Job Summary

Provides the technical expertise on all matters of reliability engineering, assessment and monitoring for all process equipment (including mechanical, electrical and instrument / control equipment). Building and analyzing reliability models to estimate reliability characteristics of plant production lines and support systems. Participates on project teams to supply advice to design engineers on the enhancement of reliability of capital projects.

Responsibilities may include:

Actively promote and work to instill a “reliability culture” within plant organizations and systems.Develop and implement equipment asset plans.Apply engineering theory, practices, and principles to perform physical failure analysis, determine root cause of equipment failures and conduct equipment performance evaluations.Analyze equipment trends, historical data, and field data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost on different classes of equipment.Continually promote consistency by standardizing procedures/equipment/operations within area of responsibility.Support capital projects by participating in setting equipment “fitness for use” criteria and specifications to optimize equipment/system reliability and life cycle cost.Participate in maintenance and reliability networks and share best practices, successes and failures.Construction and analysis of RAM Models for new projects as well as existing production facilities for the purpose of giving estimates of future Uptime, Availability and Equipment Maintainability.

Requirements for the role (skills and abilities):

BS degree in Engineering (e.g. Mechanical, Electrical or Instrument) or relevant work experience.3-8 years reliability work experience in a manufacturing industry. Training and project experience with Six Sigma, as Black Belt or Green Belt.Good personal computer and software skills e.g. Microsoft Office, CMMS, etc.Understanding of Business Performance Measures and Critical to Quality issues.Understands the Process Safety Management (PSM) process particularly Management of Change (MOC).Good mathematical skills with an in-depth understanding Reliability Modeling tools and methods, including statistical distributions, growth models, analytical models and Monte Carlo simulations.

Key Competencies

Demonstrated leadership capability.Ability to plan, prioritize and implement multiple concurrent projects.Good Communication and Presentation Skills.Good Interpersonal and Conflict Resolution Skills with the ability to influence people.“Hands-on” approach to get things done.Good Analytical and Problem-solving skills. Excellent contributor with the capability to work independently.

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