Maintenance Engineer

Kapco Metal Stamping is the Midwest’s premier contract manufacturer of metal components, trusted by some of the world’s biggest brands to make precision metal parts. Kapco’s constant investment in modern, state-of-the-art equipment and cutting-edge technology sets us apart from other manufacturers in the industry and helps us deliver the highest quality products to their partners.

Alongside our metal stamping, fabrication, welding, and machining capabilities, Kapco has built a lasting reputation for our family culture based upon six core values: Innovation, Attitude, Integrity, Impact, Accountability, and Safety.

Today, Kapco employs over 600 employees across our family of companies, and we are looking to add to our fast-growing team!

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Maintenance Engineer – Kapco Grafton, WI

The Maintenance Engineer is a skilled, technical position that requires a significant understanding of stamping and fabrication equipment (lasers, brakes, welding) and systems utilized within production. Position requires advanced knowledge of machine repair and strong project management skills. Must have excellent communication, organizational, equipment operating, and analytical skills with the ability to perform tasks with little or no supervision. Experience balancing completion of projects within timelines against competing priorities necessary. Experience mentoring a team in an industrial environment preferred. A degree in engineering or a similar discipline or 10+ of advanced industry desired. Requires the use of measuring and testing equipment, reading and interpreting schematics, documentation, and maintenance specifications. Must have excellent writing, math, computer-operating, and analytical skills with the ability to perform tasks with little or no supervision. 

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and lead maintenance project management efforts.
• Coordinate, and act as a liaison, with other department engineers and management to execute maintenance project work from start to finish within agreed upon timelines.
• Source and obtain quotes for all project needs.
• Lead troubleshooting within maintenance projects, involving all relevant stakeholders in final outcomes.
• ldentify areas of improvement within maintenance scope, develop a plan for needed change, and carry project through to completion.
• Assists with maintenance capital expenditures plans to fit in the greater organization's capex plan.
• Assists with maintenance business cases for larger projects that impact the business.
• Analyzes and presents options for the most cost-effective solutions to optimize equipment uptime and maintenance.
• Encourage and mentor subordinates on any delegated tasks, checking for accurate completion.
• Follow up on completed project success with all parties involved, developing, and implementing modifications if necessary.
• Assist Maintenance Supervisor with team priority assignments, evaluations, and training.
• Assists maintenance technicians with daily troubleshooting.
• Assists with the creation, sustainment, and improvement of the manufacturing maintenance process.
• Creates and sustains documentation to execute the maintenance processes (work and setup instructions).
• Participates in continuous improvement projects for maintenance through structured problem solving.
• Other duties as assigned.

Performance Standards:

• Adherence to Company's Core Values.
• lnnovative in work assignments/solutions in a team role.
• Effective time management and Project management.
• Completion of assigned tasks effectively and on schedule.
• Build and present business cases to different levels of leadership.
• Effectively summarize data findings to present to leadership.
• Follow and sustain ISO procedures relating to owned process and department.
• Drive projects with data and financial models.
• Maintain company priorities and goals throughout the year.
• Effective team participation.
• Organization, cleanliness and neatness in assigned area.
• Conformance to company personnel, safety, quality and housekeeping policies, procedures and practices.