Reliability Engineer

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Waco (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Incentive programs

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Reliability Engineer to drive equipment reliability improvements at the site and lead asset management initiatives. You will coordinate reliability processes, develop asset registers, and guide maintenance strategies for production, utilities, and supporting assets.

The role requires applying RCFA, MTBF, and OEE analyses, and collaborating with project engineers to ensure reliable installations. A strong background in maintenance, reliability, and problem solving is essential.

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant work experience.
• Strong IT skills and proficient in the use of computer-based Maintenance Management system.
• Six Sigma knowledge would be beneficial.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written for the execution of this role.
• Detailed evaluation of viable solutions under pressure.
• Innovative thinking with new and untested solutions.
• Very high attention to detail and concentration to ensure accuracy.
• Results driven to meet targets and metrics.
• Commitment to quality and integrity in all duties.

Responsibilities

• Support the Maintenance Excellence Program (MEP) by targeting critical equipment assets for optimization and improvement.
• Guide reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety systems.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and apply methods to prevent or reduce failures.
• Analyze failure history to determine reliability characteristics and develop long-term solutions.
• Develop and enforce Asset Operations and Asset Maintenance Plans for optimal asset use.
• Ensure adherence to Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) across asset life cycles.
• Conduct RCFA and analyze asset performance using metrics like OEE and MTBF.
• Create value-added preventative maintenance tasks and determine use of predictive/non-destructive testing.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering on new equipment, ensure reliability specs for changes.
• Define risk management approaches for reliability-related and other risks.

Skills

Strong IT skills

Strong communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Results driven

Integrity/work ethic

Innovative thinking

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Six Sigma

Job description

• Compensation: USD 84,500 - USD 162,000 - yearly

Company Description

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.

Job Description

The Reliability Engineer (RE) is responsible for driving continuous equipment reliability improvements by providing and coordinating technical support, and by managing the reliability improvement processes for the site, with the aim of reducing the risk levels to the business.
Within the role, the RE will direct and provide leadership for key equipment assets that will ensure asset reliability is maintained at the highest levels, and will drive for reliability of work processes, procedures and operating practices.
The RE will define, design, develop, and monitor the site’s critical asset register to provide standardized processes and procedures for the proper operation and care of key production, utility and supporting assets.

Responsibilities

• Support the site’s Maintenance Excellence Program (MEP) by targeting critical equipment assets for optimization and continuous improvement activities. Train employees on reliability processes, train supervision on the impact that the operators and technicians can have on reliability.
• Guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety systems.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures, and apply knowledge in methods and processes to prevent, or reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures in site systems.
• Analyze failure history to determine the reliability characteristics of key systems, and from this analysis, develop long-term solutions to recurring issues.
• Develop and enforce an Asset Operations Plan that will ensure optimum utilization and operating efficiency of facility’s assets, and development of an Asset Maintenance Plan to ensure adequate levels of sustaining effective maintenance for each plant asset on the asset register.
• Responsible for adherence to Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
• Conduct root cause failure analysis (RCFA) by understanding and applying failure data analysis techniques, perform analyses of asset and production equipment performance to include asset utilization, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), Mean Time between Failure (MTBF) and remaining useful life as guiding parameters.
• Generate asset management plan that includes creation of value-added preventative maintenance tasks, and determine the most effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methods to identify inherent reliability problems.
• Work with Project Engineering to review maintenance and installation plans for new equipment, and provide reliability and maintainability specifications for changes, to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations. Participate in design and installation specifications, factory and site acceptance testing, and commissioning plans to assure adherence to functional specifications.
• Define an approach to risk management that will anticipate reliability-related, and non-reliability-related risks, that could have adverse operational impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years relevant work experience.
• Strong IT Skills, and proficient in the use of computer-based Maintenance Management system.
• Previous demonstrated experience of six sigma methodology would be beneficial.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written are required for the execution of this role, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Detailed evaluation of a number of viable solutions to each problem at a time, requires proven problem solving skills under pressure.
• Requires innovative thinking, where new and untested solutions are proposed, demonstrated and implemented on a regular basis.
• Requires a very high level of attention to detail and mental concentration, to ensure accuracy and total compliance with procedures at all times.
• Must be results driven striving to meet all targets and metric standards as set by site/department and division leaders.
• Requires total commitment to quality and maintaining a high standard of work at all times, and demonstrates the highest levels of integrity and a strong work ethic.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.