Reliability Engineer

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!
 

Job Description

We are seeking a dedicated Reliability Engineer to focus on long-term monthly and quarterly issues. This role involves analyzing historical data from the CMMS and Production Loss System to prioritize and deliver the highest value reliability improvements.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Competitive salary

• Competitive health and benefit plan

• Competitive matched retirement savings program

• The opportunity to join a continuously growing organization with focus on Diversity and Inclusion

• The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing

WHEN YOU JOIN US, YOU WILL

• Collaborate to design, develop, and implement corporate preventative and predictive maintenance systems using IBM Maximo.

• Implement and optimize cost-justified Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Strategies and Reliability Best Practices at the plant

• Provide necessary CMMS related training to end users, adhering to the Maximo SOP.

• Continuously improve the Electrical and Mechanical Preventative Maintenance system to enhance safety, product quality, production efficiency, and labor/material effectiveness.

• Analyze production losses due to downtime, rate reduction, and waste of critical equipment to prioritize Root Cause Analysis efforts.

• Review downtime data to identify trends and recurring failures, aiding in root cause identification.

• Facilitate RCM, using FMECA’s to assess criticality ranking of existing failure modes, identify and design out the root causes of defects and develop predictive and preventive strategies to reduce impact or detect defects early enough to correct before an unplanned failure.

• Assess and optimize the spare parts required to support the critical PM tasks developed from RCM.

• Evaluate and justify new technologies or inspection procedures to replace current instrumentation controls, sensors, drives, and other electrical components and inspection strategies.

• Other related reliability and maintenance responsibilities.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

• University degree in Engineering (preferably in Electrical, Mechanical or Reliability Engineering)

• Minimum 3 years of experience in process manufacturing or industrial equipment design environments (Preferably with Maintenance)

• Understanding electrical standards such as: IEEE, National Electric Code, NEMA, etc. is an asset

• Proficiency in MS Excel, AutoCAD, and CMMS (Maximo would be an asset)

• Proven problem solver with various methodologies

• Familiar with the Workflow from service requests to the final close out of Work Orders

• Experience with plant planning and scheduling, shutdown procedures and best practices

• Willingness to travel occasionally within North America for training and/or assist at other IKO Plants

• Previously developed PM, PdM strategies and Best Practices for high speed manufacturing equipment

• Worked with condition monitoring equipment such as: vibration analysis, ultrasonic lube, belt tensioners, etc. As well as precision installation tools such as: Laser alignment, sonic belt tensioners, etc.

Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.
 

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.