Reliability Engineer

at  DRAX BIOMASS INC

This position reports to the Reliability Manager.
Summary of Essential Job Functions:
The Reliability Engineer provides the
technical expertise on all matters of reliability engineering, assessment, and
monitoring for all process equipment. Carries out reliability studies on
existing equipment and recommends needed improvements to Operations management
in the areas of equipment philosophies, strategies and best practices for asset
productivity This position is the “go to person” for all matters of
equipment reliability. This position focuses on enhancing equipment reliability
through analysis along with some first response, day-to-day trouble shooting of
failed equipment.

The Reliability Engineer will be responsible for:

• 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.

Job Qualifications and Required Attributes:

• B.S. degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering preferred
• Downtime data analysis techniques

and statistical interpretation skills

• Failure analysis including

preservation of evidence techniques

• Maintenance and reliability best

practices including the work management process

• Rotating equipment and alignment

techniques

• Fundamental Materials Science,

including material selection and properties

• Lubrication and fundamentals of

interpreting oil analysis results

• Vibration analysis and

interpretation of vibration analysis reports

• Fundamentals of nondestructive

testing, including thermography

• Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA)

• Engineering design standards and

their application

• Cost/Capital analysis and

justification

• Reliability Engineers are encouraged

to get CMRP certified (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional)

• Develop and implement equipmen