Director, Equipment Reliability

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This Director,Equipment Reliability is responsible for the equipment reliability and maintenance strategy of utility and manufacturing equipment through continuous monitoring of equipment operational performance and implementing actions needed for improvement. This role develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations by applying data analysis techniques (statistical process control, reliability modeling and prediction, fault tree analysis, Six Sigma (6σ) methodology, etc.),

root cause analysis (RCA), root cause failure analysis (RCFA) and failure reporting, analysis, and corrective action system (FRACAS). The equipment and metrology team will look for leadership and development and this role will collaborate with other operational functions as well as engineering, design, and platform development to ensure operational needs are properly anticipated and addressed for current and future considerations.

This position reports to the Senior Site Director, Coralville Manufacturing and Operations

Schedule:

Exempt, typically weekdays/daytime. 24/7 facility; must support all shifts. In this role you will have the opportunity to:
Serve as the technical lead and supports the improvement of equipment in the plant. Develop, implement and maintain equipment maintenance strategy and plans for plant equipment. Demonstrate continuous improvement with respect to increasing job knowledge and proficiency related to biopharmaceutical industry engineering best practices and technologies, as well as technical understanding/problem solving capability. Recommend and implement measures to improve equipment that supports utility and manufacturing operations in a dynamic, fast-paced cGMP environment.

Provide engineering field support to identify, address and resolve operational / compliance issues and to ensure equipment is maintained at a level required to provide high reliability maximizing useful life. Collaborate with Engineering in the equipment classification process, defining SAP Location hierarchy, populating asset information, developing Return-to-Service PM instructions and acquisition of equipment manuals. Conduct analysis of system maintenance process and perform reliability studies:
Use of reliability tools and processes such as Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA). Uses data to recommend improvements based on CMMS, FMEA, RCA and systems reliability data.…