Global Reliability Excellence Manager

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering from an accredited university

• Minimum 8 years of manufacturing maintenance focused responsibility

• Minimum 3 years of experience with CMMS systems and maintenance planning processes (incl. FMEA, Control Plan, block diagrams etc…)

• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering from an accredited university

• Reliability Certifications (CRE, ASQ, SMRP, Life Cycle Institute Programs, etc.)

• Up to date knowledge of state of the art industrial automation technology

• Experience in implementing reliability focused strategy

• Experienced at blue print and schematic reading and interpretations

• Experience with data driven equipment performance monitoring.

• Possess leadership ability; effective oral and written communication skills; possess organization, attention to detail, multi-tasking, planning and decision-making abilities, good analytical skills, project management abilities, and be creative and a competent team builder.

• Strong project management skills. Must be able to work independently as a sponsor and a team leader on multiple projects.

The incumbent shall take such steps as necessary to assure that all employment practices under his/her control, including hiring, firing, promotions, and discipline, are conducted in a nondiscriminatory fashion and without regard to race, sex, religion, national origin, age or physical disability. Incumbent recognizes that accident prevention is equal to quality, production, delivery, and cost control and accepts the responsibility to work safety while promoting safety conscious among fellow employees.

Travel:

Expected Travel is estimated at 25% and may fluctuate depending on the need to support the Reliability initiative within the deployment of REX across the HES locations.

This position is responsible for the Howmet Engines BU Reliability Excellence (REX) deployment and execution at Howmet Engines locations globally. The reliability excellence initiative includes the deployment of the preventive and predictive maintenance. This role can be based out of any US Engines location.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work closely with VP of CI to support the development and implementation of a robust REX system, REX material, REX audit system, and work with locations to improve REX scores over time

• Participate in the Howmet Business System training and deployment, and Lean certification program

• Manage REX system and related disciplined execution of activities with locations to improve OEE. Hold monthly OEE discussions with locations to ensure disciplined execution and improved equipment uptime.

• Work with maintenance and production teams to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, and sustainable production output by utilizing Preventive and Predictive maintenance tools and technologies as well as analyzing equipment failures

• Lead locations through FMEA and block diagrams activities

• Develop and deploy corrective action methodology for repeat failures or major failures

• Facilitate Kaizen events focused on REX desired objectives

• Plan and coordinate events for projects and large Preventive Maintenance events

• Provide hands-on technical support / trouble shooting to solve problems to root cause

• Work with locations to develop and maintain maintenance documents such as FMEA, Control Plan, standardized downtime reporting, PM and PdM Plans and documentation

• Manage predictive reliability projects in partnership with the locations and 3rd party vendors who provide predictive reliability solutions

• Work closely with outside contractors and engineering firms to execute equipment reliability improving activities safely, on time, and on budget.

Job Dimensions:

The primary purpose of this position is to develop and execute maintenance strategies which strive towards predictive approaches to improving equipment health via Smart Manufacturing.

The incumbent will possess:

• A deep knowledge of industrial equipment (forging, furnaces, melting, heavy grinding, robotics, and CNC equipment are a plus), process controls, maintenance planning systems, condition-based monitoring, and TPM and/ or REX execution. Advantage in experience with analytics and predictive technologies

• An understanding of equipment maintenance actions within the reliability framework from a data perspective

• Experience with condition-based monitoring technologies

• Strong analytic problem solving: able to develop and use structured approaches to identify root causes and recommend resolutions

• Project Management skills and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet objectives and key deadlines

• Good verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to work with different cultures and various plants

• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet objectives and key deadlines