Maintenance Engineer

Key responsibilities

• Provide technical support to production and maintenance personnel during planned and unplanned maintenance activities.
• Troubleshoot complex and recurring equipment failures, identify causes and develop containment solutions.
• Monitor the technical condition of assigned equipment and follow-up after repairs or ajustments until stable operation is confirmed.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of preventive maintenance programs, including task content, intervals, working instructions and checklists for shutdown scope.
• Analyze failure and downtime history, perform Root Cause Analysis and follow corrective actions through effectiveness verification.
• Maintain accurate equipment history in SAP PM, ensuring the quality of failure, maintenance and material-consumption records.
• Work with OEM-manuals, drawings, electrical and pneumatic diagrams and spare-parts catalogues;
• Develop and implement technical improvements and modifications aimed at increasing equipment reliability, safety and efficiency.
• Define critical spare-parts demand, analyze premature component failures and develop technical replacement solutions, including obsolescence cases.
• Communicate with equipment manufacturers and service providers: prepare technical requests and support troubleshooting, repairs and modernization activities.

What we expect

• University degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Automation or a related technical field.
• At least 3 years of hands-on experience with industrial production equipment.
• Practical understanding of mechanical and electromechanical systems, including bearings, transmissions, gearboxes, pneumatics, vacuum systems, pumps, valves, sensors and drives.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to test technical hypotheses in a structured and evidence-based way.
• Ability to read technical drawings, diagrams and OEM-documentation.
• Understanding of preventive maintenance principles and basic root-cause analysis tools.
• Willingness to work regularly on the production floor and cooperate closely with operators, mechanics, automation specialists and production teams.
• Confident user of MS Office, PowerPoint, Excel.
• English at Intermediate level or above is preferred, sufficient for working with technical documentation and basic communication with international OEMs.

Would be an advantage

• Experience in FMCG, food, beverage, pharmaceutical, packaging, tobacco or another highly automated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with SAP PM or another CMMS.
• Hands-on exposure to HMI, PLC-diagnostics, servo-drives and frequency drives.
• Knowledge of QA-instruments, 8D, FRACAS, Lean, TPM, participation in commissioning projects.
• Knowledge of Spanish, German or French sufficient for communication.

What we offer

• Work at a large food manufacturing site with modern processing and packaging equipment.
• Opportunity to develop not only maintenance expertise but also Reliability Engineering, RCA, SAP PM and Continuous Improvement capabilities.
• Hands-on cooperation with international equipment manufacturers and service specialists.
• Participation in equipment modernization and production-reliability improvement projects.
• Professional development within a technical team where ownership and independent engineering judgement are valued.
• Official employment in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.