Junior Reliability Engineer

Junior Reliability Engineer - Pharma - Knightdale, USA - 6-Months

Our client, One of the world’s largest pharmaceutical organisations is responsible for developing and manufacturing medicines and vaccines for a wide range of medical disciplines. They have been responsible for the development of many blockbuster drugs in both the USA and the EU and have a presence in the USA, EU and Asia-Pacific.

With continued organisational growth and a considerable amount of investment across the portfolio and capital programme they are seeking the expertise of a Junior Reliability Engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support for equipment and process improvement initiatives using simple and advanced problem-solving techniques.
• Facilitate and participate in equipment-based Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations.
• Evaluate CMMS work order data for repair trends and chronic issues for review.
• Recommend corrections to existing equipment conditions to move towards a “World Class” maintenance organization.
• Review PM and corrective work order activities and initiate corrective action as necessary after review.
• Represent Facilities/Maintenance Department projects and work with Project Engineering to facilitate requested project implementations.
• Coordinate activities for Reliability Engineering programs (i.e Predictive Maintenance (PdM), Mechanical Integrity (MI), Calibration).
• Represent Equipment Reliability and Standards Department as part of project teams and works with Project Engineering to facilitate requested project implementations.
• Utilizes Reliability Centered Maintenance Analysis (RCM), Weibull analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Pareto analysis, Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), HAZOP analysis, Age Exploration Process (AE), Six Sigma (Process Excellence) and predictive technologies etc.

Requirements:

• Maintenance or Reliability Engineer with preventive and predictive maintenance programs is preferred.
• Preferred candidate should have hands on experience working with equipment and systems as a shop mechanic, technician, or plant engineer.
• Knowledge of instrumentation, mechanical engineering, and maintenance practices
• Ability to shift priorities with assistance according to changes in departmental/facility needs and be open to different ideas/approaches.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply Process Safety Management elements, especially Change of Design and Quality Assurance/Mechanical Integrity.
• Demonstrated skills in using a wide range of computer systems and software such as Microsoft Office Suite, reliability analysis software, and computerized maintenance management systems.

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!