Maintenance and Reliability Specialist

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🌾 Nebraska – Remote

🌾 Nebraska – Remote

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🟡 Mid-level

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Valmont Industries, Inc.

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1946

🌾 Agriculture

⚡ Energy

Infrastructure • Agriculture • Energy

Valmont Industries, Inc. is a leading company dedicated to improving infrastructure and agricultural productivity while promoting sustainability. With a focus on safe, efficient roads and technological advancements in agriculture, Valmont strives to enhance connectivity and optimize renewable energy for a cleaner, more sustainable world. Founded in 1946, Valmont is committed to conserving resources and improving life through innovative, engineered solutions. The company works on strengthening power grids to combat climate change and connects communities by closing the digital divide, as well as provides precision irrigation and remote crop health monitoring to help feed the global population.

📋 Description

• Responsible for improving the uptime, performance, and service life of industrial equipment and machinery across multiple sites. • Apply best-practice maintenance strategies, data analysis, and root cause analysis to reduce equipment failures and minimize unplanned downtime. • Provide hands-on, field-based support for safety-critical production equipment. • Oversee installation, repair, retrofits/upgrades, and maintenance activities; coordinate labor; and support both on-site and remote diagnostics. • Serve as a trusted escalation resource, deliver technical leadership, drive process optimization, and ensure reliable, safe, and efficient operation of equipment throughout the company’s global footprint. • Create clear, field-ready technical documentation, including: Automated press brake operating instructions, Preventive maintenance programs, Reliability, efficiency, and performance improvement procedures. • Drive process optimization based on real production conditions and field experience. • Deliver secure, real-time remote diagnostics and troubleshooting via software applications. • Provide advanced technical support for press brake systems. • Perform remote fault isolation to minimize downtime and improve first-time fix rates. • Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to prevent equipment failures and keep track of technical requirements and compliance with safety regulations.

🎯 Requirements

• Preferred Bachelors with 6+ years relevant experience, Associates Degree with 8+ years relevant experience or 10+ years of industrial maintenance experience • Ability to configure, back up, diagnose, and troubleshoot industrial control systems using: Cybelec / VisiTouch, Siemens Step7 v5.4+ SP1 with WinCC Flexible, Advanced 2005 SP1 HF7, PRONETA for ProfiBus and ProfiNet diagnostics, SICK CDS Program and FlexiSoft Designer, ETIC M2Me Connect for secure remote diagnostics and live PLC monitoring, Kollmorgen S600 and DriveGUI for servo amplifier backups, diagnostics, and modifications, Schneider Electric SoMove for VFD backups, diagnostics, and modifications • Configure, diagnose, validate, and support machine safety systems, including: Safety scanners and safety PLC systems • Knowledge of mechanical tools - tape measure, thread gauges, micrometers, protractors, square combination and dial calipers • Knowledge of electrical test equipment, meters and other similar equipment • Ability to stand, move and perform as defined in the demand summary • Working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) • Advanced reading and interpreting blueprints or process sheets in an industrial or construction environment • Experience operating man lifts, forklifts and other equipment in an industrial environment

🏖️ Benefits

• Healthcare (medical, prescription drugs, dental and vision) • 401k retirement plan with company match • Paid time off • Employer paid life insurance • Employer paid short-term and long-term disability including maternity leave • Work Life Support • Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250 per year • Voluntary programs like tobacco cessation, Type 2 diabetes reversal, one-on-one health coaching, mortgage services and more