Reliability Engineer

**RELOCATION TO THE UNITED STATES PROVIDED****What you’ll do**:Our manufacturing client is looking for a Reliability Engineer. The Reliability Engineer is a hands-on technical role that is critical in leading all engineering efforts in collaboration with the operating teams & unit operations across multiple shifts to contribute the highest levels of safety, quality, and operational efficiency in the production of grain-based food products. The Reliability Engineer is cross-trained in multiple tasks to increase contributions to the organization, enhance production flexibility and readiness, while also providing job enrichment and growth opportunities to incumbents. This role also is exempt working a general Monday-Friday day shift with expectations for flexibility for business needs.**Key Responsibilities**:Personal and Work Environment SAFETY is achieved through:- Commitment to follow all safety procedures, GMP’s, performs risk assessments prior to commencing an unfamiliar task, seek to identify and implement proactive safety improvements, and use PPE when required such as: chemical handling, hearing protection, lock-out tag-out, harnesses, respiratory masks, etc.- Ensure compliance to highest level of food safety not limited to filling in the appropriate documentation like return to service checklists, etc.- Absolute adherence to safety procedures with use, inspection, and care of vehicles, equipment, and tools to include test equipment, lab equipment, industrial trucks, production equipment and man lifts.- Support incident/injury investigations through detailed root cause analysis techniques to assist in prevention.The highest levels of PRODUCTION and EFFICIENCY are achieved through passionate commitment and proactive ownership. People in this key role:- Committed and unfailing engineering support for facility production through plant technical expertise of Bioscience facility; the Reliability Engineer will be responsible for engineering process capabilities, process changes, process trouble shooting, equipment reliability and project management, and is integral to executing engineering projects to produce a high quality product on time to our customers’ specifications and expectations.- Use best practice Project Management techniques to lead all designated engineering projects across all shifts based on in-depth understanding of current CapEx budget and initiatives that will result in the highest levels of operational efficiencies.- Attends and conducts team member meetings as necessary to discuss plant needs and troubleshoots production issues as related to engineering (both unit operations and control systems). Ensures that implementation of corrective actions identified occur.- Leads meetings or supports all Root Cause Analysis and Audit activities and insures timely corrective actions and closures of any findings related to engineering.- Embraces and uses technology to drive more efficient operation of the plant. Ensures that production team is fully trained and utilizing available technology as it relates to engineering.- Review key plant metrics and confer with technical or administrative staff including Production or Plant Manager to resolve production or processing problems related to engineering.- Has ownership of OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) System to capture, analyze and report on operational efficiency losses in uptime, rate, quality and yield.- Successfully work within cross functional teams to improve process systems to insure customer satisfaction and to optimize operations to meet plant and company goals.- Calculate required capacities for equipment of proposed system to obtain specified performance and submit data to engineering personnel for approval.- Analyze test results in relation to design or rated specifications and test objectives, and modify or adjust equipment to meet specifications.- Devise, fabricate, and assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments.- Discuss changes in design, method of manufacture and assembly, and drafting techniques and procedures with staff and coordinate corrections.- Provides six sigma methodology and technical support to projects; identifies production bottlenecks, tries to resolve it by Lean Methodologies or identifying potential process improvements.- Unfailingly prepare and maintain project documents such as scope, proposal, project justification, budgets, equipment and device list.- Prepare P&ID’s, PFD, general arrangement and equipment layout drawing.- Proactively strive to maintain an up to date awareness of federal, state and local engineering codes and regulations.- Set up and conduct tests of complete units and components under operational conditions to investigate proposals for improving equipment performance.- A proactive commitment to growing and expanding skill set through training and education leading towa