Reliability Engineer

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Reliability Engineer

DuPont is recruiting for a Reliability Engineer at the Yerkes manufacturing site located in Buffalo, NY.

The Reliability Engineer will facilitate development of the business / facility maintenance strategy and solves reliability and availability losses through application of reliability technology and tools to enable the plant to meet its business plan and strategy and therefore the customer’s need. They will focus on opportunities that have impacted the plant’s measured asset capability and the opportunities identified as "high-risk" in risk assessments, reliability models, etc.  They will evaluate effectiveness of individual aspects of the Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PPM) program by showing quantitatively the impact of failures and PPM. They will also participate in plant health study and efforts to implement corrective action to maintain or improve plant health and utilize six sigma tools and methodologies to improve reliability. 

Responsibilities: 
•    Achieve asset operational reliability business targets.
•    Participates in the Facilitation and implementation of the Global Root Cause Investigation process to include application of the cause-and-effect methodology in all areas where reliability opportunities are identified and where the RCI triggers are met.
•    Creates Equipment Reliability Strategies based upon Top Opportunity List, Critical Equipment List, and identified plant/business needs.
•    Develops and maintains a model that identifies the unit operations, equipment, process, etc. that identifies the value of opportunities for improvement.
•    Leads/facilitates Asset Criticality Analysis (ACA) as appropriate to identify and prioritize high risk assets.
•    Develops and implements Equipment Maintenance Strategies (EMS) for high-risk assets.
•    Evaluates and quantifies the impact projects such as equipment reconfigurations, design changes, equipment quality, etc. will have on ability to meet customer needs.
•    Evaluates effectiveness of individual aspects of the Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PPM) program by showing quantitatively the impact of failures and PPM
•    Facilitates and/or contributes greatly to driving proactive PPM Optimization activities to support overall productivity improvement.
•    Asset utilization and cost data is analyzed to develop and prioritize a list of reliability opportunities.
•    Evaluates/validates the impact of corrective actions that impact availability/ reliability and leverages solutions across a business or site if appropriate.
•    Participates in improvement activities as appropriate, Process Simplification, Value Engineering, Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Modeling, etc.
•    Participates in plant health study and efforts to implement corrective action to maintain or improve plant health.
•    Applies long term cost of ownership and reliability engineering principles in conjunction with the discipline teams and technical resource networks to design reliability into our purchasing requirements.
•    Provide equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance, and modifications.
•    Uses long term cost of ownership and reliability engineering principles to optimize spare parts stockage levels in conjunction with the Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) function, Discipline Activity Specialists
•    Participates in reliability network activities.
•    Utilizes six sigma tools and methodologies to improve reliability.
•    Assists in setting up the PPM program.
 

Qualifications:
•    BS engineering discipline or equivalent experience required.
•    5+ years of reliability or related experience required.
•    Line of business experience preferred.
•    5 years of Process Safety Management (High Hazard Process) experience required.
 

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