Maintenance Engineer (Multiple Openings)
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The Maintenance Engineer troubleshoots and repairs plant equipment, installs and tests equipment, and improves productivity, quality, cycle time, and costs. The role supports maintenance technicians, coordinates with engineering and production, and designs preventive and predictive maintenance systems. It also serves as successor to the department manager and direct supervisor to hourly skilled employees.
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Perform complex troubleshooting and repairs on plant equipment involving electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, welding processes, and mechanical failures. Plan, layout, and install new equipment, systems, and projects, and work with integrators to manage builds. Perform advanced troubleshooting of sensors, proximity switches, and other sensing devices that cause machine failures or downtime. Start machines to test operation following installation and/or repairs, subject to inspection. Maintain knowledge of all safety devices and procedures, including lockout procedures. Assist maintenance technicians in repairing and maintaining machines and mechanical equipment in accordance with diagrams, sketches, operation manuals, and manufacturer specifications. Perform functional modifications and engineering changes to equipment to improve productivity, quality, and cycle time while lowering costs. Act as a mentor to maintenance technician personnel and train maintenance personnel as required. Work closely with engineering and production to improve productivity and reduce equipment downtime. Design and maintain a plant preventive and predictive maintenance system. Participate in the Layered Process Audit schedule and the Internal ISO/TS 16949 Audit schedule (applies only to certified internal auditors). Perform any other tasks deemed necessary and appropriate. Serve as successor to the department manager and direct supervisor to all hourly skilled employees, including Maintenance Technicians. Minimum Qualifications: Education: Bachelor's-Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related engineering field of study. Will accept equivalent foreign degree. Experience: Six (6) months in the position above, Maintenance Supervisor or a related role. Experience must include: 1. Analyzing industrial equipment failures and maintenance requirements; 2. Read and interpret technical documentation including mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, equipment manuals and maintenance standards; and 3. Hydraulic systems, pneumatic systems and presses. Location: 7529 Ferdinand Piech Way, Chattanooga, TN 37416.
How this job compares
Set against the 662 open Maintenance Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$90–127K/yr196 salary ranges
- US median$31–36/hr172 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 13 open Maintenance Engineer jobs in Tennessee and 662 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Maintenance Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 481 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 141 of the 662 open Maintenance Engineer jobs (21%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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