Reliability Engineer

Found in: Appcast US C2 - 2 weeks ago


Uncle Sam, United States The Spear Group Full time

The position requires technical expertise and leadership to implement and execute asset reliability strategies across operating site. Roles and responsibilities for this position are listed below.


Key Responsibilities:


· Leads site team of Operations, Maintenance and Reliability personnel to monitor asset reliability results, address issues hindering asset reliability improvements, focus on sustaining gains and delivering value to site financially.

· Provides Reliability and Process subject matter expertise to team of peers developing and deploying reliability improvement asset strategies.

· Preventive Maintenance effectiveness validation.

· Establishes maintenance best practices.

· Performs Root Cause Analyses & Root Cause Failure Analyses (RCA/RCFA) on contributors of yield, utilization, and capacity losses (attributed to equipment, processes, etc.).

· Identifies and resolves chronic failures.

· Establishes and monitor predictive maintenance program.

· Provide basic training and coaching in Reliability principles.

· Provide basic training in Precision Maintenance principles.

· Drive the successful implementation of Reliability improvement initiatives.

· Work with maintenance engineering, planning and execution for the development, continuous improvement and application of precision maintenance procedures applied to Maximo Job Plans.

· Work with Maintenance Planning to have them implemented into Maximo.

· Provide assistance to capital, workflow, procurement for effective critical spares analysis, PM Optimization, condition monitoring, etc.

· Calculates asset life cycle and costs.

· Conducts asset risk/health analysis.

· Provides support to site’s Business Interruption/Loss Prevention programs.

· Assist in deploying the PDM condition-based monitoring system.

· Monitor and quantify reliability cost savings, increased production and / or equipment life cycle.

· Develop project plans for reliability initiatives based on Identify Define Measure Analyses Improve Control (IDMAIC) process.


Experience and Education:

· Minimum one to three years relevant experience (i.e., phosphate acid, fertilizer manufacturing, granulation processes, surface mining, etc.). Oil and Gas experience will be considered relevant as well.

· Mechanical Engineer or Chemical Engineer degree/experience from accredited university.

· Experience with piping, pressure vessel evaluations and failure analysis


Salary: Competitive Salary offerings

Benefits: Paid Leave, 401-K, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Incentive bonuses etc.