Reliability Engineer

An educational platform on tribology — the science of friction, wear and lubrication

Who is it for

Engineers, researchers, students and industry professionals

Looking to speed the progress of your engineering career? Join a market a leader in ingredient manufacturing that is investing in people, plant, and technologies.

Established yet entrepreneurial: Primient is an industry leader with proven products, six manufacturing plants, 1500+ employees and deep roots in corn wet milling. Yet we’re also a brand-new company that is ready to drive change and create impact.

Inspired by a meaningful purpose: we use renewable sources to produce plant-based ingredients for some of the world’s best-known brands. It feels good to produce safe, high-quality, sustainable products – that go into everything from sodas to hand cream and cardboard to clothing.

Poised for a new era of success: we’re investing in our plants to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Our Engineers will be key to leading projects and programs that help us to shape the technical future of our business – guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our Reliability Engineer role provides the opportunity to build out your experience and expertise. You’ll quickly gain exposure to wide-ranging challenges, technologies, and processes. You can make a value-adding difference to both process improvement and capital project execution.

Your career development will be enhanced through working alongside expert colleagues in a highly collaborative team environment. You’ll also join our structured development program through our Engineering Ladder, a clear out-line of what steps are available. As your skills and experience grow, so will your responsibilities and impact.

Key responsibilities:
Reliability Engineer

Maintenance Engineering Aspect

Maintenance Engineering Key Mission is to enable Equipment Maintainability – provide the parts lists, repair & inspection procedures, methods, and information enabling the success of Maintenance Planners and Skilled Trades

• Seeks Daily interaction with Plant / Area Maintenance Teams
• Develops and improves Equipment Inspection Plans, Predictive Monitoring generating timely discovery of service wear and incipient failure conditions.
• Acquires and applies Intimate Technical knowledge of Plant Equipment via Manuals, Specifications, Drawings, OEM interactions.
• Distills technical information into concise executable Task, Resource, and Procedure documents for Planners and Skilled Tradesmen.

Reliability Engineering Aspect

Reliability Engineering Key Mission to prevent Plant Equipment failures, downtime, and cost.

• Improves Reliability of Plant Critical Equipment and Systems though engineered enhancements, improved Operational care & Use, and Improved Asset Care Strategies.
• Leads Process Systems reliability improvement efforts.
• Develops and Executes Small-Med Reliability-focused Cap Ex projects
• Owns Asset Care Strategies
• Owns Lubrication, PdM Technology and Application programs and efforts Develops personal and relevant Team expertise.
• Owns Asset Structure and CMMS utilization
• Supports Plant Equipment Standards creation and evergreen sustainment.
• Provides Reliability focus and support for new Capital Equipment, and integration into Asset Structures, Care Strategies, and Care Plans
• Converts Job Execution Feedback into improved Procedures, Task sequencing, Inspection criteria
• Provides Engineering solutions for component and equipment obsolescence
• Owns the Execution Metrics Criteria, and Generation methods for Operations/Maintenance Team utilization
• Owns the equipment Technical Information Repository
• Supports Capital Project equipment selection and spare parting to align with existing…