Maintenance reliability ENG

Be part of something bigger!

As the world and the way people live is changing, we at Bekaert believe it’s our responsibility to contribute to finding new solutions for the future. With a 140+ year old heritage of excellence, innovation, and a future-focused mindset, we strive to create value for our customers and society. We aim to do this through innovative solutions and sustainable practices. We are committed to pushing the boundaries of steel wire transformation and coatings whilst also leveraging our expertise to develop innovative solutions with new materials and services in a safe, smart, and sustainable way. Our focus extends to markets such as new mobility, low-carbon construction, and green energy. 

 

As a dynamic and growing company with over 24 000 employees worldwide, 75 nationalities, a retention rate above 90% and almost € 5.3 billion in combined revenue in 2023, we are looking for someone like you to join our team as we continue to shape a safer, more efficient, and connected world!

 

RELIABILITY ENGINEER

 

 

Job Duties:

Under general direction, responsible for measuring and analyzing the reliability of the design, materials, processes, cost of maintaining equipment. Measures reliability of plant equipment and processes.  Advises design engineering team on selection of materials. Maintains procedures and presents reports on failures, analysis, and corrective actions. Drives reliability performance on the site using the most appropriate and effective tools and techniques. Monitors existing PM/PdM programs, historical trends and KPI data for early identification and resolution of reliability issues. May also recommend changes in the selection and application of production components. Has knowledge of ideas, practices, and processes. May act as internal consultant providing technical guidance on most complex projects.

 

1. Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis efforts in plant with the main responsibility to collect and analyze the data, facilitate the  meeting with supervisor, cell mans and together with the team define actions to eliminate recurrent problems. 
2. Lead the weekly /monthly review of equipment “bad actors” creating action plans for increasing reliability and monitoring performance vs. plans (measured by unplanned downtime, including lost time hours, costs to repair and lost production, MTBF for critical equipment)
3. Coach the plant maintenance team to get Root Cause Analysis on daily routine as way of working.
4. Based on the results from the analysis define/update lubrication, preventive and predictive maintenance plans.
5. Identify operational and maintenance changes that will provide the most cost-effective solution trough Improvement Maintenance execution,
6. Coordinate the set-up of training plans and create standard training documents. Set-up guidelines and follow-up in order to have skilled maintenance employees in the plant and region (maintenance technicians, specialists, engineers & managers).
7. Support SAP plant maintenance activities to make sure that SAP PM is used as an effective tool for analysis.
8. Ensure that feedback to the engineering design department’s machine owners and global GAMM domain owners is given for BENG equipment through EMR procedure.
9. Share all relevant information via GAMM SharePoint, fostering a culture of sharing amongst all & copying in the region and worldwide by all team members. Especially the best practices have to be documented & uploaded to the SharePoint.
10. Monthly status reporting of improvement projects + follow-up of actions.
11. Make detailed maintenance cost analyses on equipment level and identify possible cost savings projects. Work together with the plant maintenance team and