Reliability Engineer

For our client, an international company based in Neuchâtel, we are looking for a Reliability Engineer.

General Information:

- Start date: ASAP
- End date: 1 year contract
- Extension: possible, to be discussed
- Workplace: Neuchâtel
- Workload: 100%

Tasks and responsibilities:

- Improving the reliability of equipment, critical systems and maintenance processes by applying the principles of Reliability Engineering program.

- Apply Root Cause Analysis methodologies to improve equipment that support manufacturing operations in a dynamic, fast-paced cGMP, biotechnology environment.

- Measure reliability performance and demonstrate success of improvements.

- Lead reliability driven actions that require independent and/or collaborative judgment.

- Support capital projects as needed.

- May be assigned other duties.
Maintenance Strategy:

- Determine the Equipment Importance Level for Equipment/System.

- Determine maintenance strategies based on Equipment/System importance level for new and existing equipment/System.

- Develop maintenance plans for new and existing equipment/systems,

- Responsible for the technical content of preventive maintenance SOPs.

- Responsible for the effectiveness of the maintenance programs, ensure accurate work instructions.
Preventive maintenance optimization:

- Identify opportunities for improvements in maintenance programs and implement appropriate changes to the maintenance strategy for equipment.

- Own the equipment maintenance improvement initiatives.

- Evaluate requests for PM extensions, provide technical justification and approve if justified
Equipment Prioritization and Predictive maintenance program management:

- Identify Worst Performers (“Bad Actors” and “Waste Producers”).

- Determine the appropriate Hierarchy for Equipment/System.

- Define strategies and methodologies to prevent functional failures, also detecting the onset of functional failures in their earliest stages.

- Responsible for the implementation of predictive maintenance across the facility.
Failure Analysis and CAPAs:

- Lead and/or participate in Root Cause Analysis Teams.

- Perform analysis of failures applying appropriate analysis techniques (data analysis techniques, FTA, RCA, RCFA), in order to identify and eliminate the causes of functional failures.

- Inspect and analyze damaged parts detected during maintenance activities.

- Own the equipment reliability related relevant CAPAs.

- Respond to audit findings that are equipment maintenance relevant.

- Collaborate and provide support to engineering organizations and to production.

- Identify and communicate opportunities for operating and design improvements. Collaborate to develop engineering solutions.
Spare parts management; CMMS; Metrics:

- Responsible for accurate content of equipment master data within CMMS

- Define the content of the equipment spare parts list (EPL), BOMs, and stock level. Responsible for their accurate, complete and updated content.

- Perform functional equivalency assessment for spare parts.

- Participate in the development and evaluation of technical suppliers and/or providers of maintenance services.
Equipment performance, Data Analysis and Trends:

- Own the monitoring concepts.

- Report key performance metrics for equipment/systems.

- Monitor and analyze data and trends for equipment that are of most importance to the business.

- Report the progress and effectiveness of Reliability Engineering Improvement initiatives.
Training and Documentation:

- Apply and teach Reliability concepts. Provide necessary training and skill refinement to technicians and operators.

- Collaborate to develop appropriate and complete troubleshooting for equipment/system issues.

- With Site Engineering, ensure availability of OEM manuals, vendor drawings, vendor literature.

Your profile:

- Knowledge of a GMP environment

- Familiar with preventive maintenance (PM) and calibration maintenance (CM) process workflow

- Operational maintenance methods

- Based on fact and datas

- Methods oriented

- Analytics

- English fluent (speaking & writing)

- Knowledge on CMMS system (JDE, SAP..)