Maintenance Engineer (Greenville, SC)

Job Description:

Maintenance Engineer

Collaborate with Innovative 3Mers Around the World

Choosing where to start and grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the company that you choose to work at, and its leaders, will support and guide you. With a wide variety of people, global locations, technologies and products, 3M is a place where you can collaborate with other curious, creative 3Mers.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Perform failure mode and effect analysis to assure the proper Preventive & Predictive Maintenance programs are implemented, audited and improved on all existing and future assets.
• Application of Reliability Based Maintenance programs such as Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
• Assess & develop capability of mechanics on their role in reliability improvement and to advance their technical capabilities.
• Analyze data (failure, cost, uptime, etc.) and apply appropriate reliability analysis tools to develop & implement improvement plans.
• Perform & document equipment criticality analysis in support of an effective critical spares strategy.
• Submit recommendations and justification for capital expenditures that support and improve the Reliability Program.
• Provide an external awareness of methods and technologies that advance our own internal body of knowledge for the improvement of our operations reliability.

Your Skills and Expertise 

To set you up for success in this role from day one, 3M requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or engineering degree (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution.
• Three (3) years of manufacturing in automotive or aerospace private, public, government or military environment

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Five (5) years of manufacturing in automotive or aerospace private, public, government or military environment
• Skills include… Strong communication, independent, strategic, problem solving. PLC, Automation, variable frequency drives
• Two (2) years direct experience with reliability analysis, predictive (PdM), and preventative maintenance (PM).

Work location: On-site, Greenville, SC

Travel: May include up to 5% domestic/international

Relocation Assistance: Not Authorized

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Supporting Your Well-being 

3M offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, 3M regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

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Applicable to US Applicants Only:The expected compensation range for this position is $122,292 - $149,468, which includes base pay plus variable incentive pay, if eligible. This range represents a good faith estimate for this position. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s relevant knowledge, training, skills, work location, and/or experience. In addition, this position may be eligible for a range of benefits (e.g., Medical, Dental & Vision, Health Savings Accounts, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Disability Benefits, Life Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, Paid Absences and Retirement Benefits, etc.). Additional information is available at: https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/careers-us/working-at-3m/benefits/.

Good Faith Posting Date Range 09/05/2025 To 10/05/2025 Or until filled

All US-based 3M full time employees will need to sign an employee agreement as a condition of employment with 3M. This agreement lays out key terms on using 3M Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also has provisions discussing conflicts of interest and how inventions are assigned. Employees that are Job Grade 7 or equivalent and above may also have obligations to not compete against 3M or solicit its employees or customers, both during their employment, and for a period after