Reliability Engineer

Owens Corning Foundation; Fairburn (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building products firm is seeking a Predictive Maintenance Technician to lead safety and maintenance initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Engineering and extensive experience in manufacturing with a focus on predictive maintenance techniques. Responsibilities include improving plant operations, driving safety compliance, and managing maintenance projects. This role offers the chance to work in a collaborative environment committed to sustainability and innovation.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience within a manufacturing or technical environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership/supervisory experience.
• Strong experience with vibration data collection/analysis and thermography.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects at one time.
• Ability to communicate with and engage employees at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements.
• Track production losses and high maintenance-cost assets.
• Drive risk reduction projects in various operational areas.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures.
• Monitor and enforce all plant and corporate policies and procedures.

Skills

Vibration data collection/analysis

Thermography

Preventative and Predictive Maintenance techniques

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Reports to

Maintenance Leader

Span of Control

Predictive Maintenance Technician(s), Maintenance Planner(s) [Hourly]

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Live the safety stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities

• Lead execution of monthly team safety requirements
• Educate team members on safe operations
• Effectively communicate Owens Corning’s stand on safety throughout the Operations Department
• Perform reporting and investigation of all safety incidents, driving to root cause and permanent resolution

Drives the elimination of production losses

• Tracks production losses and high maintenance-cost assets to determine ways to reduce losses and/or high costs
• Prioritizes findings to focus efforts on the largest/most critical opportunities
• Develops a plan (in partnership with the operations and maintenance teams) to eliminate or reduce the losses through root cause analysis
• Obtains approval of the plan and facilitates the implementation

Manages risk to the achievement of the plant’s strategic objectives

• Drives risk reduction projects in the areas of environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality, and production
• Employs analytical tools to identify and reduce risks
• Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations

Improves plant asset total cost of ownership

• Designs and installs stages of projects for new assets and for the modification of existing assets
• Ensures the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations in partnership with project engineers
• Drives solutions in the areas of problems including capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues

Direct planning team to provide valid work plans and reliable equipment data

• Prioritizing work for the maintenance hourly planners
• Ensuring Planning Dept Backlog are within acceptable levels
• Ensuring that all information needed to support the planning process is complete and accurate
• Systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors, and refines asset maintenance plans and bills of material
• Report weekly metrics of schedule compliance.

Leads and develops talent

• Monitors and enforces all plant and corporate policies and procedures
• Provides candid feedback on expectations and performance to all members of team on regular basis
• Actively leads and builds effective work teams to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives
• Maintains documentation, tracks, counsels, and executes coaching and corrective action when performance issues occur
• Reviews, tracks, and modifies individual training plans based on individual needs

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering, Mechanical, Electrical, or related field of study
• Minimum of 5 years of experience within a manufacturing or technical environment
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership/supervisory experience
• Strong experience with vibration data collection/analysis and thermography

EXPERIENCE

• Experience working within a union environment preferred
• Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional certification preferred
• Business system experience (Entering notifications, work orders, manipulating bills of material, part searches, running reports, etc.)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Ability to communicate with and engage employees at all levels of the organization
• Strong background in Preventative and Predictive Maintenance techniques
• Ability to analyze and use data to drive equipment improvements
• Ability to manage multiple priorities or projects at one time
• Able to influence without authority
• Demonstrates strategic planning and thinking
• Ability to analyze and present data in an organized and effective manner using tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.