Reliability Engineer I

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

Sun Chemical, a member of the DIC Group, is a leading producer of packaging and graphic solutions, color and display technologies, functional products, electronic materials, and products for the automotive and healthcare industries. Together with DIC, Sun Chemical is continuously working to promote and develop sustainable solutions to exceed customer expectations and better the world around us. With combined annual sales of more than $8.5 billion and 22,000+ employees worldwide, the DIC Group companies support a diverse collection of global customers.

Sun Chemical Corporation is a subsidiary of Sun Chemical Group Coöperatief U.A., the Netherlands, and is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, U.S.A. For more information, please visit our website at or connect with us on LinkedIn or Twitter

POSITION SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE :

Ensure the reliability and maintainability of existing, new, and modified site systems, equipment, processes, utilities, and infrastructure. Updates and maintains all information related to asset information, asset bill of materials (BOM), maintenance safety procedures, preventative maintenance programming and master maintenance planning in the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Assists with site capital projects.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes:
  • Value-added preventive maintenance (PM) tasks.
  • Effective utilization of predictive maintenance and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
• Provides input to the Risk Management Plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
• Track and publishes maintenance metrics; interprets data and recommends actions based on findings. These metrics include bad actor analysis and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE).
• Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.
• Maintains the CMMS, including documentation and system integrity of equipment BOMs and PMs, purchasing info records for spare parts, and master data records for vendors.
• Oversees Maintenance stockroom, ensuring that needed materials, parts, and supplies are stocked according to needs and appropriate inventory levels are maintained.
• Participates in the development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical MRO suppliers and technical maintenance service providers.
• Liaison for contracted MRO site service providers.
• Backup Purchasing Agent on purchase requisition creation, purchase order delivery, goods and service receipts, and invoice closure for projects with contracted MRO site service providers.
• Assist in site projects, P&ID and LOTO updates.
• Track site budgets, including maintenance, outside services, and production supplies accounts.
• Provides training to maintenance software and application end users, serves as liaison for problem solving and escalation, and educates staff on the CMMS functions and best practices for performing tasks.
• Works with production to perform analyses of assets including:
  • Asset utilization
  • Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
  • Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of assets

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

B.S. in mechanical, electrical, or chemical engineering.

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• 2+ years’ experience in manufacturing/processing.
• Computer proficiency that includes input of data and development of reports and presentations.
• Experience with SAP (or other ERP software programs), MS Office, and AutoCAD.

POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK: Monday – Friday. Day shift.

BENEFITS

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k)+match and life insurance. Eligibility of benefit timing may vary.

 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

It is Sun’s policy that applicants for employment are recruited, selected, and hired on the basis of individual merit and ability with respect to the position being filled. Sun prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law.

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