Reliability engineer Jobs in USA

Huber Engineered Woods (HEW), a division of J.M. Huber Corporation, combines its advanced adhesives and wood product technologies with state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities to produce premium structural wood panel products. Innovative construction products like AdvanTech® subflooring and ZIP System® sheathing have changed the way homes and buildings go together. HEW brings together professionals with experience in research and development, product engineering and manufacturing to create products that solve specific problems.

Our Corporate Office is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. HEW manufacturing facilities are located in Georgia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Maine. To learn more, please visit our website at www.huberwood.com.

Position Summary

Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities and maintenance activities. Defines, develops, administers, and helps refine the preventive/predictive maintenance program. Reduces and improves maintenance activities wherever feasible; assuring efficient and productive operation of plant, processes and equipment; while protecting and prolonging the economic life of plant assets; all at the least costs practical.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Help to develop and administer an overall preventative/predictive maintenance program and update existing programs
• Ensures that all maintenance activities and activities comply with all safety, health and environmental requirements.
• Monitor and improve lubrication processes throughout the mill including responsibility for Oil Analysis, Lube Routes, Thermography, Vibration, Ultrasound, etc
• Conduct RCA investigations for recurring failures and significant downtime events, eliminating potential for future recurrence.
• Analyze equipment histories to identify specific repetitive failures and effectively address identified areas.
• Ensure responsible personnel are trained in carrying out programs and procedures.
• Refine work content of PDM routines to improve methods.
• Periodically compare PDM frequencies to downtime reports and equipment histories to identify where frequencies of routes or data collection methods require adjustments.
• Review all equipment failures and determine what PM/PDM action might have been taken to prevent failure to protect against recurrence.
• Regularly review downtime reports and equipment histories to identify reoccurring maintenance problems requiring engineering attention. Find applicable solutions to identified situations.
• Work with maintenance planners to develop job plans and PM’s.
• Develop and standardize a program that aids and influences the decisions for new construction and equipment purchases including materials, equipment, and spare parts.
• Ensure that accurate and up to date spare parts lists are available for existing equipment; specify standardization of components used in repair.
• Identify potential for cost reduction through extended parts life, reduced labor costs, and other parts related improvement techniques.
• Participate in review phases 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.
• Identify, based on data and field observations, any training required to improve craft skill levels or repair techniques.
• Study corrosion, fatigue, wear, and erosion rates throughout the plant and initiate corrective action as required.

Specialized/Technical Knowledge or Required Skills

• Engineering or Technical degree in a related field and/or 5 years’ experience in a related reliability role in an industrial manufacturing environment or a combination of both.
• Communication skills (presentation, written, oral).
• Computer skills in CMMS systems, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Project.
• Ability to lead a team to achieve company goals.
• Strong focus on planning, employee relations, safety management, and program development.
• Working knowledge of EH&S regulations and compliance.

Huber Engineered Woods is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, genetic information, or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.