Reliability Engineer

Role Summary

Reliability Engineer responsible for improving equipment reliability and uptime in pharmaceutical operations. Leads root-cause investigations, implements corrective and preventive actions, and develops lifecycle management processes for capital equipment. Collaborates with maintenance, quality, and engineering teams to optimize performance and compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Leads investigation of root-cause for repetitive damage and failure rates.
• Develops and executes root cause failure analysis, corrective and preventative actions.
• Manage performance metrics to ensure that programs are being adequately executed.
• Lead the development, implementation, and maintenance of a life cycle asset management process for equipment.
• Identifies and leads maintenance teams implementing practices to maximize equipment uptime based on priorities defined by each area.
• Works with vendors to identify training opportunities, equipment upgrades and best practices.
• Monitors equipment downtime and establishes actions to optimize equipment performance.
• Evaluates CMMS failure data for trends and root cause.
• Establishes corrective and preventative measures to avoid equipment failure recurrences.
• Monitors and trends equipment performances.
• Participates in critical task analysis.
• Leads and executes equipment FMEAs.
• Partners with Maintenance and Quality Specialist in equipment-related investigations.
• Acts as a role model by demonstrating safe work practices.
• Assists in implementing OEE practices to continuously meet packaging and production standards.
• Partners with engineering in implementing cost and efficiency improvement projects (e.g., yield and productivity improvements).
• Establishes equipment hierarchy, PM plan, BOM and square parts suggestions of site equipment.
• Provides support in new equipment capital project implementation to ensure site standardization of equipment and practices.
• Participates in the overview of the predictive maintenance program (vibration, ultrasound, thermography, lubrication, eddy current, motor current analysis, thickness testing, and others).
• Supports the design of new equipment.
• Under area of responsibility, understands and complies with all safety, environmental, and quality practices and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in engineering and/or a minimum of seven years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry (or similar industry in engineering, technical services, production or related field).
• Preferred: A combination of experience and/or education will be taken into consideration.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering