Maintenance Reliability Engineer

SR. Talent Acquisition Manager - United States & Canada @ Betasharp Inc | Full Life Cycle Recruiting

Position: Reliability & Maintenance Engineer

Location: Dalton, GA

Employment Type: Full Time

About the job

We are a commercial leader in advanced recycling technology that converts landfill-bound plastics into circular feed stocks for the production of sustainable virgin plastics for packaging and other applications. Our end-to-end solution is economically validated as demonstrated by consistent bulk sales of high quality, ISCC Plus circular feed stocks for virgin plastic production. Aligned with global partners who seek proven scalable solutions to meet ambitious plastic circularity goals, we rapidly expand its innovation footprint worldwide, moving decisively to address the complex challenges of plastics accumulation in the environment.

Job Overview

The Asset Reliability Engineer will have responsibility for specific areas of our maintenance execution, planning, stores, contract administration, reliability, mechanical integrity and quality assurance in a high hazard operation. This role involves analyzing reliability performance data based on plant performance data, maintenance trends, implementing maintenance strategies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance operational performance and minimize downtime. The successful candidate must possess a strong technical background, excellent problem-solving skills, and a commitment to continuous improvement and demonstrate strong change leadership.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop asset reliability and management strategy, plan and actions to support improved production capabilities and ensure prioritized, efficient and cost-effective maintenance activities over multiple sites. The strategy should include preventive/predictive maintenance programs, and long-term maintenance outages in support of business objectives.
• Create and maintain a maintenance metric dashboard to drive improvement and prioritize actions.
• Develop a strong cost management structure for Maintenance that identifies opportunities to improve our business and provides for short and long-term actions that reduce costs.
• Collaborate with the Maintenance Manager to interface with all contracted work within the area, which includes both cost and capital work.
• Develop appropriate spare equipment and spare parts strategy and plan to optimize production capability and working capital.
• Ensure maintenance and asset reliability work management processes are effectively implemented, utilized and improved, driving strong stewardship of activities / cost and strengthening links to business cost/earnings performance.
• Ensure the CMMS (computer maintenance management system) is effectively integrated into Management of Change Processes, utilized, and improved as a fully integrated part of the reliability and maintenance work management processes.
• Ensure long-term maintenance outages/turnarounds are effectively planned and executed, partnering closely with Operations to deliver on budget, scope and schedule.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, or Reliability Engineering preferred with a focus on industrial plant operations, chemical, plastics, or petrochemical discipline
• At least 5 years’ experience in the chemical manufacturing industry, leading maintenance and reliability programs, and managing direct reports
• Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM), specifically the safe management of design changes at a plant, PHAs and Mechanical Integrity programs.
• Strong technical, analytical, team building and organizational change leadership skills. Ability to define current states, opportunities, strategies, and a plan to achieve future improved states.
• Experience in project leadership/management and continuous improvement (Six Sigma or Lean).
• Strong Interpersonal and Influence Management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Reliability Certification, ex. CRE, CRP, CRL, CMRP, RE Certificate
• Previous experience within contract management
• High Hazard Process manufacturing experience
• Familiar with national standards such as ANSI, API, ASME, NFPA, and OSHA Standard
• Experience…