Corporate - Mechanical Engineer

Requisition ID : 844396

Position : Full-Time

We are EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic lenses, frames and sunglasses.

The Company brings together the complementary expertise of two industry pioneers, one in advanced lens technologies and the other in the craftsmanship of iconic eyewear, to create a vertically integrated business that is uniquely positioned to address the world’s evolving vision needs and the global demand of a growing eyewear industry.

With over 180,000 dedicated employees in 150 countries driving our iconic brands, our people are creative, entrepreneurial and celebrated for their unique perspectives and individuality.

Committed to vision, we enable people to see more and be more thanks to our innovative designs and lens technologies, exceptional quality and cutting-edge processing methods.

Every day we impact the lives of millions by changing the way people see the world.

Our unique business model and relentless pursuit of operational excellence ensures that consumers everywhere have access to products.

Balancing speed, efficiency and proximity, the Company manages a global supply chain with cutting-edge technology, based on centralization for frames and on a capillary network for lens finishing and prescription laboratories.

Greasing the wheels behind the scenes, our people in Operations are the backbone of our Company.

GENERAL FUNCTION

The Mechanical Engineer supports equipment maintenance and reliability programs to improve existing equipment performance and new equipment implementation.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Originates, develops and improves predictive and preventative maintenance programs to maintain reliability of components, equipment and processes.
• Conducts analysis of reliability problems and investigates to determine the required approach for a particular situation.
• Works with Production to perform analyses of assets including Asset Utilization, Overall Equipment Effectiveness, remaining useful life, other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of assets
• Leads root cause failure analysis to avoid future failures.
• Defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Interfaces directly with vendor technical support groups as necessary while providing maintenance and improvement of manufacturing equipment.
• Participates in the final check out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will ensure adherence to functional specifications.
• Tracks production losses and abnormally high maintenance losses and costs, then finds ways to reduce those losses or high costs.
• Develops plans to eliminate or reduce losses through root cause analysis, obtains approval of the plan and facilitates the implementation.
• Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety / security systems.
• Develops action plans that comply with internal / external customer demands for reliable processes / equipment to avoid failures.
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations.
• Implements process enhancements in order to increase equipment uptime, improve product quality, and reduce facility costs.
• Collaborates with other facilities on best practices.
• Provides technical support and training to maintenance personnel.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate or Bachelor’s degree in engineering / maintenance or equivalent experience.
• Mechanical / Electrical experience maintaining production equipment in a continuous production environment
• Demonstrated Experience in Structure of a Maintenance Organization with implementation of Maintenance Planning tools
• Experience with performance management maintenance metrics for Preventative and Predictive Maintenance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated experience in an ISO or documented environment
• Experience with Industrial Electrical Writing, Mechanical / Electrical Devices, Circuits, Robotics, PLC and computer-controlled devices
• Experience with computer driven maintenance and planning software
• Experience with analysis tools to improve equipment reliability.
• Experience and / or Certification in Reliability Engineering
30+ days ago