Reliability Engineer

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Reliability Engineer

Overview

JLL is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join our team! This position is with a major global Life Sciences company and is located in Ireland.

In JLL Work Dynamics our most significant assets are our “People” and our “Clients”. We will act with Dignity and Respect, make Ethical Decisions, champion Corporate Responsibility and serve as a driving force for a Sustainable Asset Management.

There are opportunities for growth and career development, as the team develops you may be responsible for management of junior staff. Acting as a technical subject matter expert you will be supported in achieving external qualifications and becoming globally recognized in Reliability & Asset Management.

This exciting opportunity is responsible for providing reliability engineering support for operations and maintenance of buildings, infrastructure, and equipment assets. In coordination and full collaboration with the Reliability & Asset Services COE, the Reliability Engineer is responsible for implementing JLL’s enhanced Reliability & Asset Services program that delivers a whole life approach to asset management.

Key responsibilities within this program are:

• Attend area ENG Tier 1 and actively participate in it, i.e. take turns running DOC or reading the Agenda, run through the weeks IFM work plan and raise any issues.
• Actively resolve issues related to equipment breakdown, not just escalate – pull together support, walk the job, follow it through, raise any SIMS or QA records required.
• Routinely walk the areas of responsibility to look/listen for evidence of wear or damage, develop check lists (weekly PM), proactively consider safety in the area – Raise good-saves, etc.
• Be proactive in terms of asset reliability – trend repeat failures and address them, ensure there are critical spares available for the equipment under their control, develop immediate action plans & contingency plans if any critical plant goes down.
• Work closely with the contract vendors to thoroughly understand the equipment, how it works, what to watch out for, potential safety or performance issues. Become an SME on the assets.
• Actively manage work orders. No work requests over 5 days, move from “requested” to “confirmed” to “ARSC” efficiently. (It should be a daily task) Update active WO’s to “in-progress”, move to “completed” as soon as possible. Keep WO requestors up to date on critical work.
• Be clear on all quality / GMP issues in their area – DIW, Airlock pressures, pest control, environmental monitoring – Walk these regularly to ensure they are audit ready for unannounced FDA audits.
• Support equipment related Method 1 investigations related to their assets
• Attend a monthly governance meeting with the area ETL and IFM team lead to run through a checklist of the systems, escalate chronic issues, make C.I. suggestions, (Baseline Project requests) or get recognition for successes.
• Actively engage with project handovers for their area in relation to EAMS updates, contract changes and identifying new spare parts.
• Participate in Quality regulatory audits and safety audits as required – be prepared to answer any questions in relation to the work they manage.
• Support updating of Engineering SOP’s, propose changes if it benefits their workflow or existing practice. Develop their own IFM ones if necessary to pass on learning to the next IFM engineer.

Reliability Engineering

• Equipment preventative maintenance (PM) task creation and management for continuous improvement and PM optimization.
• Responsible for ranking the criticality of the assets under their care, typically using Reliability Centered Maintenance approaches, and for defining the proactive maintenance approaches that are cost-beneficial to the business.
• Create and conduct Reliability studies, as well as understanding drawings and schematics.
• Create risk mitigation strategies for critical assets that can be deployed across the asset portfolio
• Evaluates new technologies for reliability improvements
• Considers impact of costs on recommended action plans for avoiding/correcting problems during the design phase or remedial action for correcting reliability problems on installed equipment; performs root cause failure analysis to help prevent failures.
• Facilitates/supports operational incident and equipment failure investigations to ensure that the root cause/causal factors have been identified, corrective actions prescribed, and follow-up monitoring conducted as applicable, to determine effectiveness.

Condition-based Maintenance

• Understanding of moving and rotating equipment such as pumps, motors, gearboxes, conveyors, etc., from an operations and maintenance perspective, mechanically and electrically.
• Experience w/ predictive maintenance technologies including, but not limited to, vibration analysis, oil analysis, infrared Thermography, ultrasound, and motor current analysis.
• Plans and performs engineering operations, monitors operations center systems, RCM program implementation, process engineering assignments, root cause failure analysis, incorporation of condition-based maintenance (CbM and predictive testing and inspection (PT&I) technologies and conducts equipment condition assessments. Identify and manage system of continuous improvement to ensure resolution to chronic “bad actor” equipment.
• Carrying out Root Cause Analysis, Equipment Criticality Ranking, PM/PdM optimization, Defect Elimination, and/or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis.

Workflow Management

• Maintain complete and accurate records/plans within computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) related to equipment, specifications data, BOM, failure history, etc.
• Develop and maintain “Key Performance Indicators" of equipment reliability.
• Ensure that the appropriate Maintenance and Reliability metrics are in place throughout the site, (planned/unplanned work, planning/scheduling metrics, cost metrics, MTBF, replacement asset value, etc.).
• Ensure equipment history is maintained and analyzed for future trends

Experience:

• University Degree in an Engineering discipline, mechanical or electrical preferred.
• 5-10 years’ experience implementing RCM, CbM/PdM methods, operating building automation and energy management systems, and thorough understanding of asset management, data analytics, and capital planning approaches.
• Experience with building automation systems and automated fault detection & diagnostics with integration of connected systems
• Experience in critical/ regulated environments preferred (data centers, laboratories, manufacturing environments, automotive, petro-chemicals, pharmaceuticals etc.)
• Extensive knowledge of mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire suppression systems.
• Extensive knowledge of commercial, critical, manufacturing, labs, or distribution facility types required.
• Ability to use a variety of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems and IT tools

Skills

• Fluent in English
• Proven ability to read, comprehend and apply information from technical manuals and other reference materials
• Ability to make informed recommendations in situations where data sets may be incomplete
• Ability to balance multiple stakeholder requirements
• Able to interpret how the organizational goals and strategy translate into service or departmental activity
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and ability to manipulate large amounts of data accurately using different spreadsheet formats

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If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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