Reliability Engineer/TPM Engineer

The Reliability Engineer/TPM Engineer, reporting to the Engineering & Maintenance Manager, is responsible for supporting the factory to enable and deliver asset Maintenance according to the Ferrara Strategy (using TPM as the multi-disciplined approach to maintain/improve fixed assets, and AMM to manage their life cycle) with a goal of sustainable and long term low cost of production and high reliability, and not the immediate correction of daily losses.

The Reliability Engineer is also responsible for partnering with the factory to establish a “Continuous Improvement and Zero Loss” culture in Maintenance, consistent with the principles of Lean and Reliability Centered Maintenance.

The Reliability Engineer will actively champion the RCM program and initiatives. The position provides support and coaching within the factory in loss elimination, risk management and life cycle asset management (LCAM).

Ways you will make a difference

• Monitor plant/equipment trends to ensure best possible operation and reduction of planned/unplanned downtime.

• Lead the factory to reduce technical stoppages in equipment or areas of common occurrence (priority given to areas of highest incidence or impact).

• Ensure the systematic review of all line, processes, and utilities that are critical to the business and those where failure can have an unacceptable impact on safety, personnel safety, food safety, environment, or compliance with the law.

• Encourage close teamwork between all functions (Maintenance, Operations, Quality Management, etc.)

• Develop capability in and be able to coach and guide the use on the floor of Maintenance Continuous Improvement Tools such as BDA, X-Matrix, AMM, SAM, Tags, etc., as well as Reliability Centered Maintenance and Root Cause Analysis tools and techniques.

• Insure the implementation of all repairs/modifications resulting from Gap assessments, plant audits, and notifications and loss improvement activities

• Master the use of AMM to manage the technical stores, scheduled Work Orders, labor hour allocation, equipment Bill of Material (BOM), system reporting and data analysis, including coaching of users and development of capability.

• Ensure that the job planning, material and services planning process is appropriate, accurate and effective.

• Ensure that the equipment history, damage code and root cause analysis are completed correctly and analyzed regularly for trends.

• Update/Optimize Reliability Engineering tools and guidelines, to minimize unplanned and Planned Downtime, ensure a common approach, administration, and training

• Utilize external suppliers, experts, other factories and corporate team to ensure proper technical solutions are defined and implemented to eliminate root causes.

• Support implementation and sustainability of TPM-PM Pillar in the factory.