Reliability EngineerTitle: Reliability Engineer
Location: Michigan-Midland
Dow AgroSciences LLC, based in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, is a top-tier agricultural company that combines the power of science and technology with the "Human Element" to constantly improve what is essential to human progress. Dow AgroSciences provides innovative technologies for crop protection, pest and vegetation management, seeds, traits, and agricultural biotechnology to serve the world's growing population. Global sales for Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, are $4.5 billion.
We have a job opening for a Relaibility Engineer to support our sites in Michigan. The successful candidates will be members of DAS Maintenance and Reliability Function and the related appropriate business teams pertinent to the role, within Global Operations, which supports DAS plants globally.
Key Job Requirements include:
* Facilitate development of Facility Maintenance Strategy
* Solve reliability and availability loss problems through application of reliability technology and tools
* Evaluate the ability of the unit to meet the Facility Maintenance Strategy
* Focus on those long-term opportunities that impact the plants' measured asset capability through probability analysis of failure data from specific unit operations and proactive failure analysis/modeling
* Actively promote and advance Dow "Reliability Centered Culture" principles in the plants
Primary Responsibilities:
* Focus on reliability issues and not fire fighting (day to day) issues.
* Achieve Asset Mechanical Reliability (AMR) business objectives and assist businesses in meeting Operational Reliability and Asset Capability (AC) objectives.
* Participate in the facilitation and implementation of the Global Root Cause Investigation (RCI) process; serve as local SME on the application of the cause and effect methodology in all areas where reliability opportunities are identified and where the RCI triggers for reliability are met. Validate RCI solutions/ corrective actions and assesses their effectiveness for preventing recurrence.
* Evaluate and communicate solutions for developing/leveraging as Most Effective Technology (MET) 1, 2, or 3.
* Develop and maintain a model of the unit operations, equipment, process, etc. that identifies the value of opportunities for improvement. (This long term cost of ownership evaluation can be as simple as an ExcelTMspreadsheet such as the TICA Evaluation model, RCM, or as complicated as a detailed reliability model) Identify gaps between facility strategy, reliability model, and existing plant performance to provide input to the facility opportunity list.
* Asset Utilization and cost data is analyzed to develop and prioritize a list of reliability opportunities based on value. Document the facility opportunity list.
* Determine the proper work process to address the reliability opportunities on the facility opportunity list (fix the obvious, TICA, Six Sigma). Follow through with the appropriate parties to ensure effective hand-off and provide reliability input to the process.
* Evaluate and quantify the impact projects such as equipment reconfigurations, design changes, equipment quality, operating discipline, PPM strategies, etc will have on ability to meet business needs
* Evaluate effectiveness of the PPM program by showing quantitatively the impact of failures and PPM.
* Provide reliability input to Global Project Methodology (GPM) activities. Participate in FEL and VIP activities as appropriate; Process Simplification, Value Engineering, Maintenance Strategy, Reliability Modeling, etc.
* Use reliability engineering principles and tools (such as Weibull, RCI, FMEA) to improve AC and AMR and long term cost of ownership of the facility.
* Participate in Facility Assessments and efforts to implement corrective action, which maintain or improve plant condition.
* Apply long term cost of ownership and reliability engineering principles in conjunction with the discipline teams and technical resource networks to design reliability into our purchasing requirements. Provide equipment reliability and performance data to the technical resource networks for evaluation of equipment performance, vendor performance, and modifications to MET level 1.
* Use long term cost of ownership and reliability engineering principles to define spare parts strategy. Consult, as needed, with Maintenance Engineer/ Technologist and PPM Coordinator to establish spare part program.
* Develop and implement operating discipline that will improve reliability.
* Participate in reliability network activities (site and/or business as appropriate).
Qualification Requirements:
* Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Mechanical preferred, but not required)
* Minimum 1 year work experience
* Strong problem solving skills
* Data analysis
* Problem definition
* Six Sigma is a plus
* FMEA, helpful but not required
Competencies:
* Strong technical and engineering skills
* Leadership aptitude in diverse situations
* High interpersonal effectiveness and communication skills to positively influence others
* Initiative and commitment to drive improvement
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