Reliability Engineer

Oji Fibre Solutions; Māngere-Ōtāhuhu; On-site; NZD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

On-site parking

Medical cover

Life and income protection insurance

Supportive management team

Job summary

Oji Fibre Solutions is seeking a Reliability Engineer to lead predictive and preventative maintenance for our Mangere Bridge site. You will drive plant reliability, reduce downtime and extend equipment life, collaborating with maintenance, production and contractors to implement improvements and maintain safety standards.

The role requires 3+ years in reliability engineering, experience with pneumatics/hydraulics, RCA workshops, and CMMS usage.

Qualifications

• Three years plus experience in a Reliability Engineering role with proven projects
• Experience in improving machinery reliability in modern high-speed manufacturing
• Knowledge of pneumatics and hydraulics and engineering methods
• Safety systems incl. permit to work, LOTO, machine guarding
• Experience running RCA workshops with cross-functional teams
• Formal Lean training advantageous
• CMMS familiarity (MEX, SAP) and data analysis skills
• Industrial safety and risk-based inspection experience

Responsibilities

• Improve plant reliability by reviewing results and ensuring preventative and predictive maintenance schedules
• Reduce unplanned downtime and extend equipment life through reliability centred maintenance
• Resolve major breakdowns using RCA and collaborative problem solving
• Teach reliability techniques to maintenance and production staff
• Design and implement improvements to equipment and processes
• Identify barriers to improving engineering performance
• Manage relationships with suppliers and contractors
• Support health and safety culture within the team

Skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance planning

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

RCA facilitation

Lean principles

CMMS (MEX, SAP)

Safety culture

Education

NZCE or Mechanical/Electrical Engineering degree

Advanced Trade Certification

Tools

MEX or SAP CMMS

Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Job description

Oji Fibre Solutions is one of New Zealand's leading manufacturers and suppliers of packaging solutions to a wide range of industries throughout the country. Our customers include blue chip manufacturers and marketers of packaging products to the food, primary produce, industrial and grocery sectors. Based at our Corrugated Case business in Mangere Bridge, Auckland, we provide innovative and high-quality cardboard packaging to the dairy, horticulture, industrial and food sectors.

Significant scope for the right person to make the role their own and broaden into potential further leadership opportunities. Reporting to the Engineering Manager you will work closely with production and various other departments, whilst exhibiting a strong drive, along with highly skilled technical expertise and a confident communication style. Due to the demanding nature of our fast-paced manufacturing process, you need to be flexible with work hours, with the expectation of some call outs and weekend work.

We want your expertise in predictive and preventative engineering to lead the sites productive maintenance program with the goal of eliminating equipment and process failures.

You will be responsible for:

• Improving plant reliability by reviewing current results and ensuring correct execution of preventative and predictive maintenance schedules
• To reduce or eliminate unplanned downtime, decrease recovery time and extend manufacturing equipment life through the optimisation of reliability centred maintenance programs, data collection and regular risk-based inspections
• Resolving major breakdowns and roadblocks to productivity using RCA and other collaborative problem-solving techniques
• Adopt and teach Reliability techniques to maintenance and production staff
• Focus on continuous improvement working with the current maintenance team to design and implement improvements to existing equipment and processes
• Identifying and dealing with barriers to improving engineering performance
• Managing effective relationships with suppliers and contractors
• Supporting Health and Safety culture within the team

You possess:

• Three years plus experience working in a Reliability Engineering role, with proven successfully delivered projects
• Experience managing and improving machinery reliability in a modern high-speed manufacturing environment
• Experience in pneumatics, hydraulic systems with a working knowledge of engineering methods
• Strong health and safety culture including knowledge of permit to work systems, LOTO and machine guarding
• Comfortable running RCA workshops with a cross functional team to deliver up results
• Advanced Trade Certification and/or NZCE or relevant Degree in Mechanical Engineering (or Electrical)
• Formal training in Lean principles advantageousul>
• RCA Best Practice knowledge
• Total Preventative Maintenance experience
• Experience using a CMMS system (MEX, SAP etc)
• Computer literate in Word, Excel and Powerpoint

Machine reliability and improvement is critical to the continued success and safety of our site. We are committed to enhancing the effectiveness of both by identifying and managing barriers to productivity and encourage applications online from motivated and experienced self-starters with a passion to make it happen!

You will gain a career with a leading New Zealand manufacturer and enjoy benefits including:

• A competitive salary in accordance with your qualifications and experience
• 7.5% superannuation benefits package including medical cover, life and income protection insurance
• On-site free parking
• The support of a dedicated and experienced management team

The successful candidate for this new permanent role will be required to undergo pre-employment medical, drug and police checking at our expense.