o Define and drive site reliability improvement strategy.
o Provide technical expertise, data analysis, planning, and implementation to improve equipment availability and assess utilization.
o Proactively analyze plant reliability and down-time data to identify current and potential defects.
o Analyze work order trends, predictive equipment information, manufacturer specifications, documentation and failure analysis data to prepare operating and maintenance strategies.
o Mentor maintenance mechanics in reliability-based maintenance techniques
o Write repair plans and scopes of work for equipment repairs.
o Lead root cause analysis to evaluate the causes of equipment failures.
o Resolve and prevent reliability defects by removing validated root causes and verifying effectiveness of solutions.
o Lead the development and implementation of reliability-based capital improvement projects and cost projects.
o Work with Process Engineers, Facilities Manager and PM engineer to develop scopes of work and final design for capital improvements and modifications to process equipment to improve their reliability.
o Communication of reliability program efforts within the organization.
o Participate in Reliability Centered maintenance exercises and implement changes to improve equipment reliability.
o Develop maintenance templates for mechanical equipment.
o Assist Process Engineers and operators in troubleshooting equipment problems.
o Considers impact of costs on recommended action plans for avoiding/correcting problems during the design phase or remedial action for correcting reliability problems on installed equipment; and performs root cause failure analysis to help prevent failures.
o Assignments are broad in nature and require appreciable originality and ingenuity for completing the assignments which have considerable latitude for un-reviewed action or decisions.
o Determines the cost advantages of alternatives for developing action plans to comply with internal/external customer demands for reliability processes/equipment to avoid failures.
o These strategies are designed to maximize return on investment and provide optimum asset utilization with minimal maintenance expense.
o Follows company safety and health guidelines and other company policies.
o Performs other work as assigned.