Reliability Manager

West Fraser; Dudley (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits starting Day 1

Competitive starting pay

On-the-job training

Promotions from within

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401K with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Paid vacations

Job summary

West Fraser is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer to identify and manage asset reliability risks across plant operations, developing maintenance plans and applying predictive and non-destructive testing methodologies. You will work with process and project teams to improve life cycle asset management and capital projects.

The role requires 8+ years in maintenance/reliability, a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, and strong knowledge of preventive maintenance and failure-detection tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years in maintenance/reliability with fixed plant equipment.
• Experience in industrial/manufacturing environments; forest products preferred.
• Experience in project management.
• Managerial/supervisory experience.
• Advanced computer skills including MS Office.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance and failure-detection tools (vibration analysis, oil monitoring, thermography).
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage asset reliability risks across plant operations.
• Develop and maintain asset maintenance plans with preventive and predictive tasks.
• Apply RCA/RCFA and Six Sigma methodologies for root cause analysis.
• Support life cycle asset management and LCAM processes.
• Collaborate with production and maintenance on remaining useful life analyses.
• Contribute to risk management and capital project decisions.
• Develop design/installation specs and acceptance tests.

Skills

Maintenance and reliability experience

Project management

Managerial/supervisory experience

MS Office

Vibration analysis

Oil monitoring

Thermography

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

This position is responsible for identifying and managing asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. Position must guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, safety and process safety systems. Identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. This broad primary role includes loss elimination, risk management, life cycle asset management, and capital project management.

What you will do:

These responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes:
• Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
• Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. To fulfill this responsibility, the reliability engineer applies:
• Data analysis techniques that can include:
• Statistical process control
• Reliability modeling and prediction
• Fault tree analysis
• Six Sigma methodology
• Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
• Works with project and area engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations. The reliability engineering manager is responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans. Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers. Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.
• Participates in the final check-out of new installations. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
• Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety/security systems
• Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
• Works with Production to perform analyses of assets including:
• Remaining useful life
• Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of assets
• Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel.
• Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the General Manager.

What you need to be successful:

• Eligible to legally work in the United States
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or equivalent combination of training and experience
• 8 or more years of relevant maintenance and/or reliability experience in fixed plant equipment
• Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment (forest products industry preferred)
• Experience in project management
• Managerial/Supervisory experience
• Advanced computer skills including MS Office software
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection (i.e. vibration analysis, oil monitoring, thermography) qw as well as the software associated with them
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge and aptitude
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

What will make you stand out:

• Experience in relevant areas of CMMS
• Knowledge of Mill processes and equipment.
• Good oral and written communication skills and good team building skills.
• Have a strong fundamental understanding of mechanical, hydraulic, and circulating systems operation, contamination control and maintenance functions.
• Demonstrated initiative and strong work habits.
• Proven ability to organize, plan and establish a routine of activities to ensure principal accountabilities are met.
• Basic understanding of maintenance activities and equipment.

Outstanding benefits package including:

• Benefits starting Day 1
• Competitive starting pay
• On-the-job training
• A culture that strongly believes in promoting from within
• Medical
• Vision
• 401K with company match and additional retirement contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Paid vacations and holidays

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips, and energy with over 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, and Europe. We are the largest lumber producer in North America, a leading global manufacturer of wood-based panels, and the world’s largest producer of oriented strand board (OSB). We are a growing company, believe strongly in promoting from within, and pride ourselves on providing a challenging environment with continuous development. The successful candidate should be interested in future growth opportunities within the company.

West Fraser is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D & Drug-Free Workplace (DFW)

Travel Required

Yes . <10% expected travel. Must be able to travel via car and air when required.

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