Site Reliability Engineer

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DuPont is seeking an experienced Reliability Engineer for our Healthcare Industries Materials Site (HIMS) in Hemlock, Michigan. The HIMS plant produces a wide range of silicone-based materials used in the healthcare industry. This position reports to the Manufacturing Technology Manager and receives additional training and guidance from the HIMS maintenance leader.

The Reliability Engineer will collaborate with operations and maintenance team members and be a team member in the Manufacturing Technology (MT) organization. The role defines and implements the site's Reliability Strategy and provides technical expertise on all matters of reliability, equipment, and maintenance engineering, assessment, and monitoring for all process equipment. The role will conduct reliability studies on existing equipment and recommend needed improvements to Operations management in the areas of equipment philosophies, strategies, and best practices for asset productivity.

The role is the lead for all matters of equipment reliability and will focus on enhancing value through analysis along with some first response, day-to-day trouble shooting of failed equipment. The role will also be a key contributor to improvement and capital projects and play a role in equipment design, selection, implementation, and startup working closely with other engineering disciplines and interfacing closely with operations.

Some limited travel may be required depending on project responsibilities (travel to other DuPont sites or external parties such as equipment suppliers).

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate sincere personal leadership and accountability being a role model for core values
• Provide reliability and equipment technical support for HIMS plant operations and utilities; lead root cause & failure analyses for equipment/reliability upsets. Work closely with team to correct and prevent reoccurrence of defects; participate in production turn-around/shutdown teams providing input into needed equipment inspection and repair procedures
• Perform improvement audits at plant site, identify gaps in work practices, and help define the business value for improvements.
• Support capital replacement and improvement projects; set equipment criteria and specifications; provide technical support for fabrication, installation, and startup of new equipment; lead small site projects or work closely with other engineers to implement; implement maintenance and reliability procedures for new equipment
• Develop and implement equipment asset plans using Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and other reliability techniques.
• Support continuous improvement program; analyze equipment trends & historical data to recommend and justify improvements to obtain lowest life cycle cost; determine how process variation and equipment operation can impact equipment reliability; develop or improve standard operating procedures.
• Lead and/or be a technical reviewer for manufacturing process changes; expertise with management of change and change of design work processes.
• Participate in maintenance and reliability networks, sharing best practices and key learnings.
• Support Process Safety: Lead and participate in Pre Start-up Safety Reviews (PSSR). Participate in Process Hazard Analysis (PHA).
• Promote machine safety, maintenance safety, and safe work practices.
• Lead and implement the site S1M machine safety guarding initiatives, including support of Machine Risk Assessments (MRAs).
• Apply engineering theory, practices, and principles to perform failure analysis to determine root cause of equipment failures and conduct equipment performance evaluations.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, and maintenance mechanics.
• Additional duties may be assigned, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Engineering. Advanced degree holders are encouraged to apply.
• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing operations; higher experience levels encouraged to apply; job level and compensation offered to be commensurate with experience.
• Ability to work with others and communicate well in a cross-functional setting including operators, mechanics, engineers of various disciplines, management, other leaders, and consultants in a positive way to improve plant performance.
• Proven ability to diagnose and resolve equipment & production issues using a team approach and data-driven analysis
• Experience with capital and/or improvement projects as a manufacturing representative
• Proven skills with management of change work practices in a manufacturing setting
• Knowledge of preventative-predictive maintenance programs (lubrication, vibration, thermography, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with reliability theory and tools, root cause failure analysis, failure mode and effect analysis
• Experience interpreting and applying industry and corporate standards
• Experience with new equipment startups
• Experience with capital project execution following the DuPont Project Process
• Experience with SAP maintenance planning, scheduling, and master data
• Experience with machine safety standards and implementation
• Experience with plant utilities such as boilers, cooling towers, chillers, water treatment, nitrogen, compressed air, electrical power supply
• Experience with cleanroom operations including air handling systems
• Experience in batch manufacturing processes including silicone mixing and extrusion
• Six Sigma or similar continuous improvement and statistical analysis experience
• Experience in Process Safety Management

Additional Key Competencies for Success

• Desire and ability to lead the Site's Reliability Strategy and Programs.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and objectives as well as demonstrate flexibility to take on additional roles to meet site & business needs.
• Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills coupled with a strong work ethic.
• Must be able to work independently and represent DuPont externally (as needed with suppliers)
• In DuPont, Reliability Engineers are encouraged to get CMRP certified (Certified Maintenance Reliability Professional)

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