Reliability Engineer
- Fort Smith, AR
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drives the elimination of production and maintenance losses
- Gathers and examines basic reliability data from data bases, field tests, CMMS systems and other data sources, and correlates the data using well defined engineering techniques and procedures.
- Assist/Learn and eventually facilitate Root Cause analysis/Root Cause Failure Analysis
- Determine “Bad Actors” and Prioritize findings to focus on the largest or most critical opportunities.
- Confer with Subject Matter Experts (SME), Maintenance leaders, and other Reliability Engineers to develop a plan in partnership with Operations and Maintenance, to effectively and economically improve equipment and process designs.
- Capable of leading PM Pillar/Reliability projects and Early Management TPM Pillar and Projects.
- Ensures a safety focus in all processes and builds a culture where safety is the priority
- Conduct and document Hazard Identifications, Safe Behavior Observations, facility audits, etc.
- Be a positive spokesperson and help lead plant wide changes
- Improves asset total cost of ownership across the enterprise.
- Partner with Capital Delivery to ensure the Early Management focusing on reliability and maintainability of new and modified equipment installations have been considered as part of the project.
- Capable of training/teaching PM Pillar and reliability
- Able to define, develop, monitor and refine asset maintenance strategies.
- Partner with plant PM Pillar/maintenance teams to define, develop and refine the Preventative/Predictive Maintenance program
- Conducts FMEA analysis on all critical assets.
- Application of Storeroom/MRO best practices
- Develop/Apply Master Equipment list, Equipment Criticality, BOMs, etc
- Leads and develops talent
- Provides reliability based and precision maintenance training
- Provides feedback on expectations and performance for PdM team members
- In partnership with Maintenance Leader, leads and builds an effective work team to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Leads/Manages External resources on reliability projects and programs
- Capacity to lead by influence and to engage appropriate stakeholders to deliver the systems and standards
- Accountable for upkeep of all predictive maintenance databases
- Accountable for predictive maintenance reporting to stakeholders
- Responsible for reviewing predictive maintenance reports and determining work priorities based on severity.
- Continuously improve Reliability Assessment Score set by Center of Excellence Team
- Follow and implement Reliability Basic Practices set by Center of Excellence Team
- Ensure MOC process followed for all equipment modifications and changes.
- Bachelor of Science Engineering degree (Electrical, Mechanical preferred) or related field of study. Equivalent experience - 7-10 years with Industrial Maintenance.
- Experience with condition-based monitoring technologies like Vibration, Thermography, Infrared, Ultrasound, Motor Circuit Analysis, etc. Training in these technologies is highly desirable.
- Able to travel up to 15%.
- Preferred Experience using SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
- SAP Reporting Tools - Business Intelligence, Power Business Intelligence.
- Solid foundation of operating in Microsoft Excel- Intermediate level
- Tribology (lubrication analysis) condition-based monitoring
- Manufacturing experience preferred
- PLC experience highly preferred
- TPM experience and application is highly desirable
- Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) desirable
- Exposure and training in Reliability practices and processes, including the following, are desirable:
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
- Equipment Criticality Ranking (ECR)
- Failure Modes, effects and analysis (FMEA)
- Weibull Analysis
- Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
- Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Pareto Analysis, etc.
- Achieve CMRP Certification within 24 months
- Achieve CRE within 3 years of eligibility
- Achieve Vibration level III in 36 months
- Achieve MLT I and MLA I In 24 months
- Achieve Ultrasound Level I in 12 months
- Ability to safeguard self with proper PPE for the specific task
- Exposure to hot/cold temperature- periodically
- Exposure to noise- periodically
- Hand/Eye Coordination- continuously
- Walk, Sit, Stand for duration of shift with regular breaks
- Lift/carry/move up to 25 lbs. independently and heavier weights with assistance.
- Climb stairs, steps, and ladders
- Ability to work extended hours as necessary
- Able to Operate Computers & Computerized equipment for quality, safety and compliance testing and training.
- Communicate with co-workers face to face, by telephone, and electronic communications.
- Possess manual dexterity necessary to operate equipment, operate a computer and other standard office equipment.
- Vision adequate to manipulate equipment controls, complete paperwork, utilize computers, and have depth perception.