Lead Reliability Engineer

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manages the planning, scheduling, MRO, and CBM personnel for the site
• Drive and conduct Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis across the plant
• Develop and implement maintenance and reliability strategies within Veolia's corporate Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Define, track, and report on plant reliability KPIs: Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Planned Maintenance Percentage (PMP)
• Monitor and track key equipment reliability strategies, such as condition monitoring, equipment mapping, non-destructive testing (NDT), and visual inspections
• Lead the implementation of predictive technologies, including vibration analysis, ultrasonic analysis, thermography, PdMA, oil analysis, corrosion detection, and dissolved gas analysis
• Perform & document equipment criticality analysis in support of an effective critical spares strategy
• Lead technical incident investigations through Root Cause Analysis (Cause Mapping/Fault Free Diagram/5Whys/Cost Benefit Analysis) and implementation of recommended solutions
• Analyze data to identify reliability trends, forecast risks, and drive improvements in equipment uptime, cost, and safety
• Support in establishing maintenance job plans including shutdowns/outages
• Apply technical knowledge to troubleshoot equipment/production issues across multiple production lines working cross functionally with operations, engineering, maintenance, etc.
• Develop, write, and review new process documentation
• Champion and lead the plant's shift toward digitization, owning the implementation of digital reliability tools and technologies
• Lead capital projects aimed at enhancing reliability
• Develop and implement a lubrication program effectiveness and the hydraulics improvement plan
• Support in developing the Asset Register and Hierarchies

Qualifications

• B.S Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related field)
• 5+ years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, Operations Engineer, or Maintenance Engineer
• Computer literate with MS Office, Google, and similar software
• Good communication, interpretation, and active listening skills
• Experience working in a manufacturing facility
• Ability and willingness to wear personal protective equipment, for example safety glasses, gloves, ear plugs, and safety shoes, as required
• 7+ years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, Operations Engineer, or Maintenance Engineer preferred
• Possession of a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (or similar) certification, such as MMP, CMRP, or CRE preferred
• Possesses working knowledge of CMMS and data analytics preferred
• High motivated, dynamic, and self-disciplined individual with strong technical competence and excellent interpersonal skills, capable of working both independently and collaboratively within a team
• Leverage lean manufacturing experience preferred