Reliability Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Provides the technical support and implementation to maximize the maintenance-related uptime and operating efficiencies of equipment and facility assets. These activities help minimize costs and contribute to the profitability and performance of the business.
- Monitors the status of their reliability maintenance program evolution relative to corporate program strategies.
- Provides measurements of program progress and effectiveness such as the proportion of work that is planned/scheduled, emergency work, preventive maintenance, condition based monitoring work, equipment uptime, overall equipment effectiveness and mean time between failures.
- Implements reliability maintenance program improvements for the assets under their responsibility.
- Makes maintenance budget recommendations.
- Facilitates the identification and communication of the root causes of equipment/system failures.
- When the root cause of equipment/system failures can be attributed to operational practices, then the RE works with operations in the modification of that practice;
- When losses are maintenance related the RE initiates activities to eliminate the root causes.

Recommends to the Asset Manager the criticality ranking of the assets under their care, typically using Reliability Centered Maintenance approaches, and for defining the proactive maintenance approaches that are cost beneficial to the business. Typical "maintenance approaches" include run to failure, clock and run time based preventive maintenance, condition monitoring approaches such as vibration analysis and oil analysis and thermography and ultrasonic analysis, and inspection routines including their content, and on line alarm monitoring approaches where appropriate. - When condition based monitoring approaches are used, the RE interprets the results of the condition based information. The RE then recommends and implements approved adjustments to the preventative maintenance tasks and frequency.
- Specifies parts, inventory quantities and the special storage requirements for critical spare parts.
- Provides reliability maintenance input to engineering to create designs which minimize life cycle costs.
- Develops procedures and specifications for the reliability maintenance aspects of existing and new equipment.

SKILLS

Must have a Bachelor's or Master's level degree (in Engineering) and knowledge of respective techniques, practices, precedents, theory and principles OR an Associate's degree with 5+ years practical equipment design/maintenance experience.
Must be an expert in equipment reliability principles, mechanical integrity.
Non-destructive testing (NDT) disciplines knowledge preferred.
Advanced computer use skills and knowledge of CMMS required; use and knowledge of Reliability and NDT software tools preferred.
Demonstrated technical capabilities and understanding of maintenance work processes and the interfaces with other functional groups is needed.
Previous maintenance engineering experience preferred.
Project management experience and/or equipment reliability principles knowledge preferred. Must have at least 5 years experience on all required skills & knowledge of this role.
Good communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of the organization are essential.
Must have 4-7 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical field.

Synectics is an Equal Opportunity Employer.