Reliability Engineer - Planet Forward : Job Details

Title: Reliability Engineer

Direct Hire

Starting Pay: Up to 110k plus bonuses

Hybrid Schedule: 3 days in office, 2 days WFH

A Reliability Engineer responsible for the evaluation and execution of new best-known methods and technologies to improve equipment reliability and maintainability. This is achieved by analyzing data, identifying problems, and developing solutions for potential equipment issues before they occur.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required
• 2+ years of experience working in a manufacturing environment with focus on reliability and maintainability required.
• Must have thorough knowledge of methodologies including Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
• Experience with a CMMS software
• Must be able to train others on reliability activities while also capable of facilitating analyses that utilize reliability methodologies.
• Must also be familiar with common condition based, predictive technologies such as vibration, thermal, ultrasonic, oil and circuit analyses.

Responsibilities:

• Working with assigned plant maintenance teams and peer Maintenance Systems team members, identify, evaluate, and implement improvement initiatives based on the company's Reliability and Maintainability Roadmap.
• Assist in the development of plant reliability engineers to ensure utilization of maintenance systems to improve analytical capabilities during the assessment of asset performance.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for the Root Cause Analysis process, providing training and direction to team members across the enterprise.
• Assist the Modernization and plant maintenance teams in ensuring Management of Change process adherence; as requested, participate in early equipment design for maintainability and reliability while supporting equipment readiness at time of commissioning.
• Lead and perform assigned project work and tasks. Own the solution effectiveness through deployment of these activities.
• Support preventive maintenance optimization through standardized practice for similar assets.
• Formally audit plant adherence to Roadmap element progression, providing task recommendations for advancement.
• Serve as a CMMS subject matter expert and train system users on master and transactional data expectations.
• Provide controlled documentation to guide manufacturing teams on policies, procedures, and principles.
• Promote the following reliability guidance:
• Planned corrective maintenance is more effective than reactive maintenance.
• Time-based preventive maintenance is more effective than planned corrective maintenance.
• Condition-based maintenance is more effective than time-based preventive maintenance.
• Maintenance prevention is the best comprehensive maintenance strategy.