Fixed/Electrical Equipment Reliability Engineer - Nyrstar East Tennessee Mines
Strawberry Plains, TN
About the Job
Nyrstar is a global multi-metals business, with a market leading position in zinc and lead and growing positions in other base and precious metals. Nyrstar has mining, smelting and other operations located in Europe, the Americas and Australia and employs over 4,000 people. The company’s global operations are located close to key customers and major transport hubs to facilitate delivery of raw materials and distribution of finished products. In August 2019, Nyrstar’s operating business became majority owned by Trafigura, a market leader in the global commodities industry, providing a stable long-term platform for its marketing leading operations worldwide.
PRIMARY FUNCTION OF JOB
The role of the Reliability Engineer is to monitor and report exceptions and, from analyzing exceptions, to plan and influence changes in systems relating to Maintenance issues and schedules.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILTIES AND DUTIES OF JOB HOLDER
Safety, Health & Environment:
Function/ Production:
Major objectives and STAKEHOLDERS
Key (3-5) Business Challenges or Objectives of the Position for the Next 12 Months
Identify the key challenging aspects of the role (approx. 3 recommended, maximum of 5). These may be short or long term and must be related to the job (not the person). They might involve client demands, new procedures, technology, developing new approaches, variations in workload etc.
REQUIRED EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS (formal certifications, etc.)
Essential:
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCES, & ABILITIES
Essential:
PRIMARY FUNCTION OF JOB
The role of the Reliability Engineer is to monitor and report exceptions and, from analyzing exceptions, to plan and influence changes in systems relating to Maintenance issues and schedules.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILTIES AND DUTIES OF JOB HOLDER
Safety, Health & Environment:
- Promote awareness and comply with site standards and procedures
- Demonstrates compliance with safety procedures through personal behaviors and conversations, reporting all incidents and ensuring that plans comply with safety policies and procedures
- Take responsibility for the safety of self and others
- Work to establish safe work procedures
- Wear proper PPE at all times
Function/ Production:
- Actively participate in asset management department to support and promote agreed upon decisions
- Support effective leadership, performance management, career development and succession planning of maintenance personnel
- Support effective discipline, relationships and communication within the team and between other departments and teams.
- Assist with deployment and maintaining skill level requirements of maintenance personnel to achieve annual plan
- Provide technical support and actively coach personnel as needed
- Establish and maintain relationships with operations personnel to ensure a focused effort on the elimination of failure and the extension of equipment life
- Improve data integrity by continuously reviewing how data is recorded and influencing appropriate personnel to accurately record downtime data for use in reliability analysis
- Develop and maintain reliability focused maintenance documentation for each asset
- Provide a specialist resource by analyzing failure history, liaising with operators and maintenance personnel, and making life cycle comparisons
- Participate in reviews and provide input and recommendations to improve current maintenance strategies in order to deliver reliability improvements
- Provide monthly plant and other performance summaries of both planned and unplanned performance
- Participate in and /or lead site improvement initiatives in the plant area
Major objectives and STAKEHOLDERS
Key (3-5) Business Challenges or Objectives of the Position for the Next 12 Months
Identify the key challenging aspects of the role (approx. 3 recommended, maximum of 5). These may be short or long term and must be related to the job (not the person). They might involve client demands, new procedures, technology, developing new approaches, variations in workload etc.
- Develop new reliability-based maintenance program
- Implement new reliability-based maintenance program
- Teach new reliability-based maintenance program, incorporating SAP
REQUIRED EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS (formal certifications, etc.)
Essential:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or experience equivalent [4 years]
REQUIRED SKILLS, EXPERIENCES, & ABILITIES
Essential:
- Strong background in fixed and electrical equipment maintenance
- Experience with hoisting systems and vertical shaft maintenance preferred
- Broad experience in hard rock mining equipment maintenance
- Strong working ability with MS Office (spreadsheets, project planners, charting etc.)
- Proficient in AUTOCAD
- Able to establish and maintain influential relationships with internal and external persons
- Results driven achiever with exemplary planning and organization skills
- Strong communication skills
- High demonstrated ability in conceptual and practical planning skills, demonstrated competency in strategic planning
- Proficient spreadsheet and database applications
- Proficient in project management principles/leadership
- Demonstrated project management experience; proficient in project management principles/leadership
- Able to persuade, influence and manage conflict resolution
- Able to lead FEMA, FMECA and RCA workshops
- 4 years of experience in a mechanical or electrical reliability role
- Experience in SAP preferred
- Previous experience in a leadership or facilitator type position and project management
- Prefer advanced experience with PLC & DCS control systems, high voltage systems, power distribution systems, remote health monitoring, and communications systems
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