Utilities Engineer

About the role

The Utilities Engineer is responsible for design, engineering, safety, and quality support in the following utility equipment systems: Clean Steam, Purified Water, WFI and RO Systems, HVAC Systems, Plant Steam Systems, Process Chillers, Compressed/Process Air, Nitrogen, Refrigeration Process, Alcohol Distillation and Recovery Process systems for the Kankakee facility. This individual will work closely with a cross-functional team to meet the needs of the groups they support.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the operational improvement of the utility systems based upon industry trends and emerging technologies: Provide engineering support to address operational / compliance issues and to ensure equipment is maintained at a level required to provide high reliability maximizing useful life.
• Provide engineering support to operations, maintenance, manufacturing, automation, quality assurance, validation, reliability engineering and project engineering.
• Manage system documentation including creation, review, updates, and approval of technical specifications, operating procedures, and system drawings.
• Accountable for the Utility Reliability Program: Execute the maintenance strategy for new and modified equipment. Management of CMMS data integrity and execution of Reliability Centered Maintenance Improvements.
• Develop preventative maintenance procedures for utility systems in collaboration with the Reliability Engineering department ensuring maintenance programs are implemented.
• Continuous Improvement of maintenance PM’s, BOM’s and Spare Parts.
• Manage and monitor KPI’s: