Reliability, Maintenance, and Project Engineer

Our client is a large company specializing in the rolling and casting of metal products. They are currently looking for a reliability, maintenance, and project engineer.

Nature of position

Under the supervision of the head of engineering and maintenance, your job will be to improve the reliability of production equipment and to plan maintenance activities, to provide technical support to the maintenance staff, and to coordinate and participate in various projects of a technical nature.

• Perform analyses of equipment history, recurring breakages, and underlying causes;
• Identify each failure scenario down to the most basic level possible with the help of a reliability tool (root cause analysis, maintenance task analysis, preventative and predictive maintenance, etc.);
• Work on continual improvements to equipment reliability through various means and methods (reviewing preventative and predictive maintenance, equipment modifications, materials, lubricants, etc.);
• Help prepare planned shutdowns in order to ensure that various programs are implemented and to optimize the reliability of equipment;
• Lead and coordinate reliability meetings with various parties involved (operations, maintenance, and consultants);
• Provide technical support for employees in the even of equipment breakdown or problems and put in motion corrective action to minimize downtime;
• Evaluate equipment needs in the event of a new project or in the event of an investment aimed at improving existing equipment;
• Help select equipment, coordinate needs and characteristics of parts and equipment needed with the purchasing team;
• Be the contact person for suppliers throughout the project, through to equipment start-up;
• Supervise work done by outside suppliers as needed;
• Schedule work to be carried out based on established priorities and availability of labour, equipment, and supplies;
• Efficiently plan scheduled production shutdowns, determining and mobilizing the required resources based on the estimated work, with a view to continually improving equipment;
• Take leadership when the situation falls under your expertise;
• Carry out any other task related to your duties.

Required qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or other relevant education and training;
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in reliability or planning;
• Fluent in French and English (spoken and written);
• Strong mechanical skills;
• Member of l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec;
• Proficient with AutoCAD, MS Office, and MS Project;
• Well-acquainted with computer-assisted maintenance management;
• Proficiency with SAP is considered an asset.

Education / training

Bachelor in mechanical engineering

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