Reliability Engineer

Responsibilities

Operational excellence

• Lead and ensure execution of reliability excellence/maintenance programs.
• Create and maintain reliability maintenance strategy documents.

• Implement Lean manufacturing tools to empower employees and facilitate growth to ensure improvement of the financial performance, in collaboration with Maintenance Planners/Supervisors

• Rank the criticality of the assets using reliability Centred Maintenance approaches and define proactive maintenance approaches that are cost-beneficial to the business.
• Identify and implement predictive maintenance technologies.
• Perform/support operational event and equipment failure investigations to determine effectiveness and to ensure that the root cause/causal factors are identified, corrective actions are prescribed, and follow-up monitoring is conducted.

• Conduct program and system/equipment audits (safety, risk, compliance,) on a periodic and as needed basis.

• Participate in the planning, design review, value management and construction document development of new facilities and renovations.
• Support utility distribution, master planning, and business continuity planning.
• Perform life-cycle financial modelling of developed technical solutions. Construct detailed technical proposals and draft bid documents.
• Support commissioning activities for all upgrade, renovation, and construction projects which may include, but is not limited to, PM job plans, reviews for maintainability, critical spares, documentation, etc.

Analysis and KPI Reporting

• Develop, manage and monitor KPIs and ensure optimal reporting

: • Develop and maintain new KPIs of equipment reliability.

• Lead in maintenance improvement tools (PM Optimization, RCM, RCA, RCFA, FMEA, etc.) and knowledgeable in predictive maintenance tools (Vibration, Ultrasound, Thermography, etc).
• Maintain a high level of technical competency in advanced maintenance technology. • Maintain equipment repair history and evaluate repair costs & trends.
• Analyse equipment failure data patterns and interpret ERP PM maintenance data to generate priorities and action lists for improving reliability of site

. • Track the performance of reliability improvements to determine their effectiveness and make additional modifications if required.

• By working closely with the Maintenance Planners, use intervals for potential failures to appropriately prioritize, plan, and schedule to minimize downtime.
• Develop solutions for repetitive, chronic, or costly failures and other maintenance problems, and apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions.
• Assist in troubleshooting techniques for major/repetitive equipment.
• Monitor and report on all relevant maintenance activity KPIs including wrench time analysis.
• Deliver VCO savings.

Support maintenance department

• Advise and support the Maintenance Supervisors/Managers
• Roll out learnings and workshops and take an active role
• Improve quality of maintenance by improving CIP culture by implementing SMPs, SMED analysis as well as follow up on critical production processes and expensive and repetitive maintenance jobs for RCFA
• Follow up and solve small technical problems
• Reduce administration workload in PM organization (reporting, communication, automize administration, reduce waste in administration, )
• Coordinate 3th party services according to Sibelco technical and safety standards

Safety

• Knowledge of Sibelco's safety regulations and ensure activities are in compliance with those regulations.

Spare Parts & services

• Ensure adequate and cost-effective procurement of high quality maintenance supplies, in close collaboration with the procurement department of Sibelco.
• Use warehouse system to perform maintenance planning and support maintenance manager in stock strategy
• Use warehouse system to provide correct parts and tools and set-up correct stock parameters according criticality analysis
• Advise in stock parameters in collaboration with maintenance manager
• Create purchase order for necessary parts and services
• Contact suppliers to ensure correct parts and services are delivered as promised to execute the jobs as planned

Planning & Prioritizing

• Accurately determines the complexity of tasks and projects and required resources
• Breaks down projects or assignments into different steps (group of activities)
• Sets priorities and time parameters to accomplish tasks and projects
• Coordinates efforts to implement plan

Optimizes Work Processes

• Actively uses the practices, processes, and procedures within the operating model to get things done
• Organises people and activities for simple and complex processes in an effective way
• Looks for opportunities to improve the way of working

Collaborates

• Consistently fosters collaboration across the organisation
• Builds strong inclusive relationships across Business/Functions and levels
• Inspires individuals and maximise team dynamics to achieve common goals.

Drives Engagement

• Enables and empowers people to give their best
• Makes the link between what drives people and the organisational goal
• Makes each Sibelco employee feel that their contributions are important

Managing Change & Ambiguity

• Stays composed and navigates through change effectively
• Leads others to operate effectively in absence of clear structure and processes
• Comfortable in making decisions and taking actions, even with incomplete information
• Handles risk and uncertainty comfortably

(Technical) Capabilities

Industry knowledge

Practical understanding of mineral processing equipment and processes

Technical knowledge

Understanding the variety of processes executed at Sibelco in such a way that creative solutions can be found.

• Experience with predictive maintenance technologies including, but not limited to, vibration analysis, oil analysis, infrared Thermography, ultra-sound and motor current analysis.
• Experience with Root Cause Failure Analysis, Equipment Criticality Ranking, Preventive Maintenance (PM) and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM).

People skills

Efficient and clear communication

Ability to motivate the team

Coaching people

Change management skills

IT knowledge

Knowledge of MS Office, SAP, Mendix, reporting tools, technical software

Engineering skills

Comprehensive knowledge of engineering principles applied to design, operation and maintenance of building structures and mechanical and electrical equipment for buildings.

Excellent working knowledge of the facilities maintenance subject area, knowledge of the workforce and supplier capabilities as well as an awareness of progressive developments within the industry.

Behavioural skills

Open minded

Team player

Pro-active

Analytical

Able to work independently

Self-motivated

Good communication across different organizational levels