Reliability Engineer I

Andersen Corporation • Cottage Grove, MN

3d • $78,824 - $122,176

About The Position

OVERVIEW: Renewal by Andersen is seeking a Reliability Engineer at our Cottage Grove, MN location. Renewal by Andersen is united by the common goal of making a difference in the lives of our homeowners, our colleagues, our families, and in the communities we serve. We believe that we can make the world a better place by living up to the promise that everyone benefits from their association with Andersen. We wake up every day, inspired to push the status quo and continuously set a new standard in the home improvement industry by solving today’s most challenging problems and continuously redefining what it means to deliver a World Class Homeowner Experience. Renewal by Andersen is looking for an accomplished, driven, and collaborative candidate to help perfect our customers’ experience in upgrading their homes. Want to join our team? PURPOSE: To implement a Reliability Centered Maintenance Program for the Renewal at Andersen Cottage Grove that improves equipment health, increases Operation % Uptime and equipment reliability throughout the equipment lifecycle

Requirements

• Minimum of a BS in Engineering or Technology
• 3-7 years of experience in process, equipment health or manufacturing support
• Demonstrated ability to work cross functionally within an organization
• Strong knowledge of statistics. Must demonstrate the ability to be able to communicate both written and verbal to all levels within the organization and externally to suppliers.
• Positive attitude with a desire to build relationships and serve both our internal and external customers
• Strong, proactive communicator, effective both 1:1 and in groups

Responsibilities

• Identify top equipment and process health issues hindering operations and maintenance stability.
• Improve equipment % Uptime through the implementation of improved Preventative Maintenance practices.
• Leverage AW Pulse, EAM, Central Stores, Financial and Operations data to identify and implement improvements to % Uptime and Plant Output.
• Increase equipment reliability (mean time between failure MTBF) through the implementation and improvement of predictive and preventative maintenance practices.
• Identify top preventative and predictive maintenance opportunities within the sub-plants and work with the maintenance teams to update plans and procedures as needed.
• Optimize component consumption and improve MTBF through component standardization and specifications.
• Create key performance indicators
• Develop reliability model for component, equipment and tooling life
• Create and implement plans that proactively address equipment obsolescence.
• Develop reliability model for screw and barrel life
• Partner with maintenance on training, scheduling or procedure updates
• Partner with manufacturing engineering on new tooling and/or equipment innovations and specification to extend equipment life and increase MTBF
• Partner with suppliers to build strong collaborative relationships
• Identify procedures and best practices for new process introductions
• Strong understanding of DMAIC tools to enable Lean Sigma cost savings projects
• Demonstrate continued personal growth and development
• Mentor developing engineers and technicians
• Promote a hands-on, high involvement approach to problem solving
• Leads, assigns, and reviews work of engineers and technicians as appropriate
• Assist in development of the future structure of the team which includes the development of the key roles and processes
• Builds collaborative relationships across the Enterprise.
• Interfaces with Business partner groups responsible for our processes and methodologies.

Benefits

• 401 (k) Plan, Employer Fixed Contributions & Company Matching
• Profit Sharing
• Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), Health Savings Account (HSA) and Health Reimbursement Account (HRA)
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Paid Maternity Leave & Paid Parental Leave
• Career Growth Planning & Nationwide Career Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees