Remote Senior Hydraulics Reliability Engineer

Hydro Extrusions; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 111,132 - 152,101; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Retirement plan with company match

Education assistance

Bonus plan eligibility

Parental leave

Job summary

Hydro Extrusions North America is seeking a senior hydraulic systems engineer to tune extrusion equipment and monitor NDT to optimize performance and reliability across ENA locations. The role involves extensive travel (80%) with a home office based in the United States, reporting to the Director of Reliability.

The successful candidate will have at least 10 years in industrial hydraulics, strong interpretation of hydraulic drawings, PLC experience, and a proven record in asset strategy,

Qualifications

• 10 years of industrial hydraulics experience.
• Ability to read and interpret hydraulic drawings.
• PLC experience in hydraulic systems.
• Basic controls and electrical systems knowledge.
• PLC programming to tune hydraulic systems.
• Experience with asset strategy, predictive maintenance, and problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing and tuning to ensure no hydraulic shock is occurring during operation that can result in early hydraulic system failures.
• Tune hydraulic equipment to OEM standards ensuring dead cycle times are maintained at design levels for productivity and equipment reliability.
• Trouble shoot hydraulic issues when plant resources require support.
• Coordinate all activities through the local Maintenance Manager. Coordination with the Supply Chain Manager in the event of required scheduled outages.
• Work within
• Perform root cause analysis on hydraulic failures with emphasis on preventing and/or delaying future failures to increase mean time between failure.
• Support hydraulic equipment upgrades across ENA as needed.
• Use standard project management tools, practices, and software to manage and communicate

Skills

Industrial hydraulics

Hydraulic drawings

PLC in hydraulics

Electrical basics

PLC programming

Asset strategy

Education

BS in Engineering

Tools

CAD

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

Job description

Hydro Extrusions North America is seeking a senior hydraulic systems engineer to tune extrusion equipment and monitor NDT to optimize performance and reliability across ENA locations. The role involves extensive travel (80%) with a home office based in the United States, reporting to the Director of Reliability.

The successful candidate will have at least 10 years in industrial hydraulics, strong interpretation of hydraulic drawings, PLC experience, and a proven record in asset strategy,