Reliability Engineer

The core responsibilities of the position include:

• Custodian of and performs critical analysis of Assets and their performance to eliminate repetitive defects, identify spares and to enhance overall asset reliability.

• Custodian of Condition Monitoring activities (Vibration, Tribology and Thermography)

• To identify, investigate, motivate, and implement changes related to the safe and effective performance of the various machine centers.

• To work closely with the departmental Maintenance Planner to ensure that equipment reliability tasks are programed into the CMMS (checks and inspections).

• To provide support to the department’s maintenance team especially in the event of significant breakdowns

• To have an active management role during outages assisting the maintenance team in managing the shut workload.

• To remain up to date with technology changes ensuring that equipment/system obsolescence issues are dealt with timeously.

• Complete Failure Analyses on all breakdowns as well as analysing all failure data to prevent repeat failures.

• Does RCM type analyses on problem areas and proposes new or amended Preventative or Predictive Maintenance Schedules

• Identifies training needs and training providers to improve the skill base, mentor apprentices or trainee technicians.

• Planning and managing improvement projects related to their investigations.

• Remains in touch with technology and advises on possible improvements with current systems.

• Performs a Standby duty to the plant to ensure that there is management support for after hours work.

• Performs Incident Investigations and completes the required documentation and notifications.