Reliability Engineer

Position Summary

• To support and lead design, build and maintain systems for reliability, availability, scalability and performance.
• To develop, maintain and improve tools and scripts for system backups, monitoring and performance analysis.
• Perform system design and architecture, trouble shooting and debugging. Monitor and maintain existing systems, servers and applications.

Responsibilities

Main Role and Activities

• To develop FMEA processes for existing and new machines and equipment establishing MTTF and MTTR matrices.
• To use effectively performance data analysis to predict failures and prevent them before they cause downtime.
• Use performance evaluation tests to find and eliminate potential safety and production risks.
• Find recurring equipment failures and perform root cause analysis to understand them and recommend corrective actions.
• To help and develop the maintenance team to develop predictive and proactive maintenance strategies that improve equipment reliability.
• Collaborate with other stakeholders within the business to maintain and ensure the reliability of new equipment or modified assets and installations.
• Measure and optimize system performance of key equipment.
• Develop a strategy for a life cycle management process predicting replacement and a cost profile supporting the business finances.
• To actively encourage and push for continuous improvement to anticipate the business and customer needs.
• Participate in the development process for the installation of any custom machine requirements and specifications.
• Provide support to production teams to ensure asset utilization and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

Key Duties

•  Ability to multitask and prioritize workloads.
•  Leadership and logical thinking skills relevant to the effective running of the plant and facilities.
• Deliver Maintenance & Reliability solutions in relation to defined requirements, across the full engineering lifecycle.
• To maintain and ensure site facilities are always maintained and fully functional.
• Effective stakeholder management, engaging and influencing others to drive improvements across the business.
• Identify and support opportunities for cost savings, efficiency and business improvement, supporting operational excellence initiatives.
• Using KPI's to ensure work remains on track and performance is measured on a consistent and regular basis.
• The ability to solve a range of technical problems that may be mechanical, electrical or control, then make the necessary decisions to rectify and prevent repeats.
• Ability to communicate and present reports with others on technical requirements and modifications.
• Concise and managed calibration, cleaning, pre-run checks of machinery.
• Support to all business functions within the business.

Other Activities

• Maintaining 5’s standards of environment when maintenance support operational activities.
• To carry out housekeeping within your area of responsibility, ensuring areas are clean and tidy, thus maintaining a safe workplace.
• Lead/participate in failure mode effects analysis of critical assets and key systems.
• Reporting of non-conformances, machine issues, maintenance requests, to maintenance department.
• To undertake all necessary machinery checks to ensure the process and equipment are running effectively without disruption ensuring robust manufacture.
• To ensure that all equipment calibration is within date and working effectively ensuring up-to-date certification is valid.

Education level and/or relevant experiences

• Ideal: - bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in engineering.
• Required: - recognised Engineering-related qualification (NVQ level 4/HNC ideal) and a strong maintenance engineering background (the hiring manager is flexible on discipline)

Knowledge and skills

• Understanding of extrusion/compounding/blow film equipment would be beneficial.
• Skills in both mechanical and electrical disciplines would be favourable.
• Understanding of TPM processes and techniques.
• Knowledge of ATEX requirements would be required.
• Energetic mindset & willingness to develop the equipment and process.
• Attention to detail and knowledge of Ishikawa / 5Y problem identification and resolution tools.
• Willingness to expand own engineering skills and experience relevant to engineering domain.
• Knowledge & experience of Computerised Maintenance Management Systems (Shire) would be highly beneficial to support analysis activities.
• ·     Knowledge of Scada data transfer and control would be desirable.
• ·       Preferable - IT conversant “Microsoft Office” particularly excel.

Other requirements

Analytical skills would be beneficial