Reliability Engineer

Purpose and role of job:

The primary role of the position is to improve reliability of plant equipment and systems through preventive and reliability maintenance strategies.

Principal Accountabilities/ Responsibilities:

• Co-develop, implement, and drive adherence to site reliability program.
• Co-develop, implement, and refine machine component tracking and life cycle systems.
• Manage interface between reliability program and site CMMS.
• Manage entirety of plant vibration data collection and analysis and provide operational recommendations to the maintenance and production activity.
• Co-develop and implement a standardized monitoring program to include ultrasound, infrared, non-destructive inspections, and other predictive maintenance techniques throughout the facility as needed.
• Perform Root Cause Analysis and co-develop procedures and recommendations for permanent elimination of problems with the process, project, and maintenance activity.
• Observe and comply with all company mandated safety rules and PPE requirements. Notifies appropriate personnel of real or potential safety hazards or violations and takes immediate corrective action when necessary.
• Work with maintenance management to develop annual goals for continually improving maintenance reliability.
• Co-develop tools and techniques to analyze and improve preventive maintenance procedures.
• Co-develop improvements to the safety design of the equipment including but not limited to Lock out / Tag out.
• Participate in meetings including weekly planning and scheduling meetings and provide relevant reliability consultation to aid in setting shutdown schedules.
• Co-develop and implement standards-based repair procedures, documenting repairs, developing and implementing vendor standards.
• Collaborate with maintenance management and necessary vendors, OEM’s and training activities to improve the skills/practices of maintenance personnel and inspection routines.
• Collaborate with process and maintenance management to evaluate equipment performance and drive machine design improvements.
• Support and develop ongoing standards for CMMS.
• Share in Department On-Call Responsibilities.
• Attend all applicable training seminars provided by the Company.
• Additional duties as required.

Education and experience requirements:

• B.S. in Engineering required (Mechanical preferred) or equivalent experience in reliability engineering.
• 3 years of industrial maintenance experience preferred in a High-Speed Manufacturing Environment.
• 5 years of experience in vibration data collection and analysis (Cat I or greater) preferred.
• Familiarity with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems such as MP2, SAP, or EAM preferred.

Skills/competencies requirements:

• Advanced communication, planning and organizational skills.
• Established maintenance/technical background.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to direct others and work in a team environment.
• Good overall mechanical, piping, electrical and instrumentation aptitude.
• Ability to understand and reference maintenance documentation (blueprints, shop drawings, manuals, etc.)
• Solid working knowledge of personal computers and common office software. Ability to manage multiple projects and issues in a controlled manner and pull appropriate resources together to deal with unplanned setbacks.
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.