Reliability Engineer - Don Plant (Pocatello, ID)

Reliability Engineer - Don Plant (Pocatello, ID) at Simplot in Pocatello, Idaho, United States Job Description Reliability Engineer - Don Plant (Pocatello, ID) Location: Pocatello, ID, US, 83204-7510 The J.R. Simplot Company is a diverse, privately held global food and agriculture company headquartered in Boise, Idaho. We are a true farm-to-table company with an integrated portfolio including food processing and food brands, phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching and cattle production, and other enterprises related to agriculture. Summary The primary role of the Reliability Engineer is to identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. This broad primary role can be divided into three smaller, more manageable roles: Loss Elimination, Risk Management and Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM). Loss Elimination: One of the fundamental roles of the Reliability Engineer is to track the production losses and abnormally high maintenance cost assets, then find ways to reduce those losses or high costs. These losses are prioritized to focus efforts on the largest/most critical opportunities. The Reliability Engineer (in full partnership with the operations team) develops a plan to eliminate or reduce the losses through root cause analysis, obtains approval of the plan and facilitates the implementation. Risk Management: Another role of the Reliability Engineer is to manage risk to the achievement of an organization's strategic objectives in the areas of environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality and production. Some tools used by a Reliability Engineer to identify and reduce risk include: + PHA - Preliminary hazards analysis + FMEA - Failure modes and effects analysis + CA - Criticality analysis + SFMEA - Simplified failure modes and effects analysis + MI - Maintainability information + FTA - Fault tree analysis + ETA - Event tree analysis Life Cycle Asset Management: Studies show that as much as 95% of the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) or Life Cycle Cost (LCC) of an asset is determined before it is put into use. This reveals the need for the Reliability Engineer to be involved in the design and installation stages of projects for new assets and modification of existing assets. Key Responsibilities + Works with Project Engineering to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations. The Reliability Engineer is responsible for adhering to the Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of To view full details and how to apply, please login or create a Job Seeker account