Maintenance Specialist

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This position reports to:

Manager Production Development

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will lead processes that safeguard the efficiency, reliability, and performance of automated production equipment, production lines, and facilities across a dynamic manufacturing environment. This includes our new, state-of-the-art automated battery pack plant, complementing our established battery module and pack lines as well as converter lines. You will ensure that maintenance strategies, technical documentation, and improvement initiatives drive high availability, operational excellence, and the best possible use of technical and financial resources. The role also calls for close collaboration with production engineering to strengthen team redundancy while continuously advancing highly automated manufacturing processes.

The work model for the role is: onsite

This role is contributing to the Traction Operations in Untersiggenthal and Baden. Main stakeholders are ABB Energy Storage Systems and Converter Production.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Partial or full leadership of the Traction Operations maintenance group, coordinating maintenance activities and supporting group performance and development.

• Defining and implementing maintenance strategies and plans for automated production lines, improving reliability, maintainability, and safety of equipment and facilities.

• Introducing, developing, and maintaining CMMS tools while ensuring accurate and up-to-date technical documentation of production equipment and systems.

• Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues in automated production lines to ensure high availability and stable production performance.

• Driving continuous improvement initiatives by proposing and implementing projects that optimize production processes, reduce maintenance needs, and enhance operational efficiency in very close collaboration with production development engineers.

You will join an ambitious and high-performing production development team operating highly automated systems. Collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous improvement are key to our success.

Qualifications for the role

• Strong experience in industrial maintenance of automated production equipment, including electrical, mechanical, and automation systems

• Solid knowledge of automation technologies such as PLC programming, robotics, sensors, industrial communication networks, and automated production systems

• Experience with maintenance concepts, troubleshooting, CMMS systems, machine diagnostics, and reliability improvement methodologies (e.g., OEE optimization, lean manufacturing)

• Understanding of production engineering principles, or willingness and motivation to learn and contribute to production engineering topics to ensure team redundancy and cross-functional support

• Proven qualification in Electrical Engineering, Automation Technology, Mechatronics, or a comparable technical field, or equivalent hands-on industrial experience

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement sustainable technical improvements

• You are at ease communicating in German

More about us

The ABB Traction Division is a recognized market leader in drive technologies for rail vehicles, buses, and industrial vehicles, driving innovation in electrification.

Our comprehensive portfolio of high-performance traction, auxiliary, and energy storage solutions – all managed across the entire life cycle – helps to improve energy efficiency and make transportation more sustainable.

Together, we make a difference for our customers every single day. We look forward to receiving your application.

Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.

Ready to make an impact?

Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.