Reliability Engineer
International Flavors & Fragrances
- Gibson City, IL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop and implement equipment improvement plans using site Strategic Asset.
- Management Plan, Preventative Maintenance (PM) Optimization, and other reliability techniques.
- Perform physical failure analysis, determine root cause of equipment failures and conduct equipment performance evaluations in order to increase equipment effectiveness.
- Analyze equipment trends & historical data to recommend and justify improvements for
- increasing site asset reliability.
- Promote consistency by standardizing equipment installation and repair procedures.
- Support capital projects by participating in setting equipment criteria and specifications to
- optimize equipment/system design and life cycle cost.
- Provide technical support for fabrication, installation, and start-up of new critical equipment.
- Participate in production shutdown planning, providing input into needed equipment inspections and repair activities.
- Participate in maintenance and reliability networks, sharing best practices, successes and
- failures.
- Report monthly Key Performance Indicator (KPI) metrics related to reliability.
- Be part of a rotating on call group to assist with identifying correct materials and repair.
- plans for afterhours equipment failures.
- B.S. degree or higher in Engineering is required; focus in Mechanical Engineering is preferred, from ABET-accredited university.
- Minimum 1 years of applicable experience; demonstrated ability to work safety and effectively as an engineer in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Ability to work with others involved in a variety of functions including skilled maintenance personnel, process operators, engineers of various disciplines, management, and other leaders to impact plant performance in a positive way.
- Ability to work effectively on multiple projects.
- Proficient in the use of spreadsheets and databases.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills both verbal and written.
- Strong time management and organizational skills.
- Experience in a soy processing environment - soybean preparation, extraction, extrusion, packaging preferred.
- Experience in Process Safety Management (PSM) system requirements preferred.
- Rotating equipment and alignment techniques.
- Fundamental Materials Science, including material selection and properties.
- Lubrication, and fundamentals of interpreting oil analysis results.
- Interpretation of various vendor reports including vibration analysis and infrared thermography.
- Data analysis of equipment and identification of trends.
- Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA).
- Engineering design standards and their application.
- Cost/Capital analysis and justification.