Senior Engineer, Validation and Reliability

ZipRecruiter; Mahwah (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Reliability Engineer to lead the development of strategic asset reliability and maintenance programs within a manufacturing environment. This role is pivotal in ensuring operational excellence through the implementation of best practices and standards, while collaborating with various teams to enhance asset performance. The ideal candidate will leverage their expertise in reliability engineering, KPI development, and proactive maintenance strategies to drive improvements and reduce costs. Join a dynamic team dedicated to achieving organizational objectives and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in reliability engineering and asset management.
• Strong analytical skills with a focus on KPIs and performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement reliability strategies to enhance asset performance.
• Collaborate with teams to drive improvements in maintenance processes.

Skills

Reliability Engineering

Asset Management

KPI Development

Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

Preventive Maintenance

Predictive Maintenance

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Certification in Reliability Engineering

Tools

CMMS Software

Data Analysis Tools

Job description

The Reliability Engineer will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic asset reliability and maintenance programs across the manufacturing plant.

The position also serves as a subject matter expert (SME), focusing on developing and sustaining standards and best practices.

These efforts aim to ensure consistency and standardization in reliability program operations throughout the site, working closely with local plant engineering, operations, continuous improvement, and facilities maintenance teams to facilitate the achievement of organizational objectives.

Responsibilities include:

1. Improving the performance of physical assets and establishing strategies to enhance maintenance and reliability performance using KPIs.
2. Collaborating with plant leadership, engineering teams, corporate functions, external partners, and contractors to achieve these goals.
3. Creating and implementing reliability strategies, including Asset Criticality Assessments, FMEAs, Proactive Maintenance (PM) strategies, and Spare Parts analyses.
4. Developing and monitoring KPIs, dashboards, and reporting systems to monitor and improve asset performance.
5. Aligning proactive maintenance strategies (e.g., preventive, and predictive tasks) with asset criticality to ensure efficient and effective processes.
6. Conducting and facilitating Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for significant or recurring failures, including FMEA when necessary, and implementing strategy improvements to prevent recurrence.
7. Ensuring best practices in CMMS utilization, including maintaining accurate preventive and predictive maintenance procedures, as well as asset master data, hierarchy, and configuration.
8. Analyzing CMMS data to enhance reliability and reduce maintenance costs while ensuring visibility of performance metrics to site managers.
9. Driving the implementation and sustainability of effective workflow processes, including work request management, work request authorization, work order planning, kitting, scheduling, execution, and documentation/closure.
10. Leading TPM events to improve equipment performance and identify preventative maintenance improvements and opportunities to enhance autonomous maintenance activities.