What’s the job?

**The ideal candidate will reside in the Eastern or Central time zones**

The Central Reliability Engineer will provide dedicated support to all sites within the Siding Products Group to drive improvements in technical reliability and achieve business objectives. This position will work closely with reliability leaders at each site to provide leadership in building foundational systems including equipment identification and prioritization, equipment BOM development, PM strategy rationalization, kitting process creation, breakdown management system implementation, stockroom optimization, lubrication management optimization, and technical training program creation. The Central Reliability Engineer will support plants during troubleshooting and root cause analysis activities for large, complex, and/or chronic equipment failures. This support will include facilitating training on problem solving tools and reliability concepts. The Central Reliability Engineer will also support the group by analyzing division-level data and recommending projects to prevent failures and deliver cost savings. As part of the Advanced Manufacturing team, the Central Reliability Engineer will assist in bridging the gap between Reliability and Industry 4.0 activities.

 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Deploy foundational reliability pillar tools and methods at all sites in SPG to improve production, audit scores and technical reliability. Facilitate training for SAP CMMS and associated devices Assist plant Mechanical Engineers, Process Engineers, and maintenance department with troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex and/or chronic failures. Analyze plant and group-level reliability data in support of policy deployment for the group Benchmark Predictive Maintenance technologies and support implementation in plants. Multi-site responsibilities require ability to lead by influence and manage remote teams. Position will require travel for facilitating training, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and leading/supporting projects. Candidate must be able to effectively communicate at different levels, from hourly machine operators to executive leadership team members, and to different teams, including production, maintenance, IT, engineering, quality and process control, and external vendors/contractors