Principal Maintenance Engineer

Date Posted:

2025-11-19

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HOH12: Wheels & Brakes - Troy 101 Waco Street, Troy, OH, 45373 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access certain necessary systems.

Security Clearance:

None/Not Required

Joining Collins Aerospace isn’t just about finding a job; it’s about embarking on a journey to redefine the future of aerospace technology.

Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio, and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market. 

What You Will Do

• Implement and administer a preventative maintenance program for all equipment. Ensure that PM activity is completed per schedule.
• Ensure effective and timely resolution of for all un-planned maintenance activity so as to ensure minimal downtime.
• Support production schedules, from a maintenance perspective, so as to achieve site objectives.
• Emaint SME
• Project Management
• Responsible for ensuring compliance by all reporting personnel to policies, procedures and quality requirements of this facility.
• Responsible for integrating equipment support and PM activities between shifts and the various manufacturing areas.
• Responsible for identifying and fulfilling training needs of reporting personnel.
• Through management of Preventative Maintenance Programs and proper prioritization of un-planned maintenance interventions, support all efforts to achieve plant measurement goals, including MTF and OEH.
• Ensure employee development through directed training, performance feedback and career counseling.
• Ensure full compliance with the company work rules, safe work practices and procedures established to protect the environment, take immediate action upon and report all unsafe acts, hazardous conditions, and conditions which impact or have the potential to impact the environment.
• Ensure that all audits & tasks for EHS are completed on or ahead of schedule. Any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Operations Manager or future Manager delegate.
• Must be flexible and available to assist all work shift schedules.

Qualifications You Must Have

• Requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) unless prohibited by local laws/regulations and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience
• 7 or more years of experience with controls and PLC troubleshooting

Qualifications We Prefer

• Expert knowledge and experience with maintenance programs, including but not limited to the design and implementation of preventative maintenance plans for equipment, ensuring effective resolution and closure of trouble calls for equipment, and the effective use of vendors and sub-contracted resources, as necessary for the purposes of maintaining site equipment.
• Personnel management and leadership experience.
• Proven ability to lead mentoring, coaching, developing talent and motivate teams to achieve business goals.
• Experience or working knowledge of shop practices, processes, procedures and machinery.
• Ability to read and interpret technical data, blueprints, and engineering drawings.
• Organizational and project management skills, PMP certification preferred.
• Track record of problem solving in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles, and continuous improvement tools (CORE/ACE/SixSigma).
• Experience working with Solumina MES, Teamcenter, SAP ERP, and MS Office Suite.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization including senior level management.

What We Offer

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:   

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance  
• Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees  
• Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option  
• Tuition reimbursement program 
• Student Loan Repayment Program  
• Life insurance and disability coverage  
• Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft