Your Job
You will own and sustain the reliability strategy for the Coater Line's critical assets, driving measurable increases in availability and MTBF while reducing MTTR and downtime. You will lead structured failure investigations and continuous-improvement initiatives, provide technical leadership for complex asset issues across mechanical, electrical, automation, instrumentation and vacuum systems, and work cross-functionally to stabilize process performance and deliver sustainable value in line with the PBM culture.
What You Will Do
- Own and sustain the reliability strategy for critical assets on the Coater Line, driving measurable increases in availability and MTBF while reducing MTTR and downtime.
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Lead structured root-cause investigations (RCA / 5 Whys / Ishikawa / FMEA / RCM), translate findings into durable corrective and preventive solutions, and track resulting performance improvements.
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Optimize preventive, predictive and inspection plans to reduce losses, backlog and maintenance cost while improving equipment availability.
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Use failure histories, maintenance orders and production-loss data to prioritize interventions and make data-driven decisions.
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Provide hands-on technical support for complex failures across mechanical, electrical, automation, instrumentation, vacuum and critical utilities systems.
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Collaborate cross-functionally with Operations, Process, Quality, EHS and Maintenance to stabilize processes and improve throughput, quality and safety.
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Standardize technical procedures, inspection routes, checklists and best practices; coach and upskill operators, technicians and engineers to build organizational capability.
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Manage critical spare-parts strategies, assess obsolescence risk and engage suppliers to secure long-term asset performance.
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Support improvement projects, retrofits, upgrades and elimination of bottlenecks to increase equipment robustness.
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Act in accordance with the PBM culture-demonstrating integrity, ownership, humility, collaboration and a focus on sustainable value creation.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Control & Automation, Production Engineering or a related field.
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Proven experience in industrial maintenance, reliability engineering or technical support for continuous production lines.
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Practical knowledge of failure-analysis and reliability methodologies (RCA, FMEA, RCM, 5 Whys, Ishikawa, criticality analysis).
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Solid technical background with rotating equipment, transmissions, pumps, motors, gearboxes, valves, sensors and industrial instrumentation.
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Strong data-analysis skills and experience using maintenance and production data to drive reliability decisions; advanced English proficiency.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience in continuous manufacturing (glass industry preferred) and/or direct experience on Coater Lines, coating, sputtering, metallization or vacuum processes.
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Hands-on knowledge of vacuum systems (pumps, chambers, valves, pressure sensors) and their operation/maintenance.
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Familiarity with industrial automation: PLCs, drives, HMIs, industrial networks and supervisory control systems.
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Experience with condition-based monitoring techniques (vibration analysis, thermography, ultrasound, oil analysis, condition monitoring).
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Experience with CMMS/EAM tools such as Infor M3, SAP, IBM Maximo or similar.
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Advanced Excel and Power BI skills or other data-visualization/analytics tools applied to maintenance and reliability.
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Training or experience with Lean, Six Sigma or Kaizen continuous-improvement methodologies.
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Strong stakeholder engagement skills, ability to influence multidisciplinary teams, and a demonstrated sense of ownership and execution discipline.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
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