Maintenance Engineer

Fenner Dunlop is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated Maintenance Engineer at our manufacturing facility in Lavonia, Georgia.

Fenner Dunlop, a Michelin Group company, designs and manufactures the widest range of bulk material handling conveyor belts in the world. We strive to be the premier provider of the safest and most reliable conveyor belting and services to a variety of heavy industrial markets such as coal mining, hard rock mining, sand, gravel, wood handling, power generation, pulp and paper. Fenner Dunlop provides North American made belting, manufactured at our facilities located throughout the United States and Canada. For over 150 years, Fenner Dunlop has researched, designed, developed, manufactured, and tested its conveyor belting products, supporting nearly any type of conveyor application, and providing the right solutions to protect conveyor system investments in the harshest conveying environments.

What You’ll Do

Leadership & Team Development
• Lead and develop maintenance technicians, engineers, and personnel to drive performance and accountability.
• Establish clear expectations for safety, quality, communication, urgency, and follow-through.
• Assign and prioritize daily maintenance activities to ensure safe, efficient, and timely completion.
• Monitor maintenance performance, response times, and completion of work, addressing gaps as needed.
• Provide hands-on leadership, coaching, and technical guidance to support team development.
• Foster a collaborative, solution-oriented team environment supporting plant operations.

Reliability and Preventive Maintenance
• Develop and improve preventive, predictive, and reliability-based maintenance programs.
• Drive initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime, repeat failures, and production interruptions.
• Analyze equipment history, downtime trends, SCADA data, and maintenance costs to identify root causes and improvements.
• Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Support reliability-centered maintenance (RCM), condition-based monitoring, and asset lifecycle improvements.
• Ensure all preventive maintenance tasks are completed on time and documented.
• Recommend improvements to equipment, processes, and maintenance practices to enhance safety, uptime, and performance.

Downtime Planning and Supply Chain Coordination
• Plan and coordinate maintenance activities to align with production schedules and minimize disruption.
• Utilize CMMS to manage work orders, track downtime, and support maintenance planning.
• Ensure accurate documentation of uptime, downtime, labor, and maintenance activity for reporting.
• Coordinate with operations, engineering, and supply chain to ensure availability of parts, materials, and resources.

• Define equipment and spare parts requirements and support procurement, inventory, and vendor coordination.
• Lead planning and execution of maintenance downtime, including repairs, shutdowns, and project work.

Safety, Quality, and Compliance
• Ensure all maintenance and engineering activities comply with OSHA regulations, company policies, and standards.
• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture, including lockout/tagout, hazard communication, and PPE.
• Participate in safety audits, incident investigations, and corrective actions.
• Ensure work meets quality standards, ISO requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Maintain accurate documentation within CMMS and engineering systems.
• Ensure contractors, vendors, and internal teams adhere to safety and compliance requirements.

Technical Support, Engineering & Continuous Improvement
• Provide technical leadership for troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Lead engineering, reliability, and capital projects from concept through implementation.
• Develop project scopes, timelines, budgets, and coordinate resources.
• Oversee equipment installation, commissioning, validation, and follow-up.
• Maintain engineering documentation, equipment standards, and technical records.
• Leverage SCADA and operational data to improve performance, process stability, and efficiency.
• Prepare and communicate reports on reliability, downtime trends, and project status.

Additional Responsibilities
• Collaborate with leadership to achieve operational and business objectives while demonstrating accountability, communication, and respect.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support business needs.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Technology, Maintenance Management, or related field preferred; equivalent education and experience may be considered.

• Minimum of 5–7 years of progressive maintenance, re