The Role
The Maintenance Engineer ensures the reliability and availability of plant equipment through the planning, coordination, and execution of preventive and corrective maintenance activities. This role manages spare parts inventory, supports continuous improvement, ensures compliance with safety, environmental, and quality systems, and collaborates closely with production to optimize equipment performance and minimize downtime.
What You’ll Do
- Coordinate and execute preventive and corrective maintenance routines.
- Monitor and maintain spare parts inventory, including receiving, issuing, and control of stock movements.
- Create purchase requisitions for spare parts and materials in coordination with the maintenance planner to ensure TPM compliance.
- Administer TPM and support MRP processes for maintenance materials.
- Track and report key maintenance indicators (TM, TMEF, TMPR).
- Coordinate with production the scheduling of preventive maintenance for machinery and peripherals.
- Keep updated technical information, equipment specifications, and spare parts data.
- Prepare and use maintenance tools such as plans, templates, manuals, and diagrams.
- Lead and participate in physical inventories of spare parts.
- Control corrective maintenance work orders generated by production shifts.
- Generate and send failure paretos to Maintenance Engineers.
- Participate in continuous improvement and innovation initiatives.
- Define and manage service agreements (pólizas de mantenimiento) with external suppliers.
- Attend and clarify technical points with suppliers during quotation processes and follow up with the purchasing team.
- Document and implement specific maintenance procedures and controls.
- Participate in operations meetings to analyze equipment performance.
What Success Looks Like
- Preventive maintenance is executed on time, with high completion rates and reduced equipment failures.
- Spare parts availability supports uninterrupted maintenance activities.
- Maintenance KPIs show improvement in MTBF (TMEF), MTTR (TM), and PM compliance.
- Maintenance documentation and technical archives are complete, updated, and accessible.
- Strong collaboration with Production ensures minimal downtime and efficient planning.
- Safety, environmental, and quality systems are fully implemented in daily maintenance operations.
Core Competencies
- Technical problem-solving
- Planning & organization
- Teamwork & collaboration
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Attention to detail
- Communication with cross-functional teams
- Data-driven decision-making
- Vendor and inventory management
- Leadership of HPTs
What You Bring
- Education: Engineering degree (Mechanical, Electromechanical, Mechatronics, or similar).
- Experience:
- Experience in preventive and corrective maintenance in manufacturing environments.
- Exposure to TPM, MRP, spare parts management, and maintenance indicators.
- Technical Knowledge:
- Use of maintenance documentation (manuals, diagrams, plans).
- Control of maintenance orders and scheduling.
- Inventory management and interaction with suppliers.
- Certifications/Systems:
- Knowledge of ISO 14001, CAS (Quality–Environment–Safety), and Safety & Health Systems.
- Additional Requirements:
- Ability to stop activities that may pose environmental, safety, or health risks.
- Participation in incident investigations when required.
- Application of 5S in responsible areas.
- Leadership of HPTs, ensuring maturity, scorecard follow-up, and effective meetings.
Work Model & Travel
- On-site role at the Celaya plant.
- Occasional interaction with suppliers or cross-plant activities.
About Clarios:
Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF).
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Equal Employment Opportunity:
Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com.
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