Project Manager-Manufacturing

Title - Project Manager - Plant Engineering

Location: Houston, Texas

Function: Manufacturing Engineering / Maintenance & Reliability

Reports to: Plant Engineering / Maintenance Manager

Onsite only

$70k- $100k per annum

Pay Rate-$50/hr on c2c

Skills: Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

Position Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Plant Maintenance & Reliability Engineer to improve the reliability, availability, maintainability and performance of manufacturing and utility assets at our Angleton, Texas manufacturing facility.

The facility manufactures powder coatings for metals, rebar, pipelines and other corrosion-resistant applications.

The role will support a highly automated manufacturing environment involving process equipment, material handling systems, motors, drives, pumps, conveyors, extruders, valves, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, electrical systems and industrial control systems.

The successful candidate will combine mechanical, electrical, controls, automation and reliability engineering to transition the plant from reactive maintenance toward a data-driven, predictive and condition-based maintenance culture.

This position will work closely with Production, Maintenance, Process Engineering, Quality, EHS, IT/OT and equipment suppliers

Key Responsibilities:

Asset Reliability & Maintenance Strategy

Manufacturing Equipment Reliability

Provide engineering support for equipment including:

Develop equipment-specific maintenance strategies, inspection standards, spare-parts strategies and failure-prevention plans.

Electrical, Controls & Automation

Work closely with controls and maintenance personnel to troubleshoot and improve industrial automation systems.

Predictive & Condition-Based Maintenance

Identify critical assets suitable for online condition monitoring and IIoT-enabled predictive maintenance.

CMMS & Maintenance Data

Establish effective equipment hierarchies and asset master data within the CMMS.

Improve preventive-maintenance plans and job plans.

Maintenance Planning & Execution

Partner with Maintenance Supervisors and Technicians to plan corrective and preventive work.

OT / Digital Manufacturing

Partner with Plant IT/OT and Automation Engineering to advance the plant''s digital manufacturing capabilities.

Identify practical opportunities to use plant data to predict failures rather than react to them.

Required Skills:

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Controls Engineering or a related engineering discipline.

5+ years of experience in manufacturing maintenance, reliability, plant engineering or industrial automation.

Experience reading mechanical drawings, electrical schematics and P&IDs.

Working knowledge of CMMS systems.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.