Maintenance/Reliability Engineer

LED FastStart • Alexandria, LA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Ucore is a TSX-listed company commercializing its patent-pending RapidSX™ rare earth element separation technology. It is developing its first commercial rare earth processing and rare earth oxide production facility, the Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex, in Alexandria, Louisiana, while continuing technology demonstration work at its Commercialization and Demonstration Facility in Kingston, Ontario. The company is a small team with globally located resources.

The Maintenance/Reliability Engineer will be based in Alexandria, Louisiana, and travel frequently to Kingston, Ontario, as well as elsewhere in the United States and Canada. Reporting to the Operations Manager, the role works independently and with plant personnel to oversee maintenance planning, preventive and predictive maintenance, and breakdown maintenance. It supports safe, efficient, compliant plant operation, production goals, minimized downtime, and quality standards. The engineer will also participate in equipment installation, startup, and commissioning, and lead implementation of corporate initiatives as defined.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5–10 years of industrial plant maintenance planning experience.
• At least 2–5 years of reliability engineering experience in a chemical, oil and gas, or heavy processing environment.
• Proficiency with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS/SAP), root cause analysis, and predictive maintenance technologies.
• Familiarity with Allen Bradley PLC controls.
• Proven track record of leadership in an industrial setting.
• Ability to travel and respond to emergency callouts outside normal working hours.
• Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds occasionally; walk and stand for extended periods; climb stairs and platforms and access elevated or restricted areas; and bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach for inspections.
• Ability to visually inspect equipment, systems, drawings, gauges, and work areas; hear alarms, equipment sounds, and communications in a noisy environment; work safely around machinery, dust, noise, vibration, and temperature extremes; and wear required PPE.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with solvent extraction metallurgy.

Responsibilities

• Monitor the health and performance of specialized RapidSX equipment and support equipment using condition-based tools such as vibration and oil analysis.
• Lead root cause failure analysis for recurring breakdowns, seal leaks, chemical compatibility issues, and unscheduled downtime, including analysis of recovery time.
• Design and update preventive maintenance and reliability-centered maintenance programs in the computerized maintenance management system.
• Ensure mechanical integrity standards, environmental safety rules, hazardous-area protocols, and applicable Process Safety Management, OSHA, and EPA requirements are followed during repairs and plant turnarounds.
• Plan maintenance for extraction units, piping, pumps, and recovery systems to support scheduled uptime greater than 95%.
• Plan annual repair budgets, capital improvement projects, and critical spare-parts inventory.
• Support equipment installation, startup, and commissioning of manufacturing and facilities equipment.
• Support organizational policies, goals, and objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time