Reliability Engineer

About the role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the primary role of the Reliability Engineer is to identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. The Engineer must know and apply correct management and maintenance disciplines to troubleshoot and maintain the sustainability and reliability of the integrated systems of people, materials, and equipment. The sustainability and reliability of all plant systems assures the plant can meet business demands and schedules for maximum profitability.

Responsibilities

• Track production losses and maintenance costs of assets and find ways to reduce those losses or high costs.
• Assure that the Management of Change (MOC) system is followed to capture all changes made to plant processes or equipment.
• Assist in the sitewide Predictive Maintenance program, including vibration monitoring, lubrication, and oil analysis.
• Improve the reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) program for equipment, covering piping repair and replacement, storage tank mechanical integrity, pressure vessel inspection and repair, relief valve inspection and testing, and maintenance procedure development.
• Participate in and conduct incident investigations using the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) process.
• Be involved in the design and installation stages of projects for new assets and modification of existing assets.
• Act as liaison with Operations, Maintenance, and Engineering, coordinating the work of internal personnel when necessary, and controlling costs.
• Be responsible for engineering, maintenance, and reliability of plant equipment and capital projects.
• Regularly review equipment failures, determine preventive maintenance (PM) actions to prevent recurring failure, and recommend PM instructions.
• Regularly review downtime reports and equipment histories to identify recurring maintenance problems requiring engineering attention and find engineering solutions.
• Identify potential for cost reduction through extended parts life, reduced labor cost, and other part-related improvement techniques.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement and cost-reduction initiatives.
• Coordinate work with outside engineering firms and contractors.
• Study corrosion, fatigue, wear, and erosion rates throughout the plant and initiate corrective action as required.
• Work with personnel from other departments on reliability problems, causes, and best solutions.
• Assist with coordination of the sitewide Reliability Technician program, including thickness testing, alloy analysis, failure analysis, lubrication, and vibration analysis.
• Participate in the Corporate Manufacturing Reliability Council (MRC) to identify, develop, and share best practices among all sites.
• Share engineering and maintenance best practices with other Nutrien sites.
• Coordinate the sitewide effort on implementing best-practice maintenance for reliability improvement.
• Perform Safety Contacts and Safety Audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering is required.
• 2+ years of professional experience in Reliability Engineering and Predictive Maintenance Technologies within heavy industry.

Applicants must meet minimum age requirements, as permitted by law.