Reliability Engineer

SUMMARY

The Reliability Engineer, RE, utilizes engineering practices to drive out sources of repetitive failure in equipment and processes. The Reliability Engineer will identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. In addition, the Reliability Engineer is involved in the Early Management design and installation stages of capital projects for new assets, modification of existing assets, and conducts and develops various analytical methods for determining reliability of components, equipment, and processes. The RE must be an active member of Total Productive Maintenance's PM Pillar.

This role acquires process and equipment data, provides analysis of the data to include preparation of charts, diagrams, drawings, calculations, and reports which define reliability problems and makes recommendations for improvements. The level of reliability required for an asset will consider the criticality ranking, the economic limitations for equipment up/down time, repair/replacement costs, availability of materials/equipment, etc. The Reliability Engineer, with clear external perspective of our customer's demands, will develop and ensure the execution of plans to reduce or eliminate production losses and abnormally high maintenance cost assets, and executes or follows the execution of that plan intended to drive improved availability.

RE will manage Predictive maintenance technicians including scheduling, performance reviews, training, developing, and planned work.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drives the elimination of production and maintenance losses
• Gathers and examines basic reliability data from data bases, field tests, CMMS systems and other data sources, and correlates the data using well defined engineering techniques and procedures.
• Assist/Learn and eventually facilitate Root Cause analysis/Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Determine "Bad Actors" and Prioritize findings to focus on the largest or most critical opportunities.
• Confer with Subject Matter Experts (SME), Maintenance leaders, and other Reliability Engineers to develop a plan in partnership with Operations and Maintenance, to effectively and economically improve equipment and process designs.
• Capable of leading PM Pillar/Reliability projects and Early Management TPM Pillar and Projects.
• Ensures a safety focus in all processes and builds a culture where safety is the priority
• Conduct and document Hazard Identifications, Safe Behavior Observations, facility audits, etc.
• Be a positive spokesperson and help lead plant wide changes
• Improves asset total cost of ownership across the enterprise.
• Partner with Capital Delivery to ensure the Early Management focusing on reliability and maintainability of new and modified equipment installations have been considered as part of the project.
• Capable of training/teaching PM Pillar and reliability
• Able to define, develop, monitor and refine asset maintenance strategies.
• Partner with plant PM Pillar/maintenance teams to define, develop and refine the Preventative/Predictive Maintenance program
• Conducts FMEA analysis on all critical assets.
• Application of Storeroom/MRO best practices
• Develop/Apply Master Equipment list, Equipment Criticality, BOMs, etc
• Leads and develops talent
• Provides reliability based and precision maintenance training
• Provides feedback on expectations and performance for PdM team members
• In partnership with Maintenance Leader, leads and builds an effective work team to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement.
• Leads/Manages External resources on reliability projects and programs
• Capacity to lead by influence and to engage appropriate stakeholders to deliver the systems and standards
• Accountable for upkeep of all predictive maintenance databases
• Accountable for predictive maintenance reporting to stakeholders
• Responsible for reviewing predictive maintenance reports and determining work priorities based on severity.
• Continuously improve Reliability Assessment Score set by Center of Excellence Team
• Follow and implement Reliability Basic Practices set by Center of Excellence Team
• Ensure MOC process followed for all equipment modifications and changes.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Engineering degree (Electrical, Mechanical preferred) or related field of study. Equivalent experience - 7-10 years with Industrial Maintenance.
• Experience with condition-based monitoring technologies like Vibration, Thermography, Infrared, Ultrasound, Motor Circuit Analysis, etc. Training in these technologies is highly desirable.
• Able to travel up to 15%.
• Preferred Experience using SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
  
  
  
  • SAP Reporting Tools - Business Intelligence, Power Business Intelligence.
  
  
  
  
• Solid foundation of operating in Microsoft Excel- Intermediate level
• Tribology (lubrication analysis) condition-based monitoring

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Manufacturing experience preferred
• PLC experience highly preferred
• TPM experience and application is highly desirable
• Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional (CMRP) desirable
• Exposure and training in Reliability practices and processes, including the following, are desirable:
  
  
  
  • Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
  • Equipment Criticality Ranking (ECR)
  • Failure Modes, effects and analysis (FMEA)
  • Weibull Analysis
  • Failure Reporting and Corrective Action System (FRACAS)
  • Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
  • Pareto Analysis, etc.
  
  
  
  
• Achieve CMRP Certification within 24 months
• Achieve CRE within 3 years of eligibility
• Achieve Vibration level III in 36 months
• Achieve MLT I and MLA I In 24 months
• Achieve Ultrasound Level I in 12 months

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to safeguard self with proper PPE for the specific task
• Exposure to hot/cold temperature- periodically
• Exposure to noise- periodically
• Hand/Eye Coordination- continuously
• Walk, Sit, Stand for duration of shift with regular breaks
• Lift/carry/move up to 25 lbs. independently and heavier weights with assistance.
• Climb stairs, steps, and ladders
• Ability to work extended hours as necessary
• Able to Operate Computers & Computerized equipment for quality, safety and compliance testing and training.
• Communicate with co-workers face to face, by telephone, and electronic communications.
• Possess manual dexterity necessary to operate equipment, operate a computer and other standard office equipment.
• Vision adequate to manipulate equipment controls, complete paperwork, utilize computers, and have depth perception.

About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.