Maintenance Engineer (Irapuato)

Overview

When you join the Sandalwood team, you will work as a consultant and trusted partner helping customers identify, assess, and reduce work‑related risks to quality, productivity, and employee health.

Sandalwood Engineering & Ergonomics is seeking a highly analytical and hands‑on Maintenance Engineer to drive the technical documentation and system configuration phase of a major industrial asset management project with a top‑tier manufacturing client.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate complex machinery specifications into standardized Job Plan Views.
• Architect and manage the maintenance data within the IBM Maximo system for assembly processes.
• Analyze client maintenance data to identify missing information, homologate asset taxonomy, and structure initial work plans aligned with IBM Maximo standards.
• Conduct physical floor surveys across production lines to capture high‑resolution photographic evidence of intervention points.
• Draft highly detailed Job Plan Views defining technical step‑by‑step execution, estimated downtimes, required tools, and exact materials/consumables.
• Execute the mass configuration and loading of Plans into IBM Maximo, accurately linking materials, tools, and required technical specialties.
• Configure Preventive Maintenance records in Maximo, establishing execution frequencies, automated work order generation criteria, routes, and nesting rules.
• Attach fully approved, digitally signed VJP documents securely to their respective Job Plan records.
• Collaborate closely with the EHS Safety Engineer and client maintenance supervisors to ensure technical accuracy, operational viability, and 100% safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Proven experience in reliability engineering, preventive maintenance planning, and industrial machinery operations.
• Advanced proficiency in the IBM Maximo asset management system (specifically Plans, PMs, and asset taxonomy).
• Intermediate to advanced English proficiency (B2 Level minimum) to interpret third‑party vendor manuals and manage system data.
• Strong capability to break down complex mechanical and electrical interventions into clear, step‑by‑step instructions.
• High attention to detail for data homologation and system configuration tasks.

Benefits

• 100% on‑site presence at a dynamic, fast‑paced manufacturing facility.
• Direct interaction with high‑voltage industrial machinery and specialized equipment across Assembly, Rotor, Stator, and Inverter production lines.
• Technical development and exposure to advanced asset management configurations with IBM Maximo and corporate maintenance methodologies.
• Health Care Plan.
• Paid Time Off.
• Training and Development.