Role Definition

The Paint Maintenance Manager is responsible for leading all maintenance, reliability, robotics, automation, and utility activities within the paint shop. The role ensures maximum equipment availability, optimal paint quality, environmental compliance, and safe operations across pretreatment, e-coat, powder coating, liquid paint, and curing processes. The position requires extensive experience with robotic paint application systems and automated paint shop technologies.

Responsibilities

- Maintenance Reliability Leadership

- Lead all mechanical, electrical, robotics, controls, and utility maintenance activities in the paint shop.

- Develop and implement preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance programs.

- Establish maintenance KPIs and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

- Ensure paint shop equipment availability exceeds business targets.

- Minimize downtime through proactive maintenance planning and root cause elimination.

- Robotics Automation Management

- Lead maintenance and troubleshooting of robotic paint systems including ABB Paint Robots

- Lead maintenance and troubleshooting of robotic paint systems including KUKA Paint Robots

- Ensure reliable operation of robot applicators and atomizers

- Ensure reliable operation of robot controllers and teach pendants

- Ensure reliable operation of paint dosing and color change systems

- Ensure reliable operation of vision systems and process monitoring equipment

- Ensure reliable operation of servo motors, drives, and robotic axes

- Manage robot programming backup, restoration, and software upgrades.

- Coordinate robot calibration, TCP validation, and path optimization.

- Support robotic cycle-time improvements and paint transfer efficiency projects.

- Paint Shop Equipment Maintenance

- Responsible for maintenance of pretreatment systems

- Phosphating systems

- E-Coat systems

- Powder coating equipment

- Paint circulation systems

- Spray booths

- Paint kitchen systems

- Ovens and curing equipment

- Conveyors and skids

- Lift systems and hoists

- Air handling units (AHU)

- Exhaust and filtration systems

- Pumps, valves, piping systems





- Compressed air systems

- Water treatment plants (WTP)

- Effluent treatment plants (ETP)

- Fire protection systems

- Controls Electrical Systems

- Maintain PLC, SCADA, and HMI systems.

- Troubleshoot automated paint process controls.

- Ensure integrity of industrial networks and communication systems.

- Support Industry 4.0 initiatives and smart manufacturing projects.

- Manage system backups and cybersecurity compliance for automation equipment.

- Reliability Continuous Improvement

- Implement TPM and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).

- Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA).

- Utilize predictive maintenance technologies:

- Vibration Analysis

- Thermography

- Ultrasound Inspection

- Oil Analysis

- Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).

- Lead maintenance cost reduction initiatives.

- Safety, Environmental Regulatory Compliance

- Ensure compliance with all EHS regulations.

- Maintain protected operation of paint systems involving flammable materials.

- Implement Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) procedures.

- Ensure compliance with VOC emission standards and environmental regulations.

- Conduct safety audits, risk assessments, and hazard analyses.

- Support ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 compliance requirements.

- Capital Projects Plant Expansion

- Lead installation and commissioning of paint robots and automation systems.

- Support greenfield and brownfield paint shop projects.

- Manage equipment upgrades and modernization programs.

- Coordinate with OEMs, integrators, suppliers, and contractors.

- Ensure maintainability requirements are incorporated into new equipment specifications.

- Budget Asset Management

- Prepare and manage annual maintenance budgets.





- Control maintenance costs while maintaining reliability targets.

- Optimize spare parts inventory, including critical robot spare components.

- Manage vendor contracts and service agreements.

- Develop long-term asset replacement strategies.

- Team Leadership Development

- Lead a multidisciplinary team of mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, automation engineers, robotics engineers, supervisors and technicians.

- Develop technical training programs focused on robotics and automation.

- Build succession plans and technical competency matrices.

- Drive a high-performance, accountable maintenance culture.

Educational Qualifications

- Required: Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Automation Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.

- Preferred: Certifications in TPM, Reliability Engineering, Six Sigma Green/Black Belt, Project Management, ABB or KUKA Robot Programming Maintenance.

Experience

- Required: 5-15 years of maintenance experience in automotive, off-highway, engine, genset, or industrial manufacturing.

- Minimum 5 years in a maintenance leadership role.

- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with robotic paint application systems.

- Preferred: Experience in automotive OEM paint shops.

- Greenfield facility setup and commissioning experience.

- Experience with Industry 4.0 and digital manufacturing systems.

- Exposure to automated paint lines with 20+ robots.

Technical Skills

- Robot Programming Maintenance (ABB, KUKA)

- Paint Process Technology

- PLC (Siemens,)

- SCADA HMI Systems

- Servo Drives Motion Control

- Industrial Networks

- Electrical Distribution Systems

- Predictive Maintenance Technologies

- Reliability Engineering

- Lean Manufacturing TPM

- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

- FMEA Problem Solving

- TPM Lean Manufacturing

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