Maintenance engineers keep mechanical equipment in good working order. They may manage a team or work alone, and jobs are available globally in various specialties. Qualifications may include certifications in refrigeration, stationary engineering, and HVAC. Maintenance engineers work in industrial, real estate, and medical settings.
A maintenance engineer’s basic job is to keep mechanical equipment, machinery or installation in good working order. In some maintenance engineer jobs, the maintenance engineer is a manager of one or more departments or teams that perform these tasks. In other companies, the maintenance engineer works alone or has only one assistant or a very limited team. Maintenance engineer jobs are available globally in a variety of specialties. Often companies advertise using a different title for the job, such as Preventive Maintenance Engineer, Senior Level Maintenance Engineer, or Maintenance I&E Engineer.
The diversity of maintenance engineer jobs increases a person’s prospect of finding a job in a desired specialty such as electrical maintenance. Sometimes the specific location or region of work creates special needs, such as environmental challenges. Regardless of the area of expertise, most maintenance engineer roles involve the need for a wide range of expertise. Typically, maintenance engineers need to possess knowledge of construction or mechanical engineering principles.
Maintenance engineer jobs often require the person to maintain the building or manage a team that maintains it. This usually includes rudimentary maintenance on the facility’s equipment. Sometimes the company sends its maintenance staff to training sessions so that they can repair and maintain the equipment. For example, a manufacturing company might pay its maintenance engineer to learn how to care for and repair a heat treatment furnace.
Many industrial manufacturing companies hire maintenance engineers and expect them to provide design or project support for various small or large improvements or capital expansions. Typically, in smaller installations, the maintenance engineer also serves as the department head and is responsible for the maintenance budget and providing leadership and guidance to the department’s employees.
Maintenance engineer jobs are not just in industrial settings. Some large real estate companies hire maintenance engineers to maintain and repair their properties. Hospitals, medical centers and clinics hire maintenance engineers.
When applying for a maintenance engineer job, the candidate should look for special qualifications that the employer is looking for. Required qualifications may include refrigeration operator certification, stationary engineer certification, and a class A boiler operator license. Often, a company will want an engineer with HVAC certifications to maintain the facility’s air conditioning and heating systems.
A reliability maintenance engineer is responsible for monitoring equipment reliability. It may be necessary for a building maintenance engineer to be proficient in carpentry, plumbing, and electrical applications. Equipment maintenance is part of the job of a petrochemical refinery maintenance engineer because there is a significant amount of regulatory paperwork on the job. On the other hand, maintenance engineer jobs at sugar, salt or vegetable oil refineries often involve more equipment and building maintenance than regulatory documentation.
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