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Maintenance Reliability Engineer

US Nitrogen – Austin Powder Company
Midway, TN Full Time
POSTED ON 2/11/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/7/2025

Overview

The Maintenance Reliability Engineer is primarily responsible for continuing the development and implementation of the equipment reliability programs to ensure employee safety, provide environmental security, and maximize the facility's availability, product quality and cost effectiveness. The Maintenance Reliability Engineer will report directly to the Maintenance Manager.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

  • Develop and maintain equipment overhaul/replacement intervals, oil analyses and change frequencies.
  • Standardize and optimize spare parts inventories.
  • Develop equipment breakdown, maintenance, and spare parts / back-up strategies.
  • Develop and implement equipment maintenance-improvement initiatives, such as reducing equipment repair durations and optimizing routine PM work.
  • Establish equipment PMs to be performed by operators.
  • Discuss equipment conditions with field operators daily to understand if they notice any changes in how the equipment is performing.
  • Track plant down times, their causes, and identify equipment "bad actors" and develop strategies for reducing plant outages.
  • Determine the root causes of breakdowns to develop PMs or suggest equipment changes to decrease the frequency or eliminate the breakdown issues.
  • Participate in safety and environmental initiatives to ensure overall employee safety and regulatory compliance.
  • Assist in planning and execution of turnaround activities.
  • Lead root cause failure investigations for equipment failure related incidents.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining plant mechanical engineering / safety standards.
  • Complete engineering design and documentation for small plant improvement and modification projects.
  • Develop and manage reliability projects for plant mechanical systems.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

  • 18 years of age
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or other related field.
  • Chemical engineering experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

  • Familiar with TPM, RCM, Six Sigma, or other maintenance improvement concepts.
  • Possesses strong organizational and communication skills.
  • Possesses complex problem solving, critical thinking, strong mathematics skills, systems evaluation, and operation analysis.
  • Experienced in RCFA, RCM, or equivalent methodology.
  • Competent computer knowledge - CMMS, Excel, Word, analysis software, etc.

Work Environment

US Nitrogen, LLC operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This position will be exposed to all elements of the weather on the plant site.

This is a safety sensitive position which requires employees to disclose the use of any prescription medication that may affect his or her ability to safely perform the essential functions of this position.

Austin Powder is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law. Austin Powder also participates in E-Verify.

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