Reliability Engineer Job

Salary Range: $87,800 - $116,300

Job Summary:

Provides technical expertise in reliability engineering; develops and implements projects to improve plant reliability and asset utilization via standardization.  Manages plant mechanical integrity program to ensure compliance with Arkema and regulatory requirements. Position reports directly to the Maintenance Manager.

Essential Duties:

Reliability and Mechanical Integrity 60%
•    Develops and maintains activities in support of the Mechanical Integrity standard which includes pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping, pressure relieving devices, emergency shutdown systems, controls, and high energy equipment. 
•    Performs reliability studies on existing equipment and recommends needed improvements in the areas of equipment philosophies, strategies and best practices for asset productivity; creating Predictive Maintenance plans. 
•    Updates equipment records, determine required spare parts, and maintain accurate SAP Bill of Materials. 
•    Develops/Implements reliability procedures and prepares reports on equipment reliability on periodic basis. 

Continuous Improvement 20% 
•    Provides ownership and continual improvement of plant Mechanical integrity practices and procedures 
•    Establishes effective preventive and predictive monitoring and maintenance techniques to identify and define abnormal operating conditions. 
•    Provides technical expertise in regards to job plan development, equipment critical path, job scopes, troubleshooting and diagnosing problems. 
•    Defines root cause failure analysis (RCFA) trigger points and uses DMAIC process to appropriate reliability tools to develop and implement corrective improvement plans.
•    Defines and approves repairs to service equipment, potentially including audit and evaluation of contracted repair organizations, and inspection of repair work.
•    Manages assigned capitol projects, project budgets and project records ; develops early stage project evaluation including layout, cost estimates, engineering feasibility and bid packages.

Energy Champion – 15%
•    Leads continuous improvement of site’s energy efficiency as Plant Energy Manager

Safety – 5%

•    Performs Management of Change (MOC) reviews for area of technical expertise.
•    Supports the site HESQ policy and complies with all regulatory and internal requirements
•    Participates in HES activities provided by site management and Arkema Inc. (e.g., Behavioral Base Safety, etc.)
•    Supports and promotes the reporting of all health, safety, environmental, near-miss, accident or injury incident

MInimimum Qualifications:

•    5 Years manufacturing experience in maintenance/reliability, preferably in the chemcial industry 
•    BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering 
•    API Certification preferred

Competencies:

•    Experience with reliability tools such as RDFA, FMEA, Weibull analysis, statistical analysis, etc.
•    Knowledge of applicable use of Recognized and Generally Accepted Good Engineering PRactices includes ASME, API, ASTM