Maintenance/Reliability Engineer

• Key Responsibilities:
• Develop and implement equipment reliability initiatives
• Assist production to optimize plant productivity and quality
• Technical resource for production personnel on plant utilities
• Assist maintenance employees in their skills by giving technical advice and direction
• Provide leadership implementing long term solutions to recurrent problems
• Quickly provide troubleshooting and problem solving as difficulties arise
• Review and optimize the predictive and preventive maintenance programs
• Communicate daily with area coordinators
• Position is on-call 24/7 to support all aspects of maintenance and production
• Projects:
• Implement improvement projects (scope, cost estimation, request capital money, supervision of fieldwork, commissioning)
• Investigate frequent equipment failures to help identify root cause and implement long-term solutions
• Oversee outside contractors in support of plant requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Mechanical or chemical engineering preferred
• 7 or more years of engineering experience in chemical or food processing industries
• Expert working knowledge of production equipment and chemical processes
• Knowledge of industrial maintenance techniques (PM, PDM, CMMS, RCM, TPM)
• Understanding of good engineering and safety practices
• Ability to coordinate, train, and motivate hourly employees and outside contractors
• Good communication and technical writing skills
• Ability to estimate, plan, schedule, and complete work orders in a timely fashion
• Ability to manage budget and to estimate costs related to various projects
• Knowledge of capital money management and return on investment
• Strong teamwork skills to collaborate with colleagues and support maintenance teams

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