Reliability Engineer

The Reliability Engineer is responsible for the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program. The reliability engineer will drive the reliability processes, develop and lead the Reliability team, facilitate and provide direction on asset criticality as well as asset strategy.

The Reliability Engineer’s objective is to deliver on RCM program. To maximize equipment availability and contribute directly to increasing maintenance efficiency, and mill production. The scope of this role includes design and oversight of the Predictive Maintenance (PdM) / Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) approach as well as leading Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) exercises, including implementation of solutions to identified failure causes. Participation in Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives is an expectation of this position.

The RCM program is a living process, an example of continuous change and improvement.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic

Deliver on the Vision of Reliability Centered Maintenance:

• The Reliability Engineer will deliver the vision or reliability maintenance by developing and maintaining a condition-based (preventive and predictive) maintenance program for the site.

Build capacity, experience, and leadership in RCM:

• Work with all leadership to ensure a strong human – machine interface is retained in the RCM program.
• Reliability engineer is responsible to build capacity, skill development, cross training, and leadership of the reliability team and assist in the development of reliability knowledge across the division.

Reduce critical failures:

• Analyze CMMS data and provide recommendations that will contribute to improved maintenance effectiveness (safety / reliability / cost).
• Analyze CMMS data to establish Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) and Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) information – to assist in predicting and planning component replacements and/or rebuilds.

Risk and Asses Management:

• The reliability engineer is a key facilitator in reducing risk by defining the maintenance strategy and leading RCFA exercises, communicating findings, and working with team leaders, planners, trainers to revise procedures.
• Stay informed and embrace emerging technologies that will lead to improved equipment reliability, and lead implementation and training in use of selected technologies.

Operational

• Operate in a safe manner in accordance to work safe rules, regulations, and policies.
• Interface with site procurement team with objective of optimizing spare parts inventory.
• Help recognize and eliminate all safety hazards associated with RCM work and initiatives.
• Provide leadership in the area of Health and Safety for employees working within the RCM program.
• Assist in development of annual maintenance budgets.
• Accountable to manage RCM activities within approved budget.
• Accountable to manage PdM / CBM program backlog, including compliance monitoring, and work prioritization, to ensure maximum benefits of the RCM program are realized.
• Monitor and provide regular updates on relevant Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and/or RCM initiatives.
• Assist the Maintenance Manager/Maintenance Superintendent in developing long term plans and capital needs.
• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans. Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers. Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.
• Participates in the final check out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
• Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
• Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an Asset

Maintenance Plan that includes:

• Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Provides input to a Risk Management Plan that will anticipate reliability-related, and non-reliability- related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
  • PHA - Preliminary hazards analysis
  • FMEA - Failure modes and effects analysis
  • CA - Criticality analysis
  • SFMEA - Simplified failure modes and effects analysis
  • MI - Maintainability information
  • FTA - Fault tree analysis
  • ETA - Event tree analysis
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.
• Execute on any other direction as determined by the division and/or Maintenance Manager within scope and skillset of the incumbent.

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience

• Minimum 3 years Maintenance Planning experience
• Displays strong commitment to safety
• Familiarity with current Predictive Maintenance (PdM) and/or Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) technologies is a requirement
• Good working knowledge of OSB manufacturing
• Experience with continuous production process

Education

• Certified tradesperson, engineer or related education is required

Licenses and Certification

• Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Maintenance Management Professional (MMP) designation or working towards either

Skills

• Expertise in planning, goal-setting and project management
• Knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems, preferably JD Edwards
• Expertise in developing and managing preventive and predictive maintenance and reliability programs
• Familiarity with continuous improvement programs and performance management
• Must be computer literate preferably with knowledge MS Office programs
• Excellent written and oral communication skills