Maintenance Engineer

About Franke

We, the Franke company with its three divisions, are a world's leading supplier of products and services for domestic kitchens, the professional foodservice systems and the convenience store sector as well as for professional coffee making. With around 60 companies, we are at home on five continents. Over 8,000 employees constantly take on new perspectives to identify opportunities and turn them into inspiring, innovative solutions for tomorrow’s demands.

The Franke Home Solutions division is the world’s leading provider of smart systems for domestic kitchens. Drawing on a long history of reliability and expertise, we help our partners enhance their businesses and provide outstanding kitchen and cooking experiences to our consumers by offering complete solutions for food preparation and cooking.

About the job

Are you ready to take ownership of reliability, safety, and performance in a fast‑paced chemical production environment? We’re looking for a Maintenance Engineer who will drive preventive and predictive maintenance excellence while ensuring optimal spare parts management across the plant.
In this key role, you will shape maintenance strategies, analyze performance data, collaborate across departments, and lead improvement initiatives that directly impact equipment reliability and plant efficiency. If you enjoy solving technical challenges, optimizing processes, and working in a multinational environment, this role is for you.

Your tasks

What You Will Do

• Develop, implement, and continuously improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Define critical equipment and ensure availability of required spare parts.
• Manage spare parts stock levels, supplier relationships, and cost‑optimization initiatives.
• Ensure accurate reporting of maintenance activities and spare parts usage in the ERP/CMMS system.
• Perform regular inventory checks and maintain alignment between physical stock and system data.
• Analyze maintenance records to improve MTBF, MTTR, safety, and overall equipment performance.
• Support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and reliability investigations.
• Lead or participate in improvement projects focused on equipment upgrades, standardization, and reliability.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, and continuous improvement on the shopfloor.
• Utilize predictive maintenance tools (vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, etc.).
• Prepare and present reports, KPIs, and project updates to management.
• Collaborate with Procurement to evaluate suppliers and ensure timely availability of compliant spare parts.
• Execute additional tasks assigned by the Maintenance Manager.

A more detailed description of the job responsibilities will be presented during the in‑person interview.

Requirements

Candidates with education suit the position

What we offer you

Annual BONUS - recognition of your work and achievements
Summer and winter bonus of 1000€ in total
13th and 14th salary
Multi Sport card
Swiss company culture
Meal vouchers worth €7.00 (employee contribution only €1.00)
Meal vouchers also for holiday days
The possibility of partial HO, which will give you the flexibility and comfort to perform your work tasks efficiently
We offer opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning
We organize regular company events that foster team spirit and create a pleasant working environment
.... and unlimited coffee and tea in the office to make Mondays a little more bearable :)

Contact details

Interested? Let’s Talk

If this role sounds like the right next step for you, we’d love to hear from you.
Please contact Lucia Ondrusova, HR Generalist

lucia.ondrusova@franke.com