Distinguished Engineer, Facilities, Maintenance & Metrology

Skills at this level

Preventive Maintenance Planning

— Schedules and specifies inspection, lubrication, and part-replacement intervals for production and utility equipment based on wear patterns, criticality, and manufacturer data to prevent unplanned downtime.

Equipment Monitoring & OEE

— Tracks production equipment against operating parameters, capturing run-time, downtime, and fault data to identify improvement opportunities that raise productivity without compromising product quality.

CMMS Administration

— Creates, closes, and analyzes work orders in a computerized maintenance management system, maintaining accurate asset history, PM triggers, and spares data to drive reliability decisions.

PLC & Controls Troubleshooting

— Diagnoses equipment faults by interpreting programmable logic controller code, HMI screens, and SCADA alarms to isolate the failing sensor, actuator, or logic condition and restore the line.

Root Cause Failure Analysis

— Investigates recurring or catastrophic equipment failures to find the underlying cause behind the symptom and implements corrective and preventive action so the failure mode does not recur.

Reliability Engineering

— Applies fatigue, wear, and failure-probability analysis to critical assets to predict and prevent failure before it occurs, shifting maintenance from reactive repair to calculated predictive strategy.

Capital Equipment Installation & Commissioning

— Leads installation, relocation, or upgrade of production equipment and facility systems from scope through commissioning, coordinating contractors, spares, and downtime windows.

MRP & Spares Planning

— Uses materials requirement planning and production scheduling software to ensure critical spare parts are available for maintenance without excess inventory tying up capital.

Facility & Utility Systems Engineering

— Maintains and improves plant infrastructure and utility systems (power, compressed air, HVAC) to keep production supplied reliably and safely across the asset lifecycle.

Maintenance Scheduling Coordination

— Aligns maintenance windows with production, quality, and shift teams so preventive and corrective work is completed with minimal disruption to the manufacturing build.

Equipment Safety Compliance

— Ensures production and lifting/utility equipment meets life-safety and regulatory requirements through inspections, safety-case definition, and engagement with regulators and OEMs.

Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA)

— Finds the root cause of equipment and process problems, develops durable solutions, and informs the maintenance organization to prevent the problem from reoccurring.

Asset Lifecycle & Reliability Strategy

— Defines multi-plant maintenance and asset-management architecture, capital-renewal roadmaps, and rebuild-versus-replace trade-offs that shape the organization's long-term technical landscape.