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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer (Ankara Plant)
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About this Position
In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mechanical equipment through effective preventive and corrective maintenance practices. You will lead maintenance planning, respond to critical breakdowns, and drive a condition-based maintenance culture to minimize downtime and improve equipment reliability.
What you´ll do
- Monitoring the mechanical preventive and corrective maintenance and overhauling work activities to ensure safe and efficient application of procedures and implementation of optimal mechanical maintenance
- Ensuring that all documentation is completed in maintenance management system correctly such as the Log, outlining the fault, method of repair and the time, labor and materials used in order to support timely availability of information
- Managing the timely response to all emergency breakdowns and provide prompt corrective action to ensure plant availability, thereby minimizing downtime and possibility of liquidity damages
- Developing and promoting a condition based preventive maintenance culture on day to day basis by conducting troubleshooting and root cause analysis, breakdown analysis and finding solutions to reduce reactive maintenance
- Checking and reporting on maintenance performance to ensure technical and timely delivery of all activity
- Taking accountability for maintenance planning/preparation of technical demanding tasks ensuring discipline support to full process
- Ensuring compliance with performance standards and maintenance requirements
- Performing routine checks on work undertaken by technicians to ensure the required levels of quality are being met and within agreed budget forecasts
- Input to equipment maintenance strategies to improve reliability of key equipment
What makes you a good fit
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with 3 or more years of experience
- Practical experience and strong know-how in mechanical engineering
- Knowledge of downtime analysis and hands-on experience with problem-solving tools
- Knowledge of maintenance management methods and predictive inspection tools
- Project management experience
- Solid understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance theories
- Strong teamwork and effective collaboration skills
- Experience with SAP systems is preferred
- Experience in an FMCG environment is preferred
- Fluency in English
- Located in Ankara or willing to relocate
Some perks of joining Henkel
- Flexible work scheme with flexible hours, hybrid work model, and work from anywhere policy for up to 30 days per year
- Diverse national and international growth opportunities
- Global wellbeing standards with health and preventive care programs
- Gender-neutral parental leave for a minimum of 8 weeks
- Employee Share Plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares
At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Become part of the team and bring your uniqueness to us! We look for a diverse team of individuals who possess different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and mindsets.
JOB ID: 26091612
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I am interested in several jobs. Can I apply for multiple positions at the same time?
Yes – simply fill out your profile in our online application system. Once your online profile is complete, you can apply for multiple positions.
The job offer is written in English – should I write my application in English as well?
Yes, please. As Henkel is an international company you will be working with colleagues from all over the world and English is our official company language. Generally, the ‘rule’ is: please write the application in the same language as the job ad.
Do I get feedback during the application process about the state of my application?
Each position that we have open with Henkel is unique, and finding the right candidate is important for both the hired candidate as well as for Henkel. We want to make sure that both the candidate and the company are a good fit for each other. We will provide feedback to the candidates throughout the entire process.
Can employees move between business areas and/or to a different country?
Yes, in fact it is an expectation within Henkel that our talent is flexible and mobile. This helps to support the company on a broad, global level.
Our “Triple Two” philosophy promotes this expectation, by allowing you to work in at least two different roles, in two different business areas and two different countries. The reason behind this philosophy is that we believe working in different roles, business units and functions is good for your personal development and improves your understanding of Henkel as a global company.
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Whom do I contact if I have questions concerning my application?
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