Reliability Engineer

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Job Title

Reliability EngineerAs the Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for performing and/or project management of capital facilities and/or construction projects. Areas may include, but are not limited to, activities related to the maintenance, repair and modification of equipment controls/communications, electrical/electronic systems, special systems/processes, or mechanical devices and equipment.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision, develop and/or implements predictive, preventive and reliability centered maintenance programs, including maintenance check sheets, maintenance logic decision trees, predictive maintenance techniques, and related facility analyses.

• Provide advice and consultation to Management Team regarding facilities engineering matters, including compliance with federal/state laws and regulations; coordinates facilities engineering project activities with other departments; prepares data and documents for use during governmental or customer inquiries and audits.

• Work with appropriate engineering consultants and/or management, perform project management work to include preparing budgets, project execution, resolving work problems, recommending contract change orders, preparing progress reports, and reviewing invoices/authorizing payments.

• Oversee maintenance and modification of computerized process control systems, maintenance management systems, and the facilities change notice procedure.

• Coordinate with Operations and Process Engineering to assign project personnel to specific phases or aspects of project, such as technical studies, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and testing; recommends teams of trades and operators needed.

• Under management’s supervision, review and comment on project work plans prepared by outside consultants for conformance to CoorsTek standards and specifications.

• Prepare a variety of technical facilities reports and analyses for presentation to management team.

• Determine feasibility and/or design of new plant equipment or modifying existing facilities, considering costs, available space, time limits, company planning, and other technical and economic factors.

• Recommend work equipment and maintenance standards, procedures and performance criteria for ongoing planned activities; may help to define training needs for maintenance and operations personnel, such as trade skills enhancement, related to maintenance standards and procedures.

• Prepare budget request for work unit; estimates staffing and capital equipment needs based on recent trends and planned activities; monitors expenditures after budget adoption; submits or approves requisitions for purchase of materials and supplies.

• Coordinate with the purchasing functions for the planning and procurement of equipment, tooling, purchased parts, related materials, supplies and services as required executing the facilities projects and master plan. Optimize all purchases as a major way to reduce costs.

• Partner with EHS, Maintenance, Operations and Engineering to support multi-disciplinary demands of the Manufacturing processes and operations.

• May negotiate, administer, interpret and/or enforce purchase orders for specialized facilities work such as water utility, backflow prevention, alarm systems, or other, etc.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, industrial, mechanical, or electrical engineering preferred

• 2-5 years of experience in facility maintenance and/or manufacturing environment.

Functional/Technical Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Experience with TPM, predictive maintenance, continuous improvement, industrial equipment maintenance, etc. highly preferred.

• Project Mangement experience a plus.

• Proficiency in CAD software.

• Familiarity with Maintenace Management Systems (MSM), we use Apriso.

• Excellent oral/written communications (including writing clear reports), organizational expertise, and team building/effective conflict resolution skills.

• Must be able to work with a diverse variety of people from different cultures and backgrounds.

Position Specific Details:

• Location: Golden, CO (on-site)

• Travel: approx. 10%

Target Hiring Range

Annual Salary: USD 90,196.00 - USD 119,059.00

Actual compensation is commensurate with experience, skills and education. CoorsTek strives to give all qualified applicants equal opportunity and to make selection decisions on job related factors. Do not provide any information on the application which will indicate your race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

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