Maintenance Engineer

About AESC 

AESC is an exciting, global organization committed to solving the challenges of a sustainable future and becoming the leading supplier of full-value-chain battery solutions. Our lithium-ion batteries can be found in more than nine hundred and fifty thousand electric vehicles worldwide and have a stellar safety record of zero-critical issues. We will continue to build upon our successes and expand into new markets and industries, producing innovative and competitive products and technologies that advance the goal of a zero-carbon emission future. AESC is headquartered in Japan and has battery manufacturing locations in Japan, the United Kingdom, and the U.S. 

AESC invests heavily in next-generation technology to drive innovation and works with its strategic partners to continually push the boundaries of performance, safety and efficiency. Its teams work with strategic partners to continuously improve the company’s global leadership in product development, quality and sustainable processes. Find out more at aesc-group.com/us. 

We are currently seeking candidates to fill a Maintenance Engineer role to support our Florence, South Carolina facility. 

Job Summary

This position will be a part of the core launch team responsible for AESC’s new plant in Florence, South Carolina. A key contributor to building brand value and achieving enduring profitable growth. Responsible for leading activities of the Maintenance department, including the new plant setup, provide mentorship to new hires, equipment buyoff, SOP support, new model and minor model program management, daily production support for plant operations, efficiency improvement, scrap reduction, and equipment acquisition. Foster continuous improvement to develop, align, and exceed key performance indicators.  

Job Functions

The following job function statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position

• Participate in new equipment design and drawing reviews with the global project team. 
• Create and maintain the project schedule related to the maintenance team. 
• Attend buy-offs, and support for installation of new Battery Plant equipment/processes in new facility. 
• Responsible for training and documentation to maintenance personnel for new and existing equipment and reporting up to Management on new equipment status. 
• Maintains and updates documentation of new and existing systems in assigned areas; maintains and updates electrical, schematic, and mechanical drawings for new and modified equipment. Specifies, designs, and installs production and facilities systems in assigned area; monitors systems and provides modifications as required to support model changes in assigned area; provides emergency response to daily manufacturing support problems. 
• Provides system problem-solving in assigned areas; ensures continuous reliability and uptime improvements to systems in assigned areas; analyzes trends and symptoms, addresses quality and downtime concerns, and provides countermeasures in a timely manner. 
• Communicates with vendors and suppliers to ensure Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Safety goals and cost reduction objectives are met; works with vendors and suppliers on new technologies for better ways to implement manufacturing methods and produce quality products. 
• Communicate and schedule equipment needs with maintenance personnel, production planners and supervisors, including proactive, predictive, urgent, minor and major maintenance work. 
• Drive improvements to the plant preventive maintenance system, including implementation of TPM (total productive maintenance) and PM Optimization. 
• Scope, identify, award, and supervise contractor maintenance work and capital projects 
• Assists manufacturing on productivity, ergonomic, quality and safety issues to ensure timely problem resolution As necessary performs other related duties of which the above are representative

 Minimum Qualifications

The following qualification statements reflect the minimum skills and abilities required of the qualified applicant. 

Job Knowledge and Skill: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Knowledge of ANSI, NEC, OSHA, ISO14000, and IATF16949. 
• Excellent planning and organizational skills, and analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Knowledge as required of computer programming languages, CMMS, computer systems development, and basic purchasing processes.  
• Data mining of equipment fault