, MTBF while maintaining OEE and operating costs.

The role serves as a technical liaison among maintenance, production, engineering, contractors, and suppliers to ensure equipment