Lead Reliability Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reliability Engineer to enhance system availability at their Liverpool biopharmaceutical manufacturing site. This pivotal role involves developing a comprehensive maintenance strategy, utilizing advanced reliability engineering tools, and leading initiatives to optimize equipment performance. The successful candidate will leverage their extensive experience to implement best practices and mentor engineering teams, ensuring compliance with cGMP standards. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to excellence in manufacturing and make a significant impact on operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in reliability engineering in biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of maintenance best practices and condition monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a reliability-centered maintenance program.
• Analyze equipment trends and recommend improvements for reliability.

Skills

Reliability Engineering

Condition Monitoring

Vibration Analysis

Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

Project Management

Mechanical Systems Expertise

Leadership Skills

Education

Degree in Engineering

CMRP Certification

Tools

CMMS (SAP-PM, Maximo)

Predictive Maintenance Tools

Job description

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Develop and implement a Reliability strategy at the Liverpool flu manufacturing site to achieve consistently high system availability through the optimization of maintenance practices.

Investigate, evaluate, promote, and implement methods to improve overall process and facility reliability, functionality, and efficiency, while ensuring that the requirements of cGMP manufacturing are maintained. Reporting to our Head of Engineering, you will be based at our Liverpool site.

Responsibilities :

1. Develop a site-wide reliability-centered maintenance program for an existing biopharmaceutical manufacturing site through the application of extensive knowledge and experience in engineering and maintenance.
2. Implement asset reliability assessments of process and utility equipment, providing technical leadership, facilitation, and expertise for these assessments.
3. Utilize Reliability Engineering tools such as CMMS, RCM, RBI, RCFA, PM plan optimizations, equipment history analysis, failure predictions, predictive maintenance techniques, and others to maximize equipment reliability.
4. Apply engineering theories, practices, and principles to perform failure analysis, determine root causes of equipment failures, and conduct equipment performance evaluations. Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures affecting plant reliability.
5. Analyze equipment trends, historical data, and uptime data to recommend and justify improvements for high equipment reliability.
6. Establish and maintain site reliability KPI data and dashboards to ensure focus on equipment reliability.
7. Support the development of maintenance standards and best practices, including preventative and predictive maintenance.
8. Recommend and implement reliability improvements for systems.
9. Manage engineers or maintenance technicians, directly or indirectly.
10. Provide mentoring and coaching for engineering or technical staff.

Qualifications :

1. Substantial experience with reliability engineering within a relevant industry.
2. Understanding of maintenance and reliability best practices, including condition monitoring and RCM.
3. Knowledge of rotating equipment and alignment techniques.
4. Experience with lubrication and interpreting oil analysis results.
5. Proficiency in vibration analysis and interpretation of vibration reports.
6. Fundamentals of nondestructive testing.
7. Experience with Equipment Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
8. Knowledge of RCFA and FMEA methodologies.
9. Familiarity with engineering design standards and their application.
10. Experience with CMMS systems such as SAP-PM and Maximo.
11. Expertise in mechanical systems, plant, and equipment for large-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing.
12. Strong leadership, organizational planning, and project management skills, with the ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams.
13. CMRP certification preferred.
14. Experience working in a matrix organization and leading others indirectly.

Different qualifications or responsibilities may apply based on local legal and/or educational requirements. Refer to local job documentation where applicable.

CSL Seqirus is committed to attracting and retaining world-class employees who are valued for their contributions to achieving business objectives.