Mechanical Reliability Engineer (Escanaba, MI)

Purpose:

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Billerud’s mission to lead the way when it comes to challenging conventional packaging and business? Our decisions are guided by the promise of creating a better tomorrow. Building a future where lighter, stronger, more durable and sustainable packaging is the natural choice not only requires experience and expertise, but also takes dedication, teamwork and perseverance. This is a journey that we are making together with our talented staff and our customers.

Summary Description:
This role exists to support the Billerud Reliability Narrative and Operational Excellence.  Specifically, Reliability Engineers support mill operational areas by providing technical expertise and use proven engineering principles to solve problems.  Focus areas include:

• Manage/Asses Area PM Backlog
• Manage Area Critical Spares
• Optimize MTBF - Prioritize Work
• Manage Predictive Maintenance
• Increase the # of Assets in Precision State
• Develop Area BP SOP's
• Chronic Area Bad Actor Elimination
• RCFA Analysis
• Outage Support/Planning/Supervision
• Mechanical Engineering Projects
• Tank & Vessel Management

Key Accountabilities:

• Support Billerud Operational Excellence through; People, Equipment and Process care, Manufacturing Work Systems, Precision Practices and Reliability Engineering.
• Lead efforts to resolve sources of machine downtime, equipment failures, and production losses.
• Utilize root cause analysis to identify causes of failures and engineer corrective solutions.
• Apply Reliability Centered Maintenance methods to develop optimal maintenance strategies.
• Maximize the use of predictive and preventative maintenance activities to improve the mill’s condition-based maintenance strategy.
• Manage reliability improvement projects and risk management programs for the area.
• Champion Precision Maintenance Best Practices within area maintenance and outsourced work.
• Ensure conformance with applicable regulatory and engineering codes and company policies.
• Keep current on new equipment maintenance strategies and technologies.
• Manage Preventive Maintenance (PM) backlog.
• Manage area specific critical spares.
• Optimize Mean-Time-Between-Failure (MTBF) and prioritize work by importance.
• Manage predictive maintenance in specified areas.
• Increase the number of assets in precision state.
• Develop area Best Practices (BP) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's).
• Identify chronic area "Bad Actor" elimination.
• Utilize Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) as needed.
• Participate in outage support, planning, and supervision.
• Lead and participate in mechanical engineering projects.
• Manage and assist with tank and vessel management.

Qualifications

Required Experience and Education:

• 4-year degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field and 0-3 years’ experience in mechanical maintenance or reliability.

Personal qualities

Preferred Experience and Education:

• Paper Mill experience.

Required skills:

• Strong mechanical aptitude.  
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.  
• Good computer skills and the ability to learn and function in SAP.    
• Highly motivated, innovative, and results oriented.
• Demonstrated ability and desire to identify improvement opportunities.
• Will take ownership to drive the implementations of solutions to produce positive results.
• Has the demonstrated ability to analyze data and apply a risk-based decision-making process.

Application information

Billerud NA is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability.

Why us?

• Be part of a dynamic team within Billerud
• An opportunity to contribute to a more sustainable future
• Development and career opportunities
• Performance-based bonus and a number of different benefits according to company policy,
• Opportunity to hybrid working according to company standard
  
  

Our recruitment process may include interviews, recruitment test, reference checks, and alcohol & drug testing.