Maintenance Reliability Engineer

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RESPONSIBILITIES & EXPECTATIONS:

Safety

• Drive a positive safety culture. Ensure compliance with safety, and environmental standards and procedures.
• Demonstrate environmental and safety regulatory leadership.

Drives the elimination of unplanned equipment downtime

• Mentor and lead technical skills development for the hourly craft personnel and subcontractors. Develop system-specific training materials and use those materials to conduct formalized training and experiential learning in the field if needed.
• Where applicable, be prepared to extend this training to other areas within the facility or the Company.

• Gathers and examines basic reliability data from databases, field tests, CMMS systems, and other data sources, and correlates the data using well-defined engineering techniques and procedures.
• Champion a high-performance maintenance philosophy and implement the maintenance strategic plan to ensure cost-effective asset management, long-term equipment viability, and ongoing improvement of the maintenance systems and organization.
• Apply root-cause problem-solving techniques to find and eliminate sources of recurring equipment failures
• Determine "Bad Actors" and Prioritize findings to focus on the largest or most critical opportunities.
• Provide highly developed, technical assistance to hourly craftspeople and engineers during both planned and unplanned equipment service interruptions
• Confer with Subject Matter Experts (SME), Maintenance Leaders, and other Reliability Engineers to develop a plan in partnership with Operations and Maintenance, to improve equipment and process designs effectively and economically.
• Improves asset total life cycle cost across the enterprise.
  • Partners with Capital Delivery to ensure the EM focus on reliability and maintainability of new and modified equipment installations.
  • Maintain a working understanding of current technologies that have the potential to improve the equipment or areas supported and provide input to capital project planning targeted at equipment improvement.
  • Teaching and training of PM Pillar and reliability concepts/tools/methodologies
  • Defines, develops, monitors, and refines asset maintenance strategies.
  • Partners with plant PM Pillar/maintenance teams to define, develop and refine the Preventative/Predictive Maintenance program
  • Application of Storeroom/MRO best practices
  • Leads and develops talent
  • Provides reliability-based and precision maintenance training
  • Provides feedback on expectations and performance for P.M. team members
• In partnership with Maintenance Leader, leads and builds an effective work team to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Defines and deploys appropriate reliability knowledge and capabilities for plant Maintenance teams members: Supervisors, Engineers, and craftspeople.
• Develop technical documentation for processes and procedures in the area. (Work Instructions (WIP), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), and Energy Isolation Checklists (EIC))
• Assist the with the installation, upgrading and general maintenance of production systems hardware and software work on major repair jobs, new installation jobs and modifications to plant machinery and equipment.
• Leads/Manages external resources on projects and programs
• Proficient in the use of precision measuring tools (micrometers, dial indicators, etc.)
• Familiar with thermography and fully understand the uses
• Capable of operating small mobile equipment

Performance of other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Tolerate working outside in severe weather conditions as well as exposure to industrial high temperature, noise and dust.
• Access all areas within a site which could include heights of 120 feet, confined spaces, climbing ladders or stairs, and accessing tunnels.
• Able to lift up to 50 pounds.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Mechanical, Chemical Engineering or assessment management, technical related field, and/or equivalent work experience in the field is required.

PREFFERED EDUCATION:

• Professional Engineering Registration (P.E.) preferred. CAPM or PMP certification is a plus Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Must have at least 2-5 years in a heavy industrial environment. Previous mechanical or electrical engineer reliability and/or maintenance experience is highly desired. Previous experience working in a mining environment is a plus. Previous proven Co-ops and/or Intern roles are a plus.

PREFFERED EXPERIENCE:

• At least Five (5) plus years of previous knowledge of managing a cost center budget is desired. Previous knowledge of developing key reliability metrics is preferred.

Lhoist North America offers a very competitive salary package that includes but is not limited to comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, vacation, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with Lhoist North America 401K retirement savings options, which include an employer match. Lhoist North America also recognizes the importance of continuing education by offering Educational Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and professional growth.

Here at Lhoist North America, we are an equal opportunity employer and value inclusion in our workplace. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any of these protected characteristics. We encourage applications from all individuals and strongly support an inclusive workplace. We strive to create an inclusive environment for everyone, and we are committed to treating everyone with respect at all times. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.