Reliability Supervisor Job Description
Reliability supervisor
provides ongoing support and continuous improvement to the maintenance management system database by entering/updating equipment data and by developing/entering/updating preventive maintenance procedures for plant equipment.
Reliability Supervisor Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Work with the area Operations and Maintenance staff to facilitate effective strategic maintenance initiatives that support achievement of reliability goals, objectives, key performance metrics, and maintenance cost objectives, and capital projects execution
Ensure the performance, reliability, and results of all equipment and corresponding maintenance and repair work, including outside contract work
Review, identify and implement multi-year plan to enhance Work Management Systems, Root Cause Analysis, Precision Maintenance, CMMS and Essential Care & Condition Monitoring techniques
Manage the maintenance needs by working with the Production Manager to identify, prioritize, and efficiently optimize the scheduling of maintenance and outage work
Drive an autonomous maintenance culture and long range maintenance plans, manage some capital projects and installation of equipment in this batch and continuous chemical processing plant
Provide leadership and support to Instrument and Electrical Precision Maintenance and Mechanical Precision Maintenance programs in the mill
Responsible for the development, design, and implementation of the maintenance training program
Ensure all planned maintenance activities are accomplished in a timely manner and that appropriate Maximo recording is completed
Increase the efficiency of the maintenance associates by providing support in areas of job scopes, job procedures, job priorities, materials, tools, and equipment required to complete tasks
Recognize opportunities to enhance operations through preventative maintenance
Reliability Supervisor Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Reliability Supervisor
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CMRP, ASME, NDE, CRL, RMIC, CIRO, SAP, MLA, MLT, CMRT
Education for Reliability Supervisor
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the reliability supervisor job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Engineering, Technical, Electrical Engineering, Science, Associates, Mechanical Engineering, Education, Industrial, Business, Manufacturing
Skills for Reliability Supervisor
Desired skills for reliability supervisor include:
Predictive maintenance technology
Maintenance
Processing plant/equipment
Repair
Bulk electric system is desirable
Business and management principles involved in strategic planning
CMMS
Continuous improvement programs
Coordination of people and resources
Federal health and safety regulations
Desired experience for reliability supervisor includes:
Exposure to Lean or Six Sigma (required), Green Belt or higher certification (desired)
Led technical teams of greater than 10 people preferred
Making an Impact
Creator Mindset
Change Champion
This position will have the responsibility to report problems with the food safety management system to identified person(s)
Reliability Supervisor Examples
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Reliability Supervisor Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of reliability supervisor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for reliability supervisor
- Supervise any contracted personnel or other hourly associates from other departments assigned to assist in large planned maintenance repairs or projects
- Reviews production and operation reports and resolves operations and maintenance problems to ensure minimum costs and operation delays
- Directs and coordinates through subordinate supervisory personnel applying knowledge of production methods, processes, terminal layout and mechanical maintenance
- Develop Maintenance department root cause analysis through the utilization of 5 Why (Why/Why), Breakdown Analysis
- Develop and implement plan to improve Maintenance-centered data gathering and analysis, such as MTBF, MTTR
- Actively promotes and participates in all elements of the safety program
- Oversee the proper training, deployment, and output of craftspeople through their on-site supervisor to complete their daily tasks
- Review quality and production results on a daily basis to determine identifying trends that may lead to off quality if not addressed
- Gather and analyze information to identify sources of machine downtime and quality issues
- Active member of call duty team
Qualifications for reliability supervisor
- Responsible for the design, review and updating of the training material, specifically working with new equipment and vendors and/or Engineering when process changes occur
- BS – Technical Field or equivalent experience
- Experience working with downtime tracking software systems and leveraging the data to reduce equipment downtime and improve process reliability
- Knowledge of the supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA)
- Knowledge of programmable controllers (Siemens and Allen Bradley)
- Knowledge in electricity (an asset)
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Our company is looking for a reliability supervisor. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for reliability supervisor
- Provides engineering support to various Departments, reviews daily unit and/or equipment reports and tracks performance of assigned units and/or this equipment, and communicates observations made via recommendations to the Operations and/or Maintenance Departments
- Coach, develop and mentor associates through employee engagement activities
- Supervise and assist with timely restoration of any steel processing equipment from failure or breakdown
- Utilize the Maximo system for entering job orders with descriptive work scopes
- Develop and enforce a safe working environment through job safety analysis and safe work procedures
- Follow through to ensure that jobs and tasks are completed in a timely fashion and maximize the equipment reliability
- Communicate with operations, reliability, and manufacturing associates to determine job priorities and timing implementation
- Enforce TimkenSteel's conduct guidelines and work within contractual obligations
- Champion a proactive safety strategy that will drive a “Zero Incident” culture for the planning and reliability group
- Builds safety compliance and improves safety results through regular efficiency testing and safety walkabouts
Qualifications for reliability supervisor
- Able to pass a medical examination
- Willingness to work rotating schedules
- Technical Trade as Journeyman Electrician Card from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Board of Electrician Examiners) is a plus
- Demonstrated strong computer skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Develop Reliability Requirements for systems/components
- Develop reliability predictions
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of reliability supervisor. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for reliability supervisor
- Identify & support the implementation of corrective actions or changes to Maintenance Practices and Procedures that are shown to be necessary as a result of the CM/FM strategy
- Provide technical input into Maintenance Procedures, Standards, Specifications and new Mining Machine purchases
- Participate in maintenance networking forums with the purpose of keeping up to date on current developments & trends within the mining industry
- Attend the weekly maintenance schedule review meeting as necessary, reporting any issues that impact PdM strategies
- Implement rotating equipment programs that support reliable practices for capital and expense expenditures, including budgets, equipment specifications, MeanTimeBetweenFailure and Bad Actors programs, failure analysis and preventative maintenance programs
- Coordinate rotating equipment programs that support reliable maintenance activities
- Establish reliability programs and standards for capital and expense expenditures including budgets, equipment specifications, reliability based analytical software, failure analysis and preventive maintenance programs
- Ensures Mechanical work is performed within CN, FRA and AAR standards
- Manages workforce productivity, manpower, within CN policy and five guiding principles
- Drive root cause failure analysis program on reliability incidents to identify and correct physical, human, and latent root causes especially for chronic reliability problems
Qualifications for reliability supervisor
- Lead programs’ FMEA efforts and recommend changes to design
- Previous experience in aerospace or automotive industry
- Ability to test programs, plans, procedures and reports for HALT, ALT, ESS, Endurance and Reliability Growth Tests
- Ability to review failure data for sustaining and new product improvements
- Knowledge of experimental design, data analysis, and design control practice
- Working knowledge of Mil-Handbook 217
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Our company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of reliability supervisor. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for reliability supervisor
- Identify and implement reliability best practices from across the mill, business, and company
- Work within manufacturing work systems (MWS) process to analyze work notifications to ensure the right jobs are worked at the right time and assist with the planning of complex work orders to achieve reliability targets
- Provide support for capital project development
- Facilitate self-assessments and peer assessments for GMS Reliability Elements
- Develop & execution of capital projects to address facility and existing equipment issues
- Working knowledge of pneumatic, hydraulic, and electronic components like Variable speed frequency drives, UPS and automated systems including robotics
- Knowledge of machinery and equipment in relation to layouts and engineering drawings
- Understanding of electrical systems and equipment such as motors, motor control centers, transformers, switchgears, control equipment, process instrumentation, HVAC systems, Utility systems and water treatment process
- Demonstrated mechanical and spatial aptitude
- Knowledge of efficient and safe manufacturing operations including product and employee safety, and OSHA standards
Qualifications for reliability supervisor
- Must be available to work evenings and weekends as needed (third shift)
- Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME), Electrical Engineering (BSEE), Mechanical Engineering Technology (BSMET) or Electrical Engineering Technology (BSEET)
- Experience managing small groups of employees and/or experience working in a laboratory environment
- Understanding of the Principles of Continuous Improvement (Lean and 5S) as applied to a laboratory setting
- Experience with test measurement systems and data acquisition (PC and/or PLC based)
- Experience with test automation through electronic, electro-mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic means
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a reliability supervisor. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for reliability supervisor
- Provide leadership and direction to the safety of all employees and visitors to the facility
- Lead, track and improve performance on key location goals and objectives
- Develop crew members for improving individual and organization performance
- Lead performance management and corrective action processes for assigned crew
- Continuously improve plant performance through process improvements and lean manufacturing
- Maintain our plant’s union-free status through the use of positive employee relations
- Work with upstream & downstream people & processes to exceed customer expectations
- Follow through to ensure that jobs and tasks are completed in a timely fashion and documentation is complete and communicated
- Assists in communicating priorities and reporting progress of assignments to the Department Manager
- Maintains detailed account of all project scope and engineering work performed by the group and provides regular updates
Qualifications for reliability supervisor
- Proven ability to effectively lead a diverse, cross-functional manufacturing team through the TPM Professional and/or Autonomous Maintenance programs
- Experience working in an emergency and corrective maintenance capacity within a production environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of locomotive components and operation, inspection and repair, yard operating rules and regulatory requirements
- High School Diploma or Equivalent plus 2-3 years related experience
- 2-3 years Process and/or Maintenance Reliability experience
- Supervises craft workers and has full human resource management responsibilities including hiring, scheduling, motivating, handling employee relations issues, and processing employee related paperwork