Reliability Manager

Job Description

Company Description

Pixelle Specialty Solutions™ is the largest specialty paper company in North America, with fully integrated pulp and paper operations in Chillicothe, Ohio, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, Stevens Point, Wisconsin and a coating operation in Fremont, Ohio. Supported by an experienced product development team, Pixelle excels in designing customized solutions that help customers bring new products to market. With a long history of leadership in the paper industry, Pixelle delivers the most comprehensive portfolio of specialty papers to help you meet today’s challenging demands.

Job Description

This position is responsible for improving asset uptime by developing and implementing reliability engineering processes which resolve the root causes of equipment failures and drive the improvements in safety and reliability through the development and utilization of a Reliability Road Map. This position will supervise a Reliability Engineer and hourly maintenance/production team members.

Accountabilities

Develop, implement, and optimize preventative and predictive maintenance systems to minimize equipment downtime in all areas of the facilities – the Reliability Road Map

Develop maintenance personnel to safely and effectively utilize those systems to meet business objectives

Evaluate, implement, and systematically incorporate new technology to improve reliability

Utilize root cause failure analysis to identify predictive and appropriate maintenance procedures

Provide technical expertise for equipment maintenance, maintenance standards, and operating procedures for facility equipment

Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and eliminate equipment reliability issues

Apply the concepts of precision maintenance to ensure the equipment is designed, repaired, balanced, and aligned to strictly enforce standards before being placed in service

Re-engineer/redesign unreliable or failure prone equipment to meet expected operating performance

Benchmark with other facilities & industries to implement best practices around reliabilityQualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Electrical Engineering Technology or the equivalent training and/or experience

3+ years’ experience in maintenance or reliability in a manufacturing setting

Prior paper machine experience is a major benefit

Prior knowledge or experience with boiler operations is preferred

Technical knowledge and experience in reliability engineering and maintenance methods

Demonstrated ability and desire to identify improvement opportunities. Take ownership to drive the implementations of solutions to produce positive results.

Demonstrated ability to analyze data and apply a risk-based decision-making process

Previous knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office, Outlook

Additional Information

Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication, problem solving and decision-making skills

Creativity in identifying solutions and ability to delegate decision making and other responsibilities

Strong project management and organizational skills

Drive to produce results

Ability to work effectively in a team environment

Safety Freak (own it, expect it, drive it)

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Work downtimes, holidays, and weekends as scheduled

Possess ambulatory capabilities to walk extensively and climb ladders and stairways

Be able to tolerate temperature extremes

Work beyond normal work schedule as necessary to fulfill position responsibilities

WORK SCHEDULE: Normally Monday through Friday with weekend rotation. Work beyond normal schedule as necessary to fulfill position responsibilities.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Full-time