Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned.
- Evaluate, select and order equipment that is most appropriate and cost effective for the manufacture of company products.
- Oversee the installation, modification, upgrade and maintenance of manufacturing equipment.
- Maintain current records on equipment manufacturers' technical notices, upgrades and safety issues.
- Study equipment performance and reliability.
- Establish programs and solutions for increasing uptime and for equipment problems that affect the manufacturing process.
- Provide technical support to the manufacturing equipment repair and process engineering organizations.
- Manage the Engineering workshop.
- Lead the maintenance team to carry out repair and maintenance tasks and provide mechanical engineering service for the whole plant.
- Supervise and follow up on actual progress of each repair and maintenance activity.
- Define and write preventative maintenance schedules.
