For our client, an international company based in Neuchâtel, we are looking for a Reliability Engineer.
General Information:
- Start date: ASAP
- End date: 1 year contract
- Extension: possible, to be discussed
- Workplace: Neuchâtel
- Workload: 100%
Tasks and responsibilities:
... - Improving the reliability of equipment, critical systems and maintenance processes by applying the principles of Reliability Engineering program.
- Apply Root Cause Analysis methodologies to improve equipment that support manufacturing operations in a dynamic, fast-paced cGMP, biotechnology environment.
- Measure reliability performance and demonstrate success of improvements.
- Lead reliability driven actions that require independent and/or collaborative judgment.
- Support capital projects as needed.
- May be assigned other duties.
Maintenance Strategy:
- Determine the Equipment Importance Level for Equipment/System.
- Determine maintenance strategies based on Equipment/System importance level for new and existing equipment/System.
- Develop maintenance plans for new and existing equipment/systems,
- Responsible for the technical content of preventive maintenance SOPs.
- Responsible for the effectiveness of the maintenance programs, ensure accurate work instructions.
Preventive maintenance optimization:
- Identify opportunities for improvements in maintenance programs and implement appropriate changes to the maintenance strategy for equipment.
- Own the equipment maintenance improvement initiatives.
- Evaluate requests for PM extensions, provide technical justification and approve if justified
Equipment Prioritization and Predictive maintenance program management:
- Identify Worst Performers (“Bad Actors” and “Waste Producers”).
- Determine the appropriate Hierarchy for Equipment/System.
- Define strategies and methodologies to prevent functional failures, also detecting the onset of functional failures in their earliest stages.
- Responsible for the implementation of predictive maintenance across the facility.
Failure Analysis and CAPAs:
- Lead and/or participate in Root Cause Analysis Teams.
- Perform analysis of failures applying appropriate analysis techniques (data analysis techniques, FTA, RCA, RCFA), in order to identify and eliminate the causes of functional failures.
- Inspect and analyze damaged parts detected during maintenance activities.
- Own the equipment reliability related relevant CAPAs.
- Respond to audit findings that are equipment maintenance relevant.
- Collaborate and provide support to engineering organizations and to production.
- Identify and communicate opportunities for operating and design improvements. Collaborate to develop engineering solutions.
Spare parts management; CMMS; Metrics:
- Responsible for accurate content of equipment master data within CMMS
- Define the content of the equipment spare parts list (EPL), BOMs, and stock level. Responsible for their accurate, complete and updated content.
- Perform functional equivalency assessment for spare parts.
- Participate in the development and evaluation of technical suppliers and/or providers of maintenance services.
Equipment performance, Data Analysis and Trends:
- Own the monitoring concepts.
- Report key performance metrics for equipment/systems.
- Monitor and analyze data and trends for equipment that are of most importance to the business.
- Report the progress and effectiveness of Reliability Engineering Improvement initiatives.
Training and Documentation:
- Apply and teach Reliability concepts. Provide necessary training and skill refinement to technicians and operators.
- Collaborate to develop appropriate and complete troubleshooting for equipment/system issues.
- With Site Engineering, ensure availability of OEM manuals, vendor drawings, vendor literature.
Your profile:
- Knowledge of a GMP environment
- Familiar with preventive maintenance (PM) and calibration maintenance (CM) process workflow
- Operational maintenance methods
- Based on fact and datas
- Methods oriented
- Analytics
- English fluent (speaking & writing)
- Knowledge on CMMS system (JDE, SAP..)