Co-Op : Equipment Maintenance Engineer (Spring 2026)

Co-Op : Equipment Maintenance Engineer (Spring 2026)

Location : Grover, NC, US, 28086

Position Type : Student

Transport is at the core of modern society. Imagine using your expertise to shape sustainable transport and infrastructure solutions for the future. If you seek to make a difference on a global scale, working with next-gen technologies and the sharpest collaborative teams, then we could be a perfect match.

In this role, you will play a key part in the initiative to build an industrial maintenance organization and make an impact on equipment uptime to enable production to support our customers. You will learn best practices, identify root causes of equipment failures, and implement process and equipment design changes to reduce unplanned downtime.

We are a team that works to ensure our production equipment is available to produce good quality parts at the necessary rate to achieve production goals. This is accomplished by implementing and executing equipment restoration, reactive and proactive maintenance strategies, and by optimizing equipment design. Maintenance is more than responding to when equipment fails – we strive to take the necessary steps so that failures are prevented before they can occur.

The maintenance team is on a journey to become a world-class organization by implementing best practices and investing in our human resources.

This position will be based at our Kings Mountain Operations manufacturing site in Kings Mountain, NC

Responsibilities :

• Develop precision job plans for routine, complex, and proactive maintenance tasks specifying tasks, tools, resources, parts required to complete, and time estimates
• Implement systems & processes to drive continuous improvement such as management of change and computerized maintenance management systems
• Proactive maintenance strategy development to reduce unplanned downtime – including preventative and predictive techniques and autonomous (operator-driven) maintenance activities
• Determine opportunities for design changes to improve equipment reliability, design / collaborate with engineering to implement and using data to measure improvement
• Review, prioritize, plan, and coordinate with maintenance supervisors for ad-hoc and routine maintenance activities to ensure safe work and minimal production interruptions
• Lead root cause analysis activities for downtime / quality / rate deviations – identify problem and impact, determine root cause utilizing 5 why / fishbone techniques and implement necessary preventative actions
• Reduce costs through optimization of maintenance tasks and equipment reliability enhancements

Who are you?

We are looking for candidates with the following skills, knowledge, and experience :

Ready for the next move?

At the Volvo Group, we strive for a clear, transparent, and straightforward compensation approach, motivating you to contribute to the company's growth. For all intern and co-op positions, the hourly range is set at $17.00 - $46.00.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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