Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Advanced Technology Services•Houston, TX

About The Position

ATS is an industrial maintenance company founded in 1985, with a presence in the United States, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. The Maintenance Reliability Engineer promotes ATS’s safety culture and ensures compliance with regulatory requirements, company policies, and procedures. The role partners with internal and external customers to develop engineered solutions that improve reliability and throughput, and identifies capital expenditure opportunities for equipment replacement, including developing and communicating return on investment. The engineer champions operating systems, critical elements, and best practices that support a precision reliability culture. The role applies precision tools and practices; facilitates reliability-centered maintenance and equipment-specific maintenance plans; and works with maintenance teams to use predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance technologies and strategies. The position also provides reliability expertise, training, and coaching, and supports work execution management, root cause analysis, bad actor analysis, fault tree analysis, failure mode and effects analysis, and alignment of ATS and customer KPIs. Work is typically performed in a factory environment that is usually very loud. Employees may encounter hazardous materials, greasy or slippery floors, occasional outside weather exposure, and risk of electrical shock. The position involves frequent standing, walking, hand use, reaching, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, and talking or hearing; occasional sitting and lifting or moving more than 50 pounds are also required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an ABET-accredited program or equivalent experience, such as heavy industrial maintenance, reliability, or operations experience.
At least seven years of reliability experience.
Ability to perform the full array of reliability tool sets.
Lead or coaching experience with root cause analysis (RCA).
Lead or coaching experience with reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA).
Master-level proficiency in predictive technology and machine health monitoring.
Vibration II certification.
Infrared I certification.
Ultrasound I certification.
Maintenance Lubrication Analyst I certification.
CMRP, ARP, CRP, or CRL certification.
Experience mentoring and experience with Work Execution Management.
Strong technical understanding of electrical or mechanical components, tools, and designs.
Ability to complete failure mode and effects analysis, cause-and-effect diagrams, root cause failure analysis, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis.
Ability to research and apply new equipment technologies and trends.
Robust problem-solving, mathematical, analytical, and decision-making skills.
Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications, including Microsoft Office.
Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
Strong reporting and technical writing capability.
Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships.
Demonstrated leadership skills and experience leading cross-functional teams.
Ability to regularly stand, walk, use hands, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and talk or hear; occasionally sit and lift or move more than 50 pounds.
Ability to regularly use close vision and color vision.

Nice To Haves

Desire to develop into a leadership role.
Experience with data trend analysis, vibration analysis, motor current analysis, oil analysis, lubrication and hydraulic testing, laser alignment, nondestructive testing, infrared thermography, ultrasound technology, acoustic reliability technology, Weibull analysis, and Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing methodologies.
Knowledge of government regulations such as Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), National Electrical Testing Association (NETA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Green Belt certification.
STS certification.

Responsibilities

Promote and adhere to the ATS safety culture and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, ATS policies, and procedures.
Partner with internal and external customers to develop engineered solutions that improve reliability and throughput.
Identify capital expenditure opportunities for equipment replacement and develop and communicate return on investment.
Champion operating systems, critical elements, and best practices to support a precision reliability culture.
Apply precision reliability tools and practices and facilitate reliability-centered maintenance and equipment-specific maintenance plans.
Train and coach others in reliability competencies.
Collaborate with maintenance teams on predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance technologies and strategies to identify or control risks before failure and ensure effective maintenance execution.
Apply and implement failure mode and effects analysis.
Serve as a subject matter expert in Work Execution Management (WEM), including training and mentoring on gaps and improvements identified through reliability strategy session performance.
Perform, train, and coach ATS Root Cause, Bad Actor, and Fault Tree Analysis.
Collaborate with leadership to align ATS and customer KPIs.