Reliability Engineer

Cleveland-Cliffs•Ishpeming, MI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Cleveland-Cliffs is hiring a Reliability Engineer at its Tilden site in Ishpeming, Michigan. The role supports operations by improving proactive maintenance, with an emphasis on predictive, preventative, and condition-based maintenance. The engineer oversees portions of the predictive and preventative maintenance programs, analyzes equipment downtime and failures, and identifies opportunities to improve reliability, maintenance practices, and costs. The position also supports maintenance planning and scheduling, maintains current preventive maintenance checklists and work packages, reviews operations inspection checklists, and implements component tracking. The engineer provides reliability-based training to operations and maintenance teams and manages project work as needed. Cleveland-Cliffs describes itself as the largest flat-rolled steel company and largest iron ore pellet producer in North America, with operations spanning mined raw materials, direct reduced iron, ferrous scrap, steelmaking, and downstream finishing and manufacturing. The company offers a total compensation package that includes top pay with variable compensation opportunity, health insurance, a retirement plan, education assistance, paid time off, and other benefits. It is an equal opportunity and drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment screening.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience in a mining or mineral processing operation.
2–10 years of experience in mechanical engineering.

Responsibilities

Oversee portions of the predictive and preventative maintenance programs.
Develop or improve inspection and maintenance routes and intervals.
Initiate work orders as needed to plan and schedule repairs.
Monitor equipment delay systems and produce detailed Pareto downtime analysis to analyze unscheduled equipment downtime and component failure.
Develop total life cycle cost reports and other ad hoc reports to identify improvement opportunities.
Perform failure analysis and cause mapping analysis of failure work orders, and adjust operating practices, maintenance procedures, materials replacement, or PM frequencies as appropriate.
Ensure every piece of equipment has a preventative maintenance checklist and that work packages are current.
Monitor compliance with PM schedules and work with maintenance planners to review and adjust PM checklists, optimize intervals and content, and improve preventative maintenance processes to eliminate unscheduled equipment downtime.
Review operations inspection checklists for lubrication levels, temperatures, pressure readings, flow rates, and general visual observations, evaluating content, interval, and completion; take action as needed.
Implement and manage a component tracking program to identify and recommend materials or parts that can extend component life and reduce cost per ton.
Perform reliability-based training for operations and maintenance teams.
Manage project work as necessary.