The Engineer-Reliability plays a key role in the lifecycle of a product and is responsible for developing methods that determine the reliability of components/equipment and processes.
In this role you will:
- Prepare diagrams, charts, drawings, calculations and reports (Metrics) to identify reliability problems and make recommendations for improvements.
- Investigate reliability problems relative to cost limitations for equipment availability repair/replacement costs, availability of materials and equipment, and develops plans that comply with customer demands to avoid equipment failures
- Monitor the equipment to prevent failures that could impede business operations and potentially lead to downtime or a loss of throughput
- Guidance on maintenance, repair, replacement, fabrication, installation, alteration, construction, and design of facility components requiring the application.
- Joint collaboration with Facility Engineering for accurate and timely repair/maintenance dispositions.
Position Responsibility:
- Gathers and examines basic reliability data from field studies or database and correlates data for analysis
- Root-cause and Root-Cause Failure Analysis (RCA, RCFA)
- Failure Reporting, Analysis and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
- Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
- Assist with project planning and implementation.
- Work closely with budgets and finance to reduce maintenance and operating costs.
- Develops and drives a facility predictable and reliable maintenance plan.
- Provides input to a Risk Management Plan that will anticipate reliability-related, and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
- Increase equipment longevity and reduce downtime.
- Avoidance of single point of failure (SPOF)
- Assists in transforming Preventative Maintenance practices into Predictive/Condition Based Maintenance
- Drive new technologies to program integration.
- Works under the Manager of Operations
This position is located in Groton, CT