Reliability Engineer

Req ID : 464509

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At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry.

Every day, more than 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Job Summary :

This position is responsible for guiding efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety / security systems.

Identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect site or business operations. This broad primary role includes loss elimination, risk management and life cycle asset management.

Essential Functions :

• Works with project engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of existing, new, and modified equipment. The reliability engineer is responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of assets.
• Participates in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans. Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical OEM suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.

Develops acceptance tests and inspection criteria.

• Participates in the final check-out of new designs. This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure adherence to functional specifications.
• Assists the Maintenance Manager to professionally and systematically define, design, develop, monitor and refine a maintenance plan that includes :
• Preventative maintenance scheduling
• Preventative maintenance inspection recommendations
• Technical data review (Maintenance manuals and schematics)
• Value-added preventive maintenance tasks.
• Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
• Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact site operations.
• Assists in developing engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect site operations.

These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. To fulfill this responsibility, the reliability engineer applies data analysis techniques that can include :

• Statistical process control
• Reliability modeling and prediction
• Fault tree analysis
• Six Sigma (6) methodology
• Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
• Failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS)
• Works with Production to perform analyses of assets including :
• Asset utilization
• Equipment effectiveness
• Remaining useful life
• Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability, and costs of assets.
• Provides technical support to maintenance and technical personnel.
• Applies value analysis to repair / replace, repair / design and make / buy decisions.
• Responsible for monthly mean time between system affecting failures (MTBSAF) and mean distance between system affecting failure (MDBSAF) reports.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Advanced computer skills, with emphasis on condition monitoring software.
• Minimum of 5 years (in addition to above) maintenance and reliability, production management, engineering or operations experience.
• Ability to develop and manage good working relationships with internal departments, contractors, suppliers, inspectors and customers.
• Strong mechanical and electrical knowledge and aptitude.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance programs and the tools associated with failure detection (i.e. vibration analysis, oil monitoring, thermography) as well as the software associated with them.

You don't need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you'll be proud.

If you're up for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you!

Important to note : As a global business, we're an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in.

We're committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Nearest Major Market : Denver

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