Reliability Engineer

Summary: As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a crucial role in improving and ensuring maintenance and technical management of the machinery fleet with the aim of increasing its technical stability and availability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leads the team of engineers engaged in preventative maintenance
• Managing the maintenance system and establish, maintain and communicate the weekly maintenance planning
• Preparing, initiating and guiding improvement proposals based on failure analyses
• Management of assets in the maintenance management system
• Providing technical support to mechanics and operators
• Monitor and analyses the availability and reliability of production facilities and support solving complex failures
• Applying root cause analysis (RCA) tools such as "Failure Mode Effect Analysis" and TPM tools (crossing discipline)
• Identifying an investigating potential for improvement in the performance of the machines
• Assist the maintenance teams in optimization processes to improve the performance / reliability of the machines
• Coordinate optimization processes with other departments, suppliers/manufactures regarding potential solutions to problems/ improvements related to disturbance in machine output
• Provide content input for contractual agreements with external firms
• Inventory/ Asset evaluation and management
• Advising project organization when designing new projects (e.g. new installations to be built, revision, Total Cost of Ownership)
• Delivering investment proposals (i.e. based on Total Cost of Ownership) Analysis of machine availability difficulties and developing and implementing proposals for improvement
• Develop preventive maintenance plans and monitor inspection criteria
• Create work instructions/ SIS lists

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's' Degree in Engineering: Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Knowledge of mechanical engineering and applicable norms and regulations.
• Knowledge of controls, and PLC techniques
• Knowledge of (electrical) drive engineering
• Knowledge and experience of maintenance methodologies (FMECA, RCA, 5Y)
• Experience with formulas and rotating tables in Excel
• Has understanding of the organization around production processes, the applicable procedures and ARBO and prescriptions.
• Previous experience of 3D CAD systems, database programs and MS Office
• Previous experience with maintenance management systems
• Previous project management experience