Maintenance and Reliability Engineer   Role Synopsis The Maintenance and Reliability Engineer is responsible for identifying and managing risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. The Reliability Engineer directs a corporate-wide asset Management process that improves asset reliability and total cost of ownership, as well as the processes, procedures and practices that ensure adherence to best practice. As part of the overall Asset Management Plan, the Reliability Engineer is responsible for the development of an Asset Maintenance Plan and Asset Operating Plan that ensures adequate levels of sustaining maintenance for all assets. Key Accountabilities

  • Works with Plant Engineer, Maintenance Area Managers and Planners to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and existing facilities and equipment.
  • Develops and implements a Life Cycle Asset Management process for the facilities and equipment.
  • Develops, implements and participates in a final check out process for new installations. This include site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications
  • Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety/security systems.

  • Defines, implements, monitors and improves an Asset Maintenance Plan that includes:

  • Value-added preventive maintenance tasks.
  • Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
  • Defines, implements, monitors and improves an Asset Operating Plan that provides standardized processes and procedures for proper operation and operator care of production and other assets.
  • Defines, implements, monitors and improves Risk Management Plan that anticipates reliability-related, and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.

  • Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems shall include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. To fulfill this responsibility the Maintenance Reliability Engineer shall apply:

  • Data Analysis techniques
  • Root Cause Failure Analysis
  • Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action Systems
  • Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
  • Coordinate the development, administration, and implementation of short and long term capital programs.
  • Assist in troubleshooting and repair of existing plant operating equipment.
  • Drives the full utilization of our PM and Work Order Database as a foundation to our Reliability Management effort.
  • Provides subject matter expert level technical support to production and maintenance management and technical personnel.

  • Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions. Essential Education

  • Bachelor of Science Degree in an Electrical Engineering (Controls and Power Background Preferred). Essential Experience and Job Requirements 5-10 years of technical experience in an industrial setting. 3 years as a minimum supervising engineering works for projects. Preparation of: Engineering and/or Project Scopes Field experience in troubleshooting electrical controls, construction, commissioning and/or operational positions

Desired Skills and Experience

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