Hydraulics Specialist

What we offer you

• Medical, Rx, Dental, Disability, Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts
• Retirement Savings Plans with Company Match/Contributions
• Education Assistance
• Bonus Plan Eligibility
• Parental Leave

Location: Remote 

Pay Range: $111,132 - $152,101

Job Summary

The position is responsible for tuning hydraulic extrusion equipment and monitoring other Non-Destructive testing to achieve optimal performance and reliability across all Hydro Extrusion North America locations. This position reports directly to the Director of Reliability. The job requires extensive travel (80%), and the home office will be based in the United States.

What you will be doing

• Perform testing and tuning to ensure no hydraulic shock is occurring during operation that can result in early hydraulic system failures.
• Tune hydraulic equipment to OEM standards ensuring dead cycle times are maintained at design levels for productivity and equipment reliability.
• Trouble shoot hydraulic issues when plant resources require support.
• Coordinate all activities through the local Maintenance Manager.  Coordination with the Supply Chain Manager in the event of required scheduled outages.
• Work within
• Perform root cause analysis on hydraulic failures with emphasis on preventing and/or delaying future failures to increase mean time between failure.
• Support hydraulic equipment upgrades across ENA as needed.
• Use standard project management tools, practices, and software to manage and communicate

What will make you successful?

Required Education/Experience:

• Minimum 10 years industrial hydraulics experience.
• Hydraulic systems
• Read and interpret hydraulic drawings
• PLC experience in hydraulic systems.
• Basic controls and electrical systems
• PLC programming knowledge for the purpose of tuning hydraulic systems.
• Demonstrated engineering experience in Asset Strategy, PdM, PM, and Problem Solving.
• Experience in using change management principles to successfully change organizational culture.

Preferred Skills/Qualifications:

• Knowledge of extrusion press hydraulics helpful.
• BS in Engineering is preferred. 
• Hydraulic experience without a BS in Engineering will be considered.
• Preferred candidates will have working knowledge of complete hydraulic system best practices for life cycle acceleration and proactive/preventative maintenance
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with all levels of our organization from shop floor to top management.
• Influential leadership that demonstrates ability to achieve results through others.
• Ability to maintain a focused systematic approach.
• Good understanding and demonstrated project management experience.
• Adaptable to change.
• Good Computer Skills. (Includes knowledge of Microsoft products as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project, CAD experience is preferred). Experience with data analysis from a computerized management system is helpful.
• Ability to travel extensively