Plastic Engineering & Maintenance Supervisor

Eldor Corporation was established by Pasquale Forte (President and CEO) in 1972 and is an international group leader in the automotive business and partner of the main automotive manufacturers across the world.

With 3,000 employees worldwide and a turnover of €320 million, Eldor has production facilities in Italy, China, Turkey, Brazil, USA, and sales & technical offices in Germany, China, USA, Japan and South Korea.

Thanks to its R&D technical centers and its proprietary production technology, Eldor is a leading company in research, development and production of ignition systems, electronic control units and systems for hybrid and electric vehicles.

Nowadays Eldor is focusing on main macro trends of the automotive industry: electrification of vehicle, robotics, smart materials, clean energy, defect free factory. Today more than 180m vehicles run with Eldor products.

Position Mission

This position is responsible for machine set up, PM scheduling, maintenance, and repair of Molds and IMMS (Integrated Maintenance Management Software); keeping the machinery in good condition to achieve the plant maintenance performance targets.

The position will:

• Lead a team of Injection Moulding Engineers and Maintenance specialist
• Compile machine maintenance instruction and maintenance plan
• Organize, implement, and follow maintenance work get well done, keep all machine in good condition.
• Plan and track preventative maintenance; assist with IMMS integration
• Write work instructions and maintain database
• Create and maintain machine database (machine history, repair record etc.) And prepare appropriate spare parts stock to reduce machine down risk.
• Analyse maintenance records and improve the major failures or even do some modifications to increase the machine stability.
• Keep compacted relationship with supplier to reduce repair hours as possible.
• New machine lead in and set up.
• 7S standards
• Other duties as required

Education required

High School Diploma or equivalent; Vocational Certificate in Manufacturing, Mechatronics or Plastics preferred. Combination of education and experience may be considered. Minimum 5 years’ experience in machine maintenance with responsibility for planning and tracking PM; hydraulics experience preferred. Preference given to candidates with experience in molds, IMMS, and/or injection molding machinery.

Experiences required

• Experience with planning & tracking preventative maintenance
• Strong Excel skills; comfortable with MS Office Suite
• Experience with process improvement and KPT (both execution and tracking)
• Strong PLC/HMI background
• Injection or extrustion machine experience
• Good problem solving and communicating skills
• Significant, successful maintenance leadership and experience in a manufacturing environment is required
• Be familiar with injection machine and other auxiliary equipment like water heater, autoloader, dryer etc.
• Have electrical license with high and low voltage.
• Good understanding of OEE, MTBF, SAP