Maintenance engineering

Maintenance Engineering is the discipline and profession of applying engineering concepts to the optimization of equipment, procedures, and departmental budgets to achieve better maintainability, reliability, and availability of equipment.

Maintenance, and hence maintenance engineering, is increasing important due to rising amounts of equipment, systems, machineries and infrastructures. Since the Industrial Revolution devices, equipment, machinery and structures have grown increasingly complex, requiring a host of personnel, vocations and related systems needed to maintain them.[1] Prior to 2006, the United States spent approximately US$300 billion annually on plant maintenance and operations alone.[1]

A person practising Maintenance Engineering is known as a Maintenance Engineer.

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Maintenance Engineer's Essential Knowledge

A Maintenance Engineer shall possess significant knowledge of statistics, probability and logistics, and additionally in the fundamentals of the operation of the equipment and machinery he or she is responsible for.

A Maintenance Engineer shall als possess high interpersonal, communication and management skills.

Typical Maintenance Engineering Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities include:[2]

Maintenance Engineering Education

There is Bachelor Degree program for Maintenance Engineering,at the German Jordanian University in Amman. However, Maintenance Engineers usually hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or other Engineering Disciplines.

References

  1. ^ a b Dhillon, Balbir S. (2006) Maintainability, Maintenance, and Reliability for Engineers, CRC Press, 2006, ISBN 0849372437, ISBN 9780849372438;
  2. ^ Mobley, Keith R. & Higgins, Lindley R. & Wikoff, Darrin J. (2008) Maintenance Engineering Handbook, McGraw-Hill Professional, Seventh Edition, 2008, ISBN 0071546464, ISBN 9780071546461;

http://www.gju.edu.jo/page.aspx?id=36&type=s&lng=en&page=159

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