Maintenance Improvement Engineer

Owen Daniels is representing a world leader in Warehouse Automation with the recruitment of a Maintenance Improvement Engineer to support their operations across multiple end-user locations.

The successful candidate will have a strong electrical maintenance background in a Warehouse/Automation/Manufacturing or Material Handling environment and experience with Continuous Improvement tools/projects.

The goal of the position is to drive improvements across maintenance and overall delivery of the automation solution to the end customer.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Supporting 10+ customer sites alongside on-site teams to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Work closely with site managers on maintenance strategy and improvement projects.
• Undertake a variety of lean/improvement methodologies – 5S, problem solving, RCA and FMEA/FMECA.
• Work closely with the CMMS and available data to identify, monitor and roll out improvement opportunities.
• Identify lessons learnt and ensure roll-out of standardization across all sites.
• Lead workshops to drive ideas and rollout of solutions across on-site teams.
• Manage incidents, investigations and work with management and customers on solutions.
• Working closely with H&S to increase standards.
• Supporting new site launches from team setup and training through to implementation and continuous operation of maintenance strategy.
• Review of CI activities and projects to ensure success and supporting roll-out to future sites

Experience required/desired

• Experienced with CI/Lean in a maintenance environment
• Electrical maintenance qualification or equivalent experience
• Proven experience in a relatable environment – Warehouse/Automation/Material Handling/Manufacturing
• Six Sigma Green Belt (Desirable)

Working Details and Benefits

• Remote position with approximately 50% travel to customer sites nationally
• Flexibility required to travel/stay locally to customer sites
• Hourly paid
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• 401k Match