Engineer Senior Reliability
About The Position
The Senior Reliability Engineer is responsible for managing assigned projects from concept through start-up, supply continuous in-plant engineering support to normal mill maintenance, and lead RCFA to eliminate equipment reliability issues. Project & Operations Support: Provides technical assistance to production, reliability and quality groups as needed to solve equipment and process-related problems and develops methods to improve processes. Optimize manufacturing processes by investigating and eliminating root causes of equipment failures. Evaluates new technologies, implements process changes and develops systems to reduce operating costs, increase production and improve quality. Leads the technical process for operating areas to solve equipment and process-related problems. Provides support data for all reports and performance updates. Data analysis to reduce variability or improve performance Reviews production schedules and suggests modifications for reduced downtime and/or change overs where applicable. Assists with designing solutions to eliminate equipment failures and process instabilities. Optimize manufacturing processes by investigating and eliminating root causes of equipment failures Reliability: Coordinates failure analysis and oversees program Track data by department and analyse work orders to recommend changes in maintenance or operational procedures. Develops, coordinates, and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts. Investigates and analyses relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes. Ensures that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards. Analyses preliminary plans and develops reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer, and governmental agency reliability objectives. As necessary, proposes changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability. Work with operations and maintenance teams to meet or exceed downtime reduction goals. Leadership: Assist in the management of the Predictive and Preventive Maintenance programs including vibration coverage through the mill, plant tank integrity, pressure vessel integrity, and pre-post failure reports. Participates in the development of less experienced engineers. Manages capital projects at times. Facilitate Reliability Steering Teams. Key Competencies & Attributes: Actively seeks and allocates appropriate decision-making authority or task responsibility to appropriate individuals based on their abilities, availability, motivation, and development needs; considers potential positive and negative impact, business unit priorities, organizational values, and the opportunity to enhance others’ knowledge and skills. Identifies barriers that impact customer service and retention; communicates concerns and recommendations to others. Uses understanding of customer needs and the organization’s customer service practices to set priorities, make decisions, and take actions that create customer satisfaction and prevent service issues from occurring. Creates relevant options for addressing problems and opportunities that will achieve desired outcomes. Systematically evaluates business opportunities, targeting those with the greatest potential for producing positive business results.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering required
- Minimum seven (7) years of experience in engineering, preferably in the paper industry and preferably reliability engineering experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Word and Excel.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively work with vendors, managers, and production employees to achieve goals.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Capable of managing Process Safety Management programs.
- Familiar with and have a good working knowledge of construction and repair codes (ASME, API, NBIC, NEC etc.).
- Must be capable of understanding and troubleshooting complex industrial systems and equipment.
Nice To Haves
- AutoCAD experience preferred.
- Knowledgeable with maintenance best practices (vibration analysis, oil analysis, etc.) preferred.
- Understanding of LEAN manufacturing and Continuous Improvement (CI) concepts preferred.
- Professional Engineering license preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage assigned projects from concept through start-up.
- Supply continuous in-plant engineering support to normal mill maintenance.
- Lead RCFA to eliminate equipment reliability issues.
- Provide technical assistance to production, reliability and quality groups to solve equipment and process-related problems and develop methods to improve processes.
- Optimize manufacturing processes by investigating and eliminating root causes of equipment failures.
- Evaluate new technologies, implement process changes and develop systems to reduce operating costs, increase production and improve quality.
- Lead the technical process for operating areas to solve equipment and process-related problems.
- Provide support data for all reports and performance updates.
- Perform data analysis to reduce variability or improve performance.
- Review production schedules and suggest modifications for reduced downtime and/or change overs where applicable.
- Assist with designing solutions to eliminate equipment failures and process instabilities.
- Coordinate failure analysis and oversee the program.
- Track data by department and analyze work orders to recommend changes in maintenance or operational procedures.
- Develop, coordinate, and conduct technical reliability studies and evaluations of engineering design concepts.
- Investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting product and processes, ensuring that corrective measures meet acceptable reliability standards.
- Analyze preliminary plans and develop reliability engineering programs to achieve company, customer, and governmental agency reliability objectives.
- Propose changes in design or formulation to improve system and/or process reliability.
- Work with operations and maintenance teams to meet or exceed downtime reduction goals.
- Assist in the management of the Predictive and Preventive Maintenance programs.
- Participate in the development of less experienced engineers.
- Manage capital projects at times.
- Facilitate Reliability Steering Teams.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
