Engineering Maintenance Specialist (BH0097)

Responsibilities:

• Study Charm Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and personally operate equipment to increase understanding of reliability, documenting learnings to share with your fellow Operations Engineering team members as you go.
• Study operator manuals and operate capital machinery / biomass processing equipment to familiarize yourself with possible failure points and high priority maintenance activities.
• Work to execute and improve our Preventative Maintenance (PM) work scope and task lists based on failures seen in production.
• Develop detailed and accurate maintenance logs for each piece of equipment; use these maintenance logs to summarize and report to site leadership on machine reliability and maintenance status on a regular basis.
• While performing routine maintenance on Charm equipment, work with vendors and the Charm procurement team as needed to order replacement components.
• Work with relevant Engineering resources to develop and maintain a functional Material Review Board (MRB) process to disposition and execute scrap/rework accordingly.
• Maintain a safe and clean test area by observing all safety instructions, handling materials with the proper precautions, picking up tools and equipment when not in use, and making suggestions for improvements to safety procedures and practices.
• Use machinery and powered equipment (i.e. forklift, personnel baskets, telehandler, scissor lifts, etc.) when required for test preparation or execution.
• Give written and verbal feedback on the design and operation of the equipment.

Requirements:

• Passionate about contributing to our mission and growing the company
• 3 - 5+ years of hands-on experience around machinery and/or heavy equipment
• Practical experience assembling/disassembling novel/complex mechanical systems
• Experience with electrical system operation and maintenance (ideally including high voltage circuits, control cabinets & VFDs, and/or industrial e-stop/safety circuits)
• The ability to work autonomously and troubleshoot on the job
• Experience operating forklifts, telehandlers, scissor lifts, and/or a willingness to learn
• A proactive, professional and “can do” attitude
• Must be physically able to climb ladders, bend, or crawl in awkward spaces
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at a time
• There may be prolonged periods of standing and walking
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including a working knowledge of the Google Product Suite (or similar)

Bonus (but not required):

• Experience operating high temperature and/or high pressure systems
• Familiarity with chemical processing systems and the terminology associated with them
• Knowledge of electromechanical systems and general electrical troubleshooting skills, including wiring up industrial equipment.
• Basic fabrication skills
• Engineering educational and/or departmental experience
• Experience with MRB review activities or hardware non-conformance triage methods
• Direct experience in the handling of high temperature or combustible materials in an industrial automation environment
• Direct experience with equipment like wood chippers, tractors, harvesting equipment, screening, drying systems, industrial heat exchangers or other large heavy-duty industrial or agricultural equipment