About this Maintenance Engineer role at H.B. Fuller
As the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, H.B. Fuller’s (NYSE: FUL) innovative, functional coatings, adhesives and sealants enhance the quality, safety and performance of products people use every day. Founded in 1887, with 2025 revenue of $3.5 billion, our mission to Connect What Matters is brought to life by more than 7,100 global team members who collaborate with customers across more than 30 market segments in 150 countries to develop highly specified solutions that enable customers to bring world-changing innovations to their end markets. Learn more at www.hbfuller.com.
Position Overview
The Maintenance Engineer provides technical leadership for the maintenance organization, ensuring equipment reliability, asset performance, and operational uptime. Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, this role leads a team of Mechanical, Electrical, and Utilities Technicians while driving maintenance execution, troubleshooting, reliability initiatives, continuous improvement, and support for capital projects, equipment installation, and commissioning. The position works closely with Production, Engineering, Maintenance Planning, and Controls Engineering teams to optimize plant performance.
Primary Responsibilities
Maintenance Leadership & Execution
- Lead, coach, and develop a multidisciplinary maintenance team of approximately 12 technicians.
- Establish daily maintenance priorities to support production and operational goals.
- Ensure safe and effective execution of preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
- Coordinate maintenance activities with Production and Operations teams.
Reliability & Technical Support
- Lead troubleshooting efforts for critical equipment and utility systems.
- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex maintenance issues.
- Lead root cause failure analyses (RCFA) and implement corrective actions.
- Develop maintenance standards, procedures, and reliability improvement initiatives.
Projects & Continuous Improvement
- Support equipment installation, commissioning, startup, and CAPEX projects.
- Coordinate maintenance resources during major shutdowns and project activities.
- Drive TPM, Lean Maintenance, 5S, and equipment performance improvement initiatives.
- Identify opportunities to reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and lower maintenance costs.
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Compliance
- Partner with Maintenance Planning to optimize preventive maintenance schedules and resource allocation.
- Collaborate with Controls Engineering on troubleshooting, automation, and commissioning efforts.
- Manage contractors and ensure compliance with technical and safety requirements.
- Promote a strong safety culture and ensure compliance with EHS procedures, including LOTO, confined space, and hot work requirements.
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, or related Engineering field.
- 7+ years of industrial maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- 3+ years of experience leading maintenance teams.
- Strong knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and industrial utility systems.
- Experience with equipment installation, commissioning, and startup activities.
- Experience leading root cause analysis and reliability improvement programs.
- Strong leadership, communication, and team development skills.
- Advanced English proficiency.
Preferred Requirements
- Experience supporting greenfield or startup manufacturing facilities.
- Knowledge of Reliability Engineering principles and predictive maintenance programs.
- Experience with TPM, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience supporting capital projects and equipment acceptance processes.
- Familiarity with industrial automation systems.
- SAP PM experience.
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H.B. Fuller is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and proud to have created a collaborative culture where employees around the world are seen, heard, and respected. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or marital status or status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected classification.
H.B. Fuller does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or staffing firms. To conduct business with H.B. Fuller, a written service agreement must be executed by Human Resources prior to submitting any information relating to a potential candidate. Without a signed service agreement, H.B. Fuller shall not be obligated for payment of any fee or compensation.
