Reliability Engineer

3M•Cottage Grove, MN

20h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Plant Engineering Reliability Engineer at 3M, you will be a key contributor to the plant engineering/maintenance team, dedicated to ensuring all assets perform at their ultimate level. This role involves outlining a comprehensive and analytical approach to predict, prevent, eliminate, or reduce equipment failures through the application of current reliability techniques. You will design and implement reliability improvement standards, provide ongoing training and education, and make equipment modifications to achieve world-class maintenance reliability. The position also entails responsibility for full Life Cycle Asset Management and keeping deployed technology systems current.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in a Science or Engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start)
Three (3) combined years of experience in maintenance, engineering, manufacturing and/or plant engineering experience in a private, public, government or military environment
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree or higher in an Electrical/Control Engineering or Electro/Mechanical Engineering discipline (completed and verified prior to start) from an accredited institution
Ability to read and understand mechanical drawings.
Ability to communicate, both written and oral, technical information to a diverse audience.
Professional reliability credentials such as: Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional or Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician.
Experience with reliability analysis, predictive (PdM), and preventative maintenance (PM).
High level of understanding and ability to use analytical tools and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

Perform failure mode and effect analysis to assure the proper Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Predictive Maintenance (PdM) programs are implemented, audited and improved on all existing and future assets.
Application of Reliability Based Maintenance programs such as Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
Assess & develop capability of craftspersons on their role in reliability improvement and to advance their technical capabilities.
Analyze data (failure, cost, uptime, etc.) using appropriate reliability analysis tools to develop & implement improvement plans.
Serve as the equipment reliability Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the business and lead reliability improvement teams.
Manage and report Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) detailing the results of the reliability programs activities.
Provide leadership support for Maintenance Conscious Engineering strategies.
Perform & document equipment criticality analysis in support of an effective critical spares strategy.