Senior Reliability & Integrity Engineer

Purpose Statement:

• Ensures reliability and mechanical integrity of equipment for processes, utilities, facilities and controls with an objective to constantly improve site production and cost performance.
• Develops engineering solutions for repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.
• Promotes, supports, co-ordinates and facilitates multi-disciplinary, multi-level teamwork (reliability) improvement activities, both reactive and proactive, and assist in implementation and follow-up of action items

Major Responsibilities:

• Ensures reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities and controls with an objective to constantly improve site production and cost performance
• Lead and drive mechanical integrity program in compliance with regulations
• Take a lead to troubleshoot equipment reliability issues and carryout RCFA for the repeated failures and failures that has an impact to production, quality and safety.
• Lead RCM studies for critical assets/systems and implement the action items generated.
• Run online/offline condition monitoring program site wide.
• Promotes, supports, co-ordinates and facilitates multi-disciplinary, multi-level teamwork (reliability) improvement activities, both reactive and proactive, and assist in implementation and follow-up of action items.
• Works with project engineering teams to ensure reliability/ maintainability of new/modified installations.
• Perform analysis of asset performance including: Asset utilization, Overall equipment effectiveness, remaining useful life and capital replacement plans as well as other parameters that define Site MEP KPIs such as availability, maintenance performance, reliability and R&M costs of assets.
• Develop SOPs, equipment job aids, checklist to assure no equipment reliability issue after repair work.
• Evaluate content of maintenance plans in CMMS including methods, maintenance frequencies and spare parts needed

Qualifications:

Education

• A bachelor's degree or a diploma in Mechanical engineering discipline.

Experience

• Mechanical engineering degree with at least 5 years work experience or a diploma with a minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience in pharmaceutical/ biological/ chemical/ oil & gas industries.
• Experience driving RCM studies and RCFA
• Experience/Knowledge in Asset Integrity Management
• Sound technical knowledge coupled with hands-on experience in maintenance of processing equipment

Skills

• Comfortable working in a team and matrix environments with high degree of initiative and self-motivation
• Scientific approach to solving problems and makes data-based decisions.
• Keen in driving and adopting new technologies.
• Knowledge of CMMS, Reliability, and proficiency in MS Office products (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Project)
• Knowledge on vibration analysis, RCM and RBI
• API 510/570/580 certification will be an added advantage
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Interpersonal skills and a hands-on attitude
• cGMP experience is a plus