Job Purpose

Identify and mitigate risks that can affect asset reliability. Reduce the costs associated with asset downtime by ensuring the life cycle asset management plan is monitored and developed continuously. The reliability engineer is a critical, dynamic position that has great responsibility and requires constant collaboration with other professionals.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct failure mode and effects analysis
• Perform predictive analysis
• Plan performance evaluation assessments
• Conduct root cause analysis
• Develop proactive maintenance procedures
• Review newly installed plant and equipment
• Create and monitor life cycle asset management plans
• Assist in design and development planning for custom assets
• Provide technical support
• Monitor overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)
• Find potential problems or opportunities for improvement by analyzing data and identifying patterns within that data.
• Once problems have been identified, the reliability engineer will develop and implement solutions to prevent them, ultimately improving the reliability of systems, equipment, and processes.
• Analyzing equipment failure data to identify patterns and trends.
• Conducting root cause analysis to determine the underlying cause of problems.
• Developing and implementing new maintenance procedures.
• Designing and implementing new procedures for monitoring and testing equipment.
• Finding new technologies and processes that can improve equipment performance and reliability.
• Developing and implementing training programs for employees.
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure that reliability is integrated into all aspects of the organization.

Qualifications

• Safety-conscious: the ability to identify potential hazards and take the necessary steps to mitigate them.
• Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years in a reliability program role
• Analytical thinking: the ability to think critically and logically, as well as the ability to work with large sets of data and make sense of them.
• Technical aptitude: a strong understanding of the systems, equipment, and processes at hand. This includes knowledge of the engineering principles and specific systems used at an organization.
• Problem-solving: the ability to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Communication: the ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and understandable manner, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with others.
• Project management: the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and effectively including planning, scheduling, and organizing.
• Data management skills: the ability to use statistical analysis tools as well as the ability to interpret and communicate the results of the analysis.
• A continuous improvement mindset: identifying and implementing ways to continuously improve reliability.

Physical Demands

• Walking/standing for long periods
• Lifting up to 20lbs

Additional Responsibilities