General Job Summary:

The Reliability Engineer is expected to promote and actively participate in the company’s Safety

Program. The position will be required to work a flexible schedule, including weekends and

holidays as needed. The successful candidate will possess a strong background in the

maintenance and repair of mechanical equipment associated with heavy industrial

manufacturing.

Under the direction of the Maintenance Manager, the Reliability Engineer provides leadership

and direction to the maintenance teams in the cement plant, supports planning of major and

specialized maintenance jobs. Collaborate and participate in Operations and Maintenance jobs,

developing and executing preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance activity programs,

and providing technical support to maintenance and other departments in continuous

improvement activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supports safety culture and ensures compliance with safety rules and regulations.

• Reviews job orders to determine work priorities. Schedules repair, maintenance, and

installation of machines, tools, and equipment to ensure continuous production

operations.

• Directs maintenance activities on utility systems to provide continuous supply of heat,

electric power, gas, or air required for operations.

• Directs Maintenance Supervisors in daily work assignments, ensuring a reasonable

completion rate of work orders. Ensure safe, efficient, quality repairs are completed.

• Develops preventive, predictive and autonomous maintenance plans that equipment

requires throughout its life cycle, specifying frequency for each maintenance task, based

on a normal operation and on the objectives of the Maintenance function.

• Suggests specific activities for inspection, lubrication, cleaning and change of parts to

equipment, based on recommendations from the manufacturer, the supplier and from

experience of Plant personnel, in order to timely detect and/or avoid equipment

deterioration.

• Provides technical support and follow-up to major and highly specialized Maintenance

jobs.

• Assures that all Maintenance and Operating tasks in the Plant are scheduled and planned

as specified, following up the quality of jobs.

• Promotes ongoing improvement in equipment and administrative procedures. Work

together with Production, Quality and Quarry personnel, exploring the opportunities to

improve machines with respect to availability and reliability.

• Supports and to promote technical development of personnel of work teams.

• Collects and analyzes equipment history and investigate repetitive damages, in order to

evaluate effectiveness of preventive – predictive Maintenance and operating procedures.

The analysis of root – cause should be elaborated together with the plant management

teams.

• Contacts original equipment manufacturers whenever it is necessary to resolve operating

and reliability problems.

• Controls design and specifications of new parts or components.

• Assists in planning major shutdown work requests with a high degree of specialization,

regarding instructions, human resources estimate, materials, special tools and estimated

duration of jobs.

• Advises about technical problems found in equipment.

• Implements, updates and analyzes KPIs for the Maintenance Department.

• Assists with annual operating budget development.

• Contributes to capital expenditure project planning and execution.

• Performs other duties as required and/or assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 to 5 years of experience working in a cement plant operation or closely

related industry

• Mechanical Engineering or STEM based bachelor's degree preferred

• Must be highly skilled with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Power Point

• Strong communication skills, verbal and written

• Strong background in workplace safety with history of industrial safety training

• Understanding of MSHA regulations

• Must be organized and detail oriented

• Must be able to work in a team environment

• Must be able to teach others as well as learn from others

• Experience with preventive maintenance systems such as TabWare would also be

beneficial.

Posted On: Wednesday, July 17, 2024