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Reliability Engineer
Port Wentworth, GA
Job Description
Reliability Engineer
Position Summary:
As Reliability Engineer (RE) supporting our manufacturing client in Savannah, GA, you will identify and mitigate risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. You will provides leadership and technical expertise in support of the asset management plan implementation and associated practices, to ensure maximum equipment reliability at minimum life cycle cost. You assist in training and mentoring of mechanics in electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of assets. You are responsible for evaluating asset/equipment conditions using invasive and non-invasive practices/technologies to monitor equipment for early signs of deteriorating condition; allowing for early prediction and failure analysis. You will document and oversee mitigation and intervention of identified issues to ensure that the temporary/permanent resolution is planned, scheduled, and implemented.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is a privately held, employee-owned company with an emphasis on "doing the right thing the right way", which applies to the way we treat our customers and employees. We are proud to have been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" for 17 years running! Learn more below and at .
Mission
Our mission is to enable people and organizations to achieve their full potential.
As a professional services organization, our mission is focused on our clients' people and organizations. It is our company's cornerstone belief that we will not lead the industry in assisting our clients unless we excel at helping our own people and teams reach their full potential.
Culture
Our corporate culture encourages personal and professional growth because LCE's success depends on the talent, innovation, professionalism, and commitment of its employees. LCE is a strengths-based organization focused on turning individual talents into strengths and then turning individual strengths into organizational performance that supports our clients' success.
Benefits
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR * 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that LCE take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation, and any other status protected by applicable state law. In addition, LCE will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. LCE shall also abide by the requirements of 29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A.
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that LCE take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. In addition, LCE will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. LCE shall also abide by the requirements of 29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A.
Position Summary:
As Reliability Engineer (RE) supporting our manufacturing client in Savannah, GA, you will identify and mitigate risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. You will provides leadership and technical expertise in support of the asset management plan implementation and associated practices, to ensure maximum equipment reliability at minimum life cycle cost. You assist in training and mentoring of mechanics in electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic maintenance and repair of assets. You are responsible for evaluating asset/equipment conditions using invasive and non-invasive practices/technologies to monitor equipment for early signs of deteriorating condition; allowing for early prediction and failure analysis. You will document and oversee mitigation and intervention of identified issues to ensure that the temporary/permanent resolution is planned, scheduled, and implemented.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, mechanical, electrical, control, and safety/security systems.
- Defines, develops, administers, and refines the asset management plan, maintenance plan, and preventive/predictive maintenance programs.
- Reduces and improves maintenance work wherever feasible; assuring efficient and productive operation of processes and equipment. Protect and prolong the economic life of assets at the lowest practical cost.
- Be proactive in addressing strategic long term problems/issues affecting the organization.
- Supports the capital project process to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
- Participates in the qualification and validation of capital installations to ensure adherence to functional specifications.
- Guides designs to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment and processes.
- Participates in the design review of capital additions and changes to ensure full life cycle maintainability of equipment, utilities, and facilities.
- Participates in approval of all new installations, including those done by contractors, to ensure their maintainability and reliability follows life cycle costing methods.
- Supports the Asset Operating Plan that provides standardized processes and procedures for proper operation and operator care of production, utility, and auxiliary assets.
- Develops engineered solutions to mitigate repetitive failures and problems that adversely affect plant availability, performance, capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance.
- Facilitate root-cause and root-cause failure analysis (RCA, RCFA).
- Support failure reporting; analysis and corrective actions systems.
- Maintains the Asset Maintenance Plans that define the maintenance practices for production, utility, and auxiliary assets. Including the development and optimization of the predictive and preventive maintenance programs for assets.
- Works with all levels of maintenance and operations obtaining owner approval prior to implementation and changes.
- Analyzes planned idleness of operating equipment to develop and improve PM/PdM schedules.
- Periodically compares PM/PdM frequencies to downtime reports and equipment histories to identify where frequencies require adjustment. Refining the frequencies on an "economic" basis to avoid "over maintenance".
- Regularly review equipment failures. Determine what PM action might have been taken to prevent failure in order to protect against reoccurrence.
- Participates in the optimization of maintenance to maximize production capacity based upon analysis of preventive maintenance time needs, repair histories, inspection reports, etc.
- Develop standardization programs, which influences new equipment purchases including construction, materials, equipment, and spare parts.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in reliability engineering related processes.
- Expertise in multiple areas of maintenance and reliability, material management, planning and scheduling, and CMMS / EAM / ERP optimization.
- Competent with data analysis techniques that can include:
- Statistical Process Control
- OEE Overall Equipment Effectiveness
- Reliability modeling and prediction
- RCFA fault analysis techniques
- Six Sigma (6) methodology
- Competent in the implementation of Predictive/Maintenance Methods/Technologies that include:
- Vibration Sampling and Analysis
- Lubrication Sampling and Analysis
- Thermography: Mechanical, Electrical
- Ultrasonic Thickness, Ultrasonic Sound: Electrical, Mechanical, Air
- Machine Alignment and Balancing
- Demonstrated effective communication skills and practices; experience with office and reliability productivity tools.
- Understanding of the RCM process, failure mode identification, defect analysis, cause and effect analysis, loss elimination, determination of probability, and consequence of failures; along with the use of FMEA, RCFA decision logic, and writing tasks to mitigate identified failures.
- Demonstrates knowledge of generic problem solving, and in particular the RCA process.
- Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge.
- Solid knowledge of equipment assembly, installation, and repair.
- Understanding of Asset Management, its various components and organization.
- Understanding of condition monitoring principles, tools, and application.
- Ability to communicate/teach reliability best practices, condition monitoring, and precision methods.
- Capable of analyzing conditions, performing technical troubleshooting, and identifying the root cause(s).
- Ability to communicate and build consensus for solutions to issues.
- Team player that champions and leads the reliability process, and is able to communicate and build relationships with various functional, engineering, and business leaders in order to drive continuous improvement.
- A self-starter capable of managing multiple priorities with minimal oversight; working as a single entity with the ability to influence others to gain alignment.
- At least one certification in reliability: (CMRP, CRL, etc.), and be willing to continually pursue knowledge and certifications in reliability and predictive technologies.
LIFE CYCLE ENGINEERING
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is a privately held, employee-owned company with an emphasis on "doing the right thing the right way", which applies to the way we treat our customers and employees. We are proud to have been recognized as a "Best Place to Work" for 17 years running! Learn more below and at .
Our mission is to enable people and organizations to achieve their full potential.
As a professional services organization, our mission is focused on our clients' people and organizations. It is our company's cornerstone belief that we will not lead the industry in assisting our clients unless we excel at helping our own people and teams reach their full potential.
Culture
Our corporate culture encourages personal and professional growth because LCE's success depends on the talent, innovation, professionalism, and commitment of its employees. LCE is a strengths-based organization focused on turning individual talents into strengths and then turning individual strengths into organizational performance that supports our clients' success.
Benefits
- Affordable Medical/Dental/Vision Plans for employees and their families
- Free Employee Life and Disability Insurance, with supplemental coverage options available
- Health Savings Account and Flexible Savings Account options
- Company matched 401(k) & company-funded Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)
- Paid Vacation, Holiday, Sick Leave
- Continuing Education and Professional Development programs at all levels
- Flexible Schedules and Relaxed Dress Code
- Employer-sponsored events, social collaboration, and open communication
- Free access to an extensive online training library, including certification prep
- Bonus Program for outstanding contributions, Employee Referral Program, numerous Recognition Opportunities, and more...
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR * 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that LCE take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, because of or on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited to, lactation, and any other status protected by applicable state law. In addition, LCE will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. LCE shall also abide by the requirements of 29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A.
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Moreover, these regulations require that LCE take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. In addition, LCE will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. LCE shall also abide by the requirements of 29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A.
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
5+ years
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