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[vc_row kd_background_image_position=”vc_row-bg-position-top”][vc_column][vc_column_text]A great <\/span>maintenance department<\/span><\/a> is a cohesive unit of staff with different technical skills. As the work environments continue to get more complex, the maintenance engineer role is an increasingly important position to fill.<\/span>
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\nWhether you are interested in maintenance engineering as a career path or looking to hire a maintenance engineer for your organization, we have something for you here. We discuss everything you\u2019ll need to know about maintenance engineers. We outline what they do, required skills, education and certifications, expected pay, and many other details.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before that, we have to take a quick detour to define the concept of maintenance engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is maintenance engineering?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Maintenance engineering is a discipline that introduces engineering concepts to <\/span>equipment maintenance<\/span><\/a>. It enables companies to optimize maintenance procedures and improve machine performance in a cost-effective way.<\/span>
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\nAs systems, machines, and infrastructure become more complex, there is an increased need to apply maintenance engineering practices<\/b> to keep physical assets running smoothly and efficiently. Maintenance engineers, along with reliability engineers<\/a>, are here to apply engineering concepts in an effort to increase the reliability<\/a>, maintainability, and availability of systems and machines they are responsible for.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a maintenance engineer?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The end goal of any maintenance engineer<\/strong> is to ensure that industrial machinery and equipment runs smoothly and reliably. They are certified and trained to install, troubleshoot, and repair different types of equipment. They can use specialized technologies (like <\/span>SCADA<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>remote telemetry units (RTU)<\/span><\/a> to monitor equipment and diagnose machine failures. If there are complex breakdowns, they help to restore faulty equipment to optimal condition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Depending on the type of facility where they are employed and its size, maintenance engineers may also be required to perform the duties of a <\/span>maintenance technician<\/span><\/a>. However, both positions are unique. <\/span><\/p>\n

Maintenance engineers have specialized training to be \u201cbig picture\u201d strategic problem solvers. While they will participate in major repairs, installations, and diagnostics of critical equipment, <\/span>the rest of their day will often be focused on more managerial tasks<\/b>. In contrast, maintenance technicians will do most of the required hands-on work, performing generalized repairs and a wide range of <\/span>routine maintenance activities<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

While writing this article, we reviewed dozens of maintenance engineer job posts to see the common skills required and common duties listed. We noticed an interesting trend. A big chunk of those job posts seem to be more in line with skills and responsibilities of a maintenance technician than an engineer. It seems that businesses looking for maintenance workers have trouble distinguishing between maintenance roles.<\/strong> It is an important thing to keep in mind during the hiring\/application process.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Maintenance Acronym Guide<\/h2>
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Maintenance engineer job description<\/h2>\n

Certain factors like the employer\u2019s niche and size of operations will shape the final job description that an organization will use to recruit a maintenance engineer. But in all, their responsibilities will typically revolve around the following:<\/span><\/p>\n