Reliability Engineer - Conveyors

Manager, Talent Acquisition - Operations | Dad Responsibilities

• Develop, define, and update detailed Predictive (PdM) and Preventative (PM) maintenance procedures for Conveyors based on criticality, best practices, and supplier requirements.
• Communicate advantages and disadvantages affecting conveyor reliability to help drive decision making during the design and procurement of equipment.
• Strive to achieve consistency between plants by informing, coaching, and promoting best practices to local teams in accordance with company standards (OEMS 4.2).
• Directly support the critical needs of the business through advanced problem solving, detailed troubleshooting and in-the-field interactions with mill personnel.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) during the design and procurement of conveyors by delivering and communicating the advantages and disadvantages for decisions affecting equipment reliability.
• Deliver & drive consistency between plants by informing, coaching, and promoting best practices and standards.
• Directly support the critical needs of the business through day-to-day support consisting of advanced problem solving and detailed hands‑on troubleshooting.
• Lead, develop and maintain strategic technical partnerships with key vendors and equipment manufacturers.
• Coordinate with plant maintenance teams, as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), to certify by audit the correct reliability strategies are being properly applied.
• Coordinate with plant maintenance teams to ensure the correct reliability strategies are properly utilized.
• Mitigate risk, increase operating effectiveness and efficiency, and improve facility performance standards by monitoring and responding to the performance of critical assets and equipment.
• Train operations leaders in the effective use of maintenance reliability tools and methodologies.
• Demonstrate corporate safety and quality strategies.
• Audit and provide feedback of proactive and predictive reliability processes and standards.
• Confirm physical locations of critical equipment, spare parts/BOMs, and verify proper preventative and predictive measures are in place via auditing.
• Review and approve requested Preventative Maintenance standard work change requests to ensure proper compliance with company standards.
• Leads initiative with Maintenance Planners/Coordinators to maintain information in the EAM system.
• Work closely with Centers of Excellence (COE) on problem solving and equipment design for reliability.
• Contribute and participate in formal design and drawing reviews for all capital projects to include large greenfield and brownfield sites and small capital projects.
• Safeguard all work, including work performed by mill maintenance teams and contractors, adhering to safe work practices which guarantees a safe workplace for all.
• Lead by example and demonstrate formality by ensuring that all changes are entered, thoroughly vetted, and tracked in Enviva’s MOC (Management of Change) system.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field experience. 10+ years of experience in bulk material conveyance. Design experience a plus.
• Experience in Maintenance and Reliability and manufacturing in an asset intensive, heavy industrial, continuous manufacturing environment. Experience utilizing Reliability Centered Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance.
• Experience with RCA / FMEA.
• Effective communicator to frontline leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to constructively engage, negotiate, resolve conflict and influence operational leaders while building strong counseling relationships with front line leaders.
• Strong communications skills (i.e. verbal, written, and interpersonal). Ability or experience working in a highly matrixed organizational structure.
• Proficiency with MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, etc.) as well as CAD programs.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM systems.

• Willing and able to travel up to 50%+ Domestic.