Role

This position is responsible for developing and implementing reliability engineering processes which resolve the root causes of equipment failures and improve the safety and reliability of mill assets.

Accountabilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance systems to minimize equipment downtime in all areas of the mill
• Develop facility team members to safely and effectively utilize preventive and predictive systems to meet business objectives
• Evaluate and implement new technology to improve reliability
• Utilize root cause failure analysis to identify predictive and appropriate maintenance procedures
• Provide technical expertise for equipment maintenance and maintenance standards for mill equipment, proactively identify, troubleshoot, and eliminate equipment reliability issues
• Apply the concepts of precision maintenance to ensure the equipment is designed, repaired, balanced, and aligned to strictly enforce standards before being placed in service
• Re-engineer/redesign unreliable or failure prone equipment to meet expected operating performance
• Benchmark with other mills & industries to implement best practices around reliability

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Technology, equivalent training and/or experience
• 2 years’ experience in maintenance or reliability in an industrial setting
• Prior paper industry experience is beneficial
• Technical knowledge and experience in reliability engineering and maintenance methods
• Demonstrated ability and desire to identify improvement opportunities.  Take ownership to drive the implementations of solutions to produce positive results.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze data and apply a risk-based decision-making process
• Previous knowledge of SAP, Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel

Skill/Competencies Required:

• Strong leadership, interpersonal, communication, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Creativity in identifying solutions and ability to delegate decision making and other responsibilities
• Strong project management and organization skills
• Drive to produce results
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Be a safety leader, work with team members and suppliers to establish better procedures and use of technologies to improve safety performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Work downtimes, holidays, and weekends as scheduled
• Possess ambulatory capabilities to walk extensively and climb ladders and stairways
• Be able to tolerate temperature extremes
• Work beyond normal work schedule as necessary to fulfill position responsibilities

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Join our journey to create a more sustainable world with products and solutions that Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions.

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