Field Service Reliability Engineer

Advanced Technology Services; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Technology Services (ATS) seeks a seasoned reliability specialist to guide maintenance improvements across multiple facilities. You will lead root cause analyses, analyze failure data, and develop proactive strategies to boost equipment uptime and reduce costs.

Strong communication and mentoring skills are essential for cross-site collaboration. Required are extensive experience in reliability tools, Six Sigma or Lean, and hands-on knowledge of electrical/mechanical systems.

Qualifications

• Eight or more years of reliability experience across 2+ manufacturing sites.
• Ability to perform full array of reliability tool sets.
• Strong technical understanding of electrical or mechanical components and design.
• Ability to conduct FMEA, cause/effect diagrams, RCA, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis.
• Research and apply new equipment technology/trends.
• Robust problem solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent spoken and written communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach teams in reliability best practices.
• Identify top issues causing lost production and preventable maintenance spend.
• Communicate findings with leadership and justify improvements.
• Lead root cause analyses and document corrective actions.
• Support equipment improvement projects and reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with maintenance to prioritize assets and actions.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Vibration analysis

Weibull analysis

Six Sigma/Lean methodology

Troubleshooting electrical/mechanical

Data trend analysis

Communication skills

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Green Belt certification

Tools

Maintenance systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Founded in 1985, ATS is a company with a presence in the United States, Mexico and the United Kingdom. We are professionals in Industrial Maintenance and we make factories run better.

Promotes and adheres to the ATS safety culture.

Engages in various work environments and industries to lead reliability centered maintenance efforts.

Mentors, coaches, and provides reliability best practices for applications in customer facilities, by customer personnel

Identifies top potential issues leading to lost production and preventable maintenance spending. Communicates findings with leadership.

Provides solutions to root cause deficiencies and demonstrates economic benefits to their correction.

Actively drives the implementation of equipment improvement projects.

Identifies and implements current and new processes / technologies to increase equipment performance and uptime

Champions systems and best practice procedures towards a proactive manufacturing culture.

Analyzes equipment performance, failure data, and corrective maintenance history to develop and deploy engineering solutions, improved maintenance strategies, preventative maintenance optimization, and other reliability techniques.

Provides technical service to operations and manufacturing personnel on equipment related troubleshooting efforts.

Utilizes predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance technologies and strategies designed to identify or control risks prior to failure and ensure optimum maintenance execution.

Collaborates with the maintenance team to prioritize assets and actions by determining failure probabilities and evaluating the risk of compliance, supply, strategy, and cost.

Provides training and coaching in Root Cause and Reliability Analysis and takes ownership for ongoing corrective action tracking, implementation and follow up to ensure that all Root Cause Analysis projects are documented.

Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and ATS policies and procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:

Eight or more years of reliability experience across 2 or more manufacturing sites

Demonstrates ability to perform full array of reliability tool sets

Strong technical understanding of electrical or mechanical components, tools, and designs

Ability to complete a failure mode effects analysis, cause and effect diagrams, root cause failure analysis, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis

Ability to research and apply new equipment technology / trends

Robust problem solving, mathematical, analytical, and decision making skills

Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications, including Microsoft Office

Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills

Strong reporting and technical writing capability

Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships

Desire to develop into a leadership role

Experience with data trend analysis, vibration analysis, motor current analysis, oil analysis, lubrication and hydraulic testing, laser alignment, nondestructive testing, infrared thermography, ultrasound technology, acoustic reliability technology, Weibull analysis, and Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing methodologies

Knowledge of various government regulations such as, Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), National Electrical Testing Association (NETA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Green Belt certification

Interpersonal Skills

Strategic Skills

Self-awareness

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors.

ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range, or be above or below the range, based on factors including, but not limited to, education, training, experience, professional achievement, business need, and location.

Pay Range

$50.96 — $65.19 USD

ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status. Review the privacy policy here.

ATS se compromete a brindar igualdad de oportunidades de empleo en todos los aspectos del empleo a todos los solicitantes y empleados, independientemente de su edad, color, raza, religión, sexo (incluido el embarazo, identidad de género y orientación sexual), origen nacional, discapacidad, estatus de veterano, información genética u otro estatus legalmente protegido. Revisión de la política de privacidad aquí here.