Senior Engineer, Equipment Engineering

Job Title:

Senior Engineer, Equipment Engineering

Job Description:

The Role: 

Our site in Hillsboro is seeking an Equipment Engineer to join our team. As an Equipment Engineer, you will work in a team environment to ensure safe working conditions, maintain equipment, and drive improvement. The Equipment Engineer supports a broad range of process and facilities equipment across three manufacturing areas. The engineer will work closely with the manufacturing team, production engineers, maintenance technicians, controls engineers, and the quality team to sustain day-to-day operations and drive continuous improvement. 

 

What You’ll Do: 

• Maintain equipment and PMs to maximize equipment safety, uptime, reliability, quality, sustainability, and cost savings 

• Develop innovative solutions to equipment performance issues within prescribed change control requirements 

• Lead equipment-related continuous improvement 

• Support maintenance technicians to troubleshoot and resolve equipment-related issues 

• Maintain and upgrade existing facilities systems, such as HVAC, compressed gases, and chilled water 

• Identify and implement all vital safety procedures required for efficient repairs and maintenance of production equipment 

• Develop and drive preventative maintenance procedures 

• Lead equipment and facilities upgrades, ranging from $20K to $2M 

• Craft and maintain accurate specifications and work instructions for equipment maintenance 

• Develop effective OCAP procedures 

• Maintain accurate and reliable equipment performance records and metrics 

• Research and purchase new manufacturing equipment as necessary 

What We Seek: 

• 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing environments performing Equipment Engineering functions  

• Hands-on technical aptitude and experience to troubleshoot and repair equipment-related systems 

• Demonstrated ability in a high-volume manufacturing environment 

• Confirmed ability to develop documents such as maintenance work instructions, procedure manuals, and safety instructions 

• Flexibility in acceptance of assignments and ability to deal effectively with changes in priorities 

• Strong aptitude for collaboration and communication 

• Ability to work on call as needed in the evenings and weekends to support 24x7 factory 

• A strong advocate for safety and quality 

• A commitment to uphold and demonstrate the company’s PACE values (People and Teamwork, Accountability, Innovation, and Dedication to Excellence) 

Outstanding Candidates Will Have: 

• BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent education and/or experience 

• Experience with AC and DC electrical circuits,