What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at Drax?
Reliability Engineer
Full-time, Permanent
One-site
Location : Bastrop, LA
At Drax, we are working towards a zero-carbon, sustainable futureand you can help make this future a reality.
So, what will you be doing?
As a Reliability Engineer you will provide the technicalexpertise on all matters of reliability engineering, assessment, and monitoringfor all process equipment. You will carry out reliability studies on existing equipment and recommend needed improvements to Operations management in the areas of equipment philosophies, strategies and best practices for assetproductivity. You will be the "goto person" for all matters of equipment reliability with a focus onenhancing equipment reliability through analysis along with some firstresponse, day-to-day trouble shooting of failed equipment.
Who you are?
Key Accountabilities :
- Develop and implement equipment asset plans using Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and other reliability techniques.
- Apply engineering theory and practice to perform physical failure analysis, determine root cause of equipment failures and conduct equipment performance evaluations
- Analyze equipment trends & historical data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost.
- Determine how process variation and equipment operation can impact equipment reliability
- Promote consistency by standardizing equipment procedures & operations within area of responsibility
- Support capital projects by participating in setting equipment criteria and specifications to optimize equipment / system reliability and life cycle cost. Also provide technical support for fabrication, installation, and start-up of new critical equipment.
- Participate in production turn-around / shutdown teams providing input into needed equipment inspection and repair procedures
- Participate in maintenance and reliability networks, sharing best practices, successes and failures.
- Participate in interviewing, hiring and mentoring of new reliability co-ops and engineers.
- Participate in continuing education courses, professional organizations (e.g. SMRP) and reliability conferences to stay current with, and evaluate, emerging technologies.
Knowledge, Skills and Experiencerequired :
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