Reliability Engineer

Nufarm is a dependable partner in agriculture, helping growers with challenges related to disease, weeds, and pests. They are seeking a Reliability Engineer to ensure the reliability and maintainability of equipment and processes while optimizing costs and improving maintenance work.

Responsibilities:

• Specify repair techniques for major repetitive tasks, such as component replacements; develop standards specifying the end product and the resources needed for these tasks
• Ensure responsible personnel are trained in carrying out programmed maintenance
• Review developed PM/PdM procedures with operation superintendent and staff: securing 'owner' approval prior to implementation
• Analyze planned idleness of operating equipment to develop and improve PM/PdM schedules
• Periodically compare PM/PdM frequencies to downtime reports and equipment histories to identify where frequencies require adjustment – up or down. Refine the frequencies on an 'economic' basis to avoid 'over maintenance'. This is a joint responsibility with the Maintenance manager
• Regularly review all equipment failures. Determine what PM action might have been taken to prevent failure in order to protect against reoccurrence. Recommend PM instructions accordingly
• Work with maintenance, as necessary, to develop job scopes for major, unique jobs
• Routinely contribute to the planning of realistic production capacity based upon analysis of preventive maintenance time needs, repair histories, inspection reports, etc
• Apply value analysis to make maintenance decisions, i.e., repair/replace and repair/redesign
• Develop and standardize program, which influences new construction and equipment purchases including materials, equipment and spare parts
• Identify potential for cost reduction through extended parts life, reduced labor cost, and other material-related improvement techniques
• Participate in review phase, of design, of capital additions and changes in plant layout to ensure full maintainability of equipment, utilities, and facilities
• Participate in approval of all new installations, including those done by contractors, to ensure their maintainability and reliability is influenced by life cycle costing
• Study corrosion, fatigue, wear, and erosion rates throughout the plant and initiate corrective action as required
• Control selection and application of paints and other industrial coatings
• Establish training for selected electricians and mechanics by area in the predictive techniques of: + Vibration analysis + Thermography + Ultrasonic testing + Other predictive techniques
• Personally conduct any complicated and/or specialized diagnostic inspections and analytical procedures that require engineering experience

Requirements:

• 3-10 years of experience as a Reliability practitioner
• B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical, Chemical or related engineering discipline
• Ability to define, develop, administer, and refine the preventive/predictive maintenance program