Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

As a Maintenance Engineer II here at Solstice, you will play a vital role in ensuring the smooth operation and maintenance of our facilities. You will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing the performance of our building systems and equipment, ensuring they meet safety, environmental, and operational standards.

In this role, you will impact the overall efficiency and functionality of our facilities. Your expertise in maintenance engineering will contribute to the reliability and sustainability of our operations, providing a safe and comfortable environment for our employees and customers.

At Solstice, our people leaders play a critical role in developing and supporting our employees to help them perform at their best and drive change across the company. Help to build a strong, diverse team by recruiting talent, identifying, and developing successors, driving retention and engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Reliability & Maintenance Improvement

• Lead reliability improvement programs for Continuous Plating Lines.
• Identify chronic equipment issues and develop permanent corrective actions to eliminate recurring failures.
• Drive equipment health improvement initiatives to improve machine health scores and reduce downtime.

Preventive & Predictive Maintenance

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive maintenance (PM) programs.
• Analyze equipment performance data and maintenance history to optimize maintenance strategies.
• Support predictive maintenance activities including condition monitoring, inspection programs, and failure trend analysis.

Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis

• Lead root cause investigations for equipment failures, process interruptions, and recurring breakdowns.
• Troubleshoot mechanical systems including conveyors, transport systems, bearings, pumps, gearboxes, motors, and plating equipment.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to prevent recurrence.

Plating Equipment Reliability

• Manage maintenance activities related to chemical process equipment, ventilation systems, filtration systems, pumps, piping systems, and plating current-contact systems.
• Drive leak elimination, corrosion control, and asset life extension programs.
• Collaborate with Production, Process Engineering, and External Suppliers to improve equipment performance.

Spare Parts & Asset Management

• Develop critical spare part strategies for high-risk equipment.
• Maintain equipment lifecycle plans and refurbishment roadmaps for aging assets.
• Support CAPEX projects and equipment upgrades related to reliability improvements.

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure all maintenance activities comply with company safety standards and local regulations.
• Participate in risk assessments and machine safety improvement programs.
• Support implementation and verification of machine safety devices and maintenance best practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of maintenance, reliability, or engineering experience within manufacturing environments.
• Experience supporting automated production equipment, plating lines, chemical process systems, or continuous process equipment is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Failure Mode Analysis
  • Preventive & Predictive Maintenance
  • Equipment Reliability Improvement
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
• Good understanding of:
  • Pumps, valves, piping systems
  • Bearings, conveyors, chains, gearboxes, and motors
  • Corrosion mechanisms and leak prevention
  • Ventilation and filtration systems
  • Maintenance KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, OEE, Downtime Analysis)