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Valley Industrial Association of Illinois · 18 hours ago

Reliability Engineer - Field Service

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$55/hr - $68/hr

8+ years exp

Valley Industrial Association of Illinois is seeking a Reliability Engineer - Field Service to join their team. The role involves leading reliability centered maintenance efforts, providing technical service, and implementing equipment improvement projects to enhance performance and uptime.

AssociationEducationNon ProfitTraining

Responsibilities

Daily/Weekly travel to customer sites within Regional Area. (National Travel positions also available)

Promotes and adheres to the ATS safety culture

Engages in various work environments and industries to lead reliability centered maintenance efforts

Mentors, coaches, and provides reliability best practices for applications in customer facilities, by customer personnel

Identifies top potential issues leading to lost production and preventable maintenance spending. Communicates findings with leadership

Provides solutions to root cause deficiencies and demonstrates economic benefits to their correction

Actively drives the implementation of equipment improvement projects

Identifies and implements current and new processes / technologies to increase equipment performance and uptime

Champions systems and best practice procedures towards a proactive manufacturing culture

Analyzes equipment performance, failure data, and corrective maintenance history to develop and deploy engineering solutions, improved maintenance strategies, preventative maintenance optimization, and other reliability techniques

Provides technical service to operations and manufacturing personnel on equipment related troubleshooting efforts

Utilizes predictive, preventative, and precision maintenance technologies and strategies designed to identify or control risks prior to failure and ensure optimum maintenance execution

Collaborates with the maintenance team to prioritize assets and actions by determining failure probabilities and evaluating the risk of compliance, supply, strategy, and cost

Provides training and coaching in Root Cause and Reliability Analysis and takes ownership for ongoing corrective action tracking, implementation and follow up to ensure that all Root Cause Analysis projects are documented

Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and ATS policies and procedures

Qualification

Reliability engineeringRoot cause analysisFailure mode effects analysisElectrical/mechanical componentsData trend analysisSix SigmaCMRP certificationGreen Belt certificationTechnical writingMicrosoft OfficeTask managementCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsCustomer focus

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering (ABET accredited)

Eight or more years of reliability experience across 2 or more manufacturing sites

Demonstrates ability to perform full array of reliability tool sets

Strong technical understanding of electrical or mechanical components, tools, and designs

Ability to complete a failure mode effects analysis, cause and effect diagrams, root cause failure analysis, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis

Ability to research and apply new equipment technology / trends

Robust problem solving, mathematical, analytical, and decision making skills

Proficiency with computers, maintenance systems, and applications, including Microsoft Office

Excellent verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation skills

Strong reporting and technical writing capability

Ability to build and maintain positive, professional relationships

Preferred

Desire to develop into a leadership role

Experience with data trend analysis, vibration analysis, motor current analysis, oil analysis, lubrication and hydraulic testing, laser alignment, nondestructive testing, infrared thermography, ultrasound technology, acoustic reliability technology, Weibull analysis, and Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing methodologies

Knowledge of various government regulations such as, Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP), National Electrical Testing Association (NETA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

CMRP certification

Green Belt certification

STS certification