Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. James Hardie is the industry leader in exterior home and outdoor living solutions, and they are seeking a Reliability Engineer to support improving production results. The role focuses on supporting reliability improvements across Fiber Cement US locations, emphasizing Precision Maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical expertise to sites with field application of precision maintenance techniques
- Provide training, field coaching and mentoring of maintenance supervisors and craftsmen
- Deliver a strategic reliability-centered maintenance approach to optimizing asset life and productivity through documented asset strategies
- Reliability support for Post-Autoclave Process with Line Maintenance systems
- Develop plan to alleviate long term production challenges of our existing Finishing Lines to meet the needs of increased capacity on our sheet machines
- Partner and coordinate with Primary Equipment Supplier and Plant Personnel on equipment selection and continuous improvement of our processes
- Develop maintenance PM requirements through analysis of delay data
- Conduct criticality assessment on equipment and process lines and develop lubrication strategy
- Develop and implement best practices for assets to improve the mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Utilize Root Cause Analysis processes to review significant failures, identify corrective action to prevent re-occurrence and refine asset strategy to sustain improvement
- Mine data to identify reliability improvement opportunities and develop corrective actions focused on delivering Net Hours improvement and cost reduction
- Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations
- These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues
- Identifies deficiencies in maintenance processes and develop sustainable improvements
- Provide reliability technical support to Production, Maintenance, Engineering and Procurement activities
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering required (mechanical preferred)
- 7 or more years of experience with industrial manufacturing processes
- 7 or more years of Maintenance and Reliability Project Management
- Experience with Material Handling Equipment (pumps, stackers, forklifts)
- Ability to utilize Microsoft project and other project management tools
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams
- Strong technical expertise in applying Precision Maintenance techniques in industrial manufacturing processes
- Strong knowledge of Precision Maintenance procedures. Knowledge of equipment design and failure modes
- Experience with interpreting forensic evidence to identify failure modes
- Facilitation experience with Root Cause Analysis- troubleshooting to drive reliability
- Strong communication (written, oral and interpersonal) skills
- Ability to lead and be part of cross functional teams
- Experience with computer maintenance management systems (CMMS), INFOR BE or equivalent
- Advanced skills in basic personal computer software (Microsoft applications)
- Previous experience in the development of a manufacturing reliability program is a plus, but not a requirement
- Reliability certifications a plus
- TPM a plus
Benefits
- Bonus plan
- Competitive salary and bonus eligibility
- Day-one health coverage medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- Vacation and company holidays
- 401(k) with 6% match
- Employee Stock Purchase plan (ESP)
- Parental leave
- Wellness programs
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