- Provide reliability-engineered solutions that improve overall equipment effectiveness and support long-term equipment performance.
- Enhance equipment reliability through Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), preventative maintenance, and predictive maintenance practices.
- Plan, schedule, coordinate, and support the execution of maintenance and equipment-reliability activities.
- Provide engineering leadership for continuous improvement projects, equipment upgrades, and safety-related change management activities.
- Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, craftspeople, and machine operators to troubleshoot equipment issues and improve performance.
- Translate critical-to-customer quality metrics into functional design and equipment improvement opportunities.
- Work with cross-functional equipment improvement teams to assess equipment performance, countermeasure recurring problems, and identify reliability concerns.
- Track monthly breakdown metrics for critical equipment and use data to prioritize reliability focus areas.
- Manage reliability-engineering work backlog for assigned areas.
- Support root cause analysis efforts, including detailed equipment-failure analysis and short- and long-term corrective action plans.
- Assist with maintenance planning, scheduling, and execution to support successful work order completion.
- Contact, interview, and request bids from vendors, suppliers, engineering consultants, contractors, and other external resources as needed.
- Develop and manage capital and expense projects, including project details, justification data, procurement needs, spare parts, and bills of materials.
- Recommend and implement replacement or innovative technologies that improve reliability, capability, efficiency, and equipment obsolescence.
- Maintain a working knowledge of the labor agreement to support contract commitments and effective partnership in a union environment.
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Minimum of 5 years of demonstrated experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical role.
- Strong understanding of preventative and predictive maintenance concepts, tools, and practices.
- TPM and Lean training preferred.
- Familiarity with modern maintenance techniques, practices, and procedures.
- Strong interpersonal, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, and root-cause identification skills.
- Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and follow-through.
- Ability to work responsibly and independently while using sound judgment.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Experience with CMMS databases, D365 ERP, and AutoCAD preferred.
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