Maintenance and Reliability Excellence Engineer

Maintenance and Reliability Excellence Engineer

We are looking for:

Act as GBU Maintenance and Reliability Excellence Engineer for all California Sites. Participate in the definition and deployment of Best Practices, associated with Maintenance and Reliability Excellence such as Work Order Management, Store room optimal operation, proactive reliability and Bad Actors Improvement.

We count on you for:

This position will be responsible for consolidating maintenance routine practices, improving Equipment Reliability, tracking Sites M&R Metrics and coordinating action plans aimed to improve and sustain this process at sites under their responsibility.

The focus in Maintenance routine will be to implement early failure identification practices, create effective notification, use of digital tools, like Neptune, to boost notification quality and productivity, improve planning and scheduling, incorporate precision maintenance practices and develop feedback tools to capture improvement opportunities identified by technicians.

In Asset Reliability, it’s expected for this role to develop and complete asset registry and update PIDs, perform Critical Evaluation to Equipment level. Carry out FMEA evaluations at the Asset levels to determine the most optimum maintenance strategy for them. Create, modify and deactivate PMs. Identify critical spares, keep Equipment BOM updated and ensure MRO inventory can be optimized at the site(s) under their responsibility. Identify Site Bad Actors from
OEE and SAP and support the site(s) by facilitating Root Cause Failure Analysis from Bad Actors.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND END RESULTS EXPECTED

• Consolidate Routine Maintenance (Work Order Management Process)
• Be the Change Agent at the site(s) on Work Order Management process consolidation.
• Provide training and coaching to all stakeholders of this process on all the steps of the WOM, such like: notification creation, work prioritization and gatekeeping, work planning and scheduling, work execution first-time right through Precision Maintenance practices and continuous improvement.
• Check the quality of the information entered in the SAP system and support its improvement by providing continuously coaching.
• Track and monitor KPIs related to maintenance and reliability and help the sites improving them.
• Perform Wrench Time Analysis and support the sites in adding opportunities from the report to their TIP.
• Perform Maturity Process Assessment for SyMax processes and support sites to close their gaps identified in the TIP.

Implement Proactive Reliability Process

• Create and modify Site’s Asset Register (Functional Location and Equipment)
• Perform Equipment Criticality Evaluation
• Perform FMEA, FMECA, etc. to optimize Asset Strategy
• Perform PM Optimization to ensure critical Equipment have proper PMs and non-critical equipment are running to failure (when possible)
• Standardize PMs across the board for similar Assets on similar criticalities to ensure consistency and dissemination of right strategies
• Evaluate Critical Spares
• Develop Equipment BOM from Critical Spares identified
• Capture and disseminate best practices among sites
• Update and revise the frequencies of maintenance plans based on changes in indicators
• Implement Predictive Maintenance Program tailored to the site’s equipment features
• Support Operation with Autonomous Maintenance (Operator Care) Program implementation

Improve Reactive Reliability Process

• Report, Analyze and Support Sites to improve OEE, SAP Maintenance Costs and other related Bad Actors caused by Losses from Maintenance and Reliability
• Track Maintenance Losses on OEE and build Bad Actors List
• Provide Action Plan to Analyze and Improve Bad Actors
• Analyze maintenance costs to identify improvements
• Implement, train and coach sites on Failure Analysis Tools/ processes.
• Develop triggers and a system to treat Failure Analysis based on Bad Actors Charts
• Establish a governance to follow Failure Analysis status and track their actions as well as verify their effectiveness

Manage Contractors for Composite Materials Global initiatives

• Manage contracted out work for Reliability Improvement, WOM management, Storeroom improvement and condition monitoring implementation to ensure cost and due dates are in compliance with expectations.

Improve Storesroom management

• Ensure MRO inventory is identified, quantified and optimized on the sites.

Asset Life Cycle management

• Optimize Asset Life and Sustainability
• Track the life cycle cost of assets

M&R Capex

• Support sites on determine their 5-year M&R Capex Budget.

KNOW-HOW

• BS Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or related Engineering Discipline
• Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) preferred, CRL or other relevant reliability certification a plus.
• Experience in SAP ECC is a must.
• Experience in Equipment Criticality Evaluation, FMEA, PMs creation and Critical Spares
• Evaluation is a must.
• Should possess a minimum of 5 yrs of experience in manufacturing environment
• Compliance with HSE requirements and regulations and group policies
• Experience with Predictive Tools/ Program implementation is a must.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are necessary to interact with both the technical and operations teams at the site.

PROBLEM SOLVING

• Must be highly effective in a cross functional environment with the ability to effectively lead cross functional teams that deliver results.
• Record of continuous improvement within a demanding, top-tier quality and safety, health and environmental culture.
• Good technical knowledge of industrial equipment regarding best practices (vibration, lubrication, alignment, etc.) and precision maintenance techniques.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Accountable for the Maintenance and Reliability Excellence processes and performance for Anaheim, Orange and D’Air Sites in California. Position is located in Anaheim, but responsible for all sites in California. Expected travel required below 25% in 2025 for training, but considerably reduced from 2026 on.

You will get:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• The U.S. base salary range reasonably expected to be paid for this position is $124,560.00 to $180,000.00 per year . Since actual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted base salary range. Total compensation for this role also includes bonus and/or other incentives.
• 16, or more, weeks of maternity/paternity and co-parenting leave, according to local regulations
• Training platform for all employees
• Free well-being sessions (physical and psychological)