Reliability Engineer

Blommer Chocolate Careers•East Greenville, PA

15h

About The Position

Blommer understands that our employees are our biggest assets. With this in mind we offer a generous benefits package, tuition reimbursement, and 10 pounds of free chocolate for your birthday! Blommer has been providing delicious, high quality chocolate and cocoa products to customers since 1939. Built as a family business, we are continuing to grow and are looking for motivated and reliable associates to help in our mission of Bringing Chocolate to Life! Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Support and monitor production systems and apply troubleshooting / predictive technologies appropriately Develop engineering solutions for repetitive failures and problems that adversely affect plant operations. Apply data analysis techniques, root cause analysis, corrective action plans Lead root cause failure analysis and failure mode effect analysis for equipment failures Analyze system data following corrective repair work to identify trends and formulate improvement solutions Provide support to production to ensure equipment is maintained at level required to provide a high degree of reliability and maximize useful life Understand and set goals to improve maintenance department KPIs that relate directly to reliability Develop business cases for improvements requiring investment and participate as necessary in capital planning Participate in and contribute to the design review and selection of new equipment Evaluate data, organize, and present to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and savings initiatives Support other maintenance team members as necessary, cover. Lead life cycle asset management activities to identify obsolescence and develop transition plans Analyze PM effectiveness and implement PM changes to best suit mechanic, operator, and equipment needs Development and continued improvement of asset criticality and spare parts optimization Support maintenance planner and team in transition of new assets into site reliability plan following new project commissioning Operates within the core values of respect and care for others. Note: The employer reserves the right to change or assign other duties to this position

Requirements

Ten (10+) years’ experience in reliability / maintenance engineering in a manufacturing environment
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Demonstrated knowledge of Reliability Engineering concepts such as RCM, TPM, FMEA experience with process improvement principles such as Lean and/or Six Sigma
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
Proficient computer skills with Microsoft Office, Power BI suite
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail are essential
Team player, prepared to work in and embrace a team-based culture in operations leadership
Time management and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering field with 3 plus years in engineering role in industrial facility

Responsibilities

Support and monitor production systems and apply troubleshooting / predictive technologies appropriately
Develop engineering solutions for repetitive failures and problems that adversely affect plant operations.
Apply data analysis techniques, root cause analysis, corrective action plans
Lead root cause failure analysis and failure mode effect analysis for equipment failures
Analyze system data following corrective repair work to identify trends and formulate improvement solutions
Provide support to production to ensure equipment is maintained at level required to provide a high degree of reliability and maximize useful life
Understand and set goals to improve maintenance department KPIs that relate directly to reliability
Develop business cases for improvements requiring investment and participate as necessary in capital planning
Participate in and contribute to the design review and selection of new equipment
Evaluate data, organize, and present to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and savings initiatives
Support other maintenance team members as necessary, cover.
Lead life cycle asset management activities to identify obsolescence and develop transition plans
Analyze PM effectiveness and implement PM changes to best suit mechanic, operator, and equipment needs
Development and continued improvement of asset criticality and spare parts optimization
Support maintenance planner and team in transition of new assets into site reliability plan following new project commissioning
Operates within the core values of respect and care for others.