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Veranova · 1 day ago

Reliability Engineer

West Deptford, NJ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$90K/yr - $110K/yr

5+ years exp

Veranova is a global leader in the development and manufacturing of complex active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for pharma and biotech customers. The Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring reliability and maintainability of equipment and processes, identifying and managing asset reliability risks to support plant operations.

BiotechnologyHealth CareManufacturingPharmaceutical

No H1B

Responsibilities

Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors, and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes:

Value-added preventive maintenance tasks for new and existing equipment

Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems

Develops and provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability related risks that could adversely impact plant operations

Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers

Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These issues may include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. To fulfill this responsibility, the reliability engineer applies data analysis techniques that could include:

Reliability modeling and prediction

Fault tree analysis

Six Sigma methodology

Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)

Failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS)

Works with Production to perform analyses of assets including:

Asset utilization

Equipment effectiveness

Remaining useful life

Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of assets

Provides technical support to maintenance personnel

Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans and participates in the final commissioning of new installations

Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/design and make/buy decisions

Carry out any other duties which are within the employee’s skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed

Qualification

Reliability EngineeringPreventive MaintenanceData Analysis TechniquesComputerized Maintenance Management SystemsLean/Six SigmaTechnical WritingCommunication SkillsOrganizational Skills

Required

BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or equivalent degree

Minimum of 5 years of maintenance and reliability, production management, engineering or operations experience

Experience with and a thorough understanding of technical concepts, practices and procedures in bulk pharmaceutical manufacturing, and related support systems

Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection (i.e. vibration analysis, oil monitoring and thermography) as well as the software associated with them

Working knowledge of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems

Experience working with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Project, and Visio)

Ability to read and understand repair manuals, specifications, drawings, and schematic diagrams

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Excellent organizational skills and detail oriented

Good technical writing skills

Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision

Lean/Six Sigma experience