Sr. Engineer

Senior Systems Engineer Location: Phoenix, AZ Salary Range: 100- 120K Monday

• Friday Onsite Position Reports to Maintenance & Engineering Manager Position Summary: Apel Extrusions is seeking a highly motivated and hands-on Senior Engineer to improve equipment reliability, manufacturing performance, and operational efficiency throughout our aluminum extrusion operations. This position plays a critical role in maximizing equipment uptime, reducing unplanned downtime, improving production throughput, minimizing scrap, and driving continuous improvement initiatives across the facility. The Senior Engineer will work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Quality, Engineering, and Leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, troubleshoot complex equipment and process issues, lead root cause investigations, and implement sustainable engineering solutions. This role will serve as a key technical resource and leader, utilizing data-driven analysis, engineering expertise, and cross-functional collaboration to improve manufacturing assets, processes, and overall plant performance. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading equipment reliability initiatives, managing engineering and capital improvement projects, developing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, and establishing performance metrics to support operational decision-making. This position requires a strong understanding of manufacturing operations, equipment systems, reliability engineering, and continuous improvement methodologies, along with a willingness to actively engage on the production floor. This is a plant-based position requiring frequent presence in a non-temperature-controlled manufacturing environment, active participation in equipment troubleshooting and production support, and direct interaction with operators, maintenance technicians, supervisors, and management. Primary Responsibilities: Equipment Reliability & Maintenance Engineering Lead initiatives to improve equipment uptime, reliability, and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Analyze equipment failures, identify recurring issues, and implement corrective actions to eliminate repetitive downtime. Develop and implement strategies to reduce unplanned equipment downtime and improve asset performance. Support and enhance preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs. Evaluate equipment condition, performance, and reliability to identify opportunities for improvement. Develop equipment lifecycle plans, including repair, replacement, modernization, and capital investment recommendations. Partner with Maintenance to improve maintenance strategies, equipment performance, and long-term asset reliability. Establish standardized practices for equipment reliability and performance monitoring. Root Cause Analysis & Troubleshooting Lead root cause investigations involving equipment failures, production losses, quality issues, and recurring operational problems. Facilitate structured problem-solving activities using appropriate root cause analysis methodologies. Work directly with maintenance technicians, operators, and production personnel to identify and resolve complex equipment and process issues. Develop and implement corrective and preventive actions to address identified failure mechanisms. Track corrective actions through completion and verify the effectiveness of implemented solutions. Develop systems and procedures to prevent recurrence of equipment and process-related problems.