Engineer - Reliability

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The Engineer – Reliability will join the Utilities, Facilities, and Project Engineering team as the site Subject Matter Expert (SME) in establishing the maintenance and reliability strategy and being directly accountable for ensuring equipment / process / utility uptime to be better than the target through management of key metrics (MTTR, MTBF, OBE, OEE) and continuous improvement at the Lilly Kenosha County (LKC) campus.

This position supports maintenance and optimization of the process and equipment / utilities across the LKC campus which include process equipment, automation, utilities, etc. This is a hands‑on role where the engineer may be required to perform troubleshooting of equipment, root cause analysis, and component and system analyses to identify reliability improvements and reduce risks, design modifications, and/or various reliability improvement strategies on the GMP and Non‑GMP assets and the ancillary systems associated within their facilities.

• Act as technical Point of Contact (POC) for Maintenance Technicians, Engineering, and Operations for resolving day to day production issues and for other medium / long-term equipment / utility reliability concerns.
• Collect data and report on equipment / process / utility efficiency metrics (OBE, OEE, OA) on an ongoing basis.
• Lead all initiatives for equipment / process / utility uptime including data collection analysis, coordinating with cross‑functional team, identifying parts, parameter changes, etc. all the way through implementing the change with appropriate documentation and approvals.
• Responsible to develop and evolve the site reliability program and also support equipment onboarding.
• Works with Maintenance Technicians and Engineering to review and update any job plans / work instructions to perform / complete PMs and CMs efficiently based upon frequency and method.
• Employ a hands‑on approach with problem solving independently or through facilitation with other engineers, technicians, crafts, and operators including tearing down failed machine tool components such as motors, pumps, gearboxes, etc.
• Understand the manufacturing equipment, utilities, and processes and the impact of equipment performance within the manufacturing system.
• Prepare necessary training material and conduct training to Maintenance Technicians, Engineering, and Operations as necessary.
• Promote proper use of the CMMS system and the ALCOA+ principles for developing maintenance strategies, maintenance execution, and documenting equipment history.
• Supports Process / Utility Engineering spare parts identification and stocking strategy.
• Supports Process / Utility Engineers in determining causes of performance degradation of equipment as required.
• Support risk assessment exercises using the different tools available (e.g., RCA, RCM, FMEA) to investigate and reduce equipment‑related deviations and downtime.
• Participate as required in teams, committees, or other groups and/or individually to achieve the departmental, site, and/or company goals.
• Implement efficient and effective maintenance and reliability techniques.
• Apply problem solving skills by leading equipment failures troubleshooting, demonstrating RCA lead investigator proficiency, and guide operations personnel in the resolution of process issues.
• Provide customer consultation and notifications on issues that involve process / utilities areas assigned.
• Assure that all necessary items are identified on the proper tracking systems, and make sure that items are completed by the required date.
• Support internal and external inspections and…