Reliability Engineer

Overview

Buzzi Unicem USA is one of the leading cement manufacturing companies in the United States.  With over 1,500 valued employees, Buzzi Unicem USA manufactures and distributes its cement products throughout the Midwest, Southwest, Northeast and Southeast regions of the country.  Globally, Buzzi Unicem SpA operates in 14 countries and employs almost 10,000 people. We are passionate about sustainably producing our cement products for the benefit of society by providing the foundation for crucial infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, dams and, residential and industrial buildings. 

Our commitment to positively contributing to society is a core principle for our business, and the reason we focus heavily on sustainable development. As part of our corporate culture, we recognize our role in meeting the current generation’s needs, while preserving environmental quality and protecting the needs of future generations.

Additionally, quality serves as the foundation of the way we do business at Buzzi Unicem USA.  We have established at all our production sites, quality targets for our products that meet not only local regulatory standards but also our customer requirements.

Buzzi Unicem USA strives to provide a corporate culture supporting career growth through strong leadership and development planning.   We offer a competitive salary, along with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits. Plus, our benefits include flexible spending accounts, supplemental life insurance and other voluntary benefits – such as accident and critical illness. We also provide a 401(k) savings plan, Employee Assistance Program, a tuition reimbursement program, professional development and advancement opportunities.

Join our team, be part of the solution, support evolving innovations, and help us continue providing quality products, all while being supported by strong leadership and a comprehensive and competitive benefits program.

Responsibilities

The main focus will be on improvements in the plant operations.

• Review all reliability, productivity, and downtime reports to identify repetitive problems, facilitate cross-functional teams, study options and develop solutions.
  • The engineering out of built-in deficiencies, inadequacies in equipment and proposing upgrades will also be the responsibility of the Reliability Engineer.
• Development and implementation of the vibration analysis predictive maintenance program.
  • Responsible for developing through research, training, application, and maintenance department team work, a program with sufficient level of expertise to be able to predict equipment failure. Must ensure the program is expanded to included alignment and equipment balancing.
• Provide input to the plant capital budget complete with the data required for successful project completion. 
• Must be a source of support for both the Operating groups as well as the Maintenance Department.
  • This position will be called upon to provide corrective action for repetitive problems as well as areas of abnormally high cost.
  • Will have the ability to receive cross-functional support to assist with problem solving.
• Will obtain the funds for almost all of the “improvement” projects from the maintenance or capital budget. These projects will be identified through reliability statistics, equipment performance information as well as long term maintenance costs.
• Provide input to the Maintenance Manager for the annual maintenance budget.
• May be required to act in a supervisory role as required within the plant.
• Responsible for being on-call on a rotating basis to cover mechanical problems as are the other supervisory personnel.
• To serve as a role model in the areas of leadership, teamwork, customer focus, continuous improvement, safety and environmental stewardship to ensure alignment with the company’s vision.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• 3+ years in an Industrial Environment
• Preferable cement process knowledge
• Proficiencies in Predictive and Preventative Maintenance
• Candidate should have a strong maintenance background with an emphasis on improving reliability
• Must have good facilitation skills, take objectives views, a high level of problem solving skills, good organizational skills and able to manage projects from conception to completion.
• Strong computer skills with a background in CAD would be preferable
• Ability to communicate in an effective manner with all levels of personnel
• Must be able to estimate, budget, and interact with contractors and vendors while keeping projects within cost parameters.
• This position will be required to interact with all operating groups as well as the Maintenance Department.
• Team player who will achieve the goals of the organization through both internal and external personnel
• Requires physical dexterity and strength to lift heavy objects and move through close areas
• Physical environment in the plant is dusty, noisy and potentially hazardous
• Requires travel with some extended periods away from home facility to work with other Buzzi Unicem USA facilities

Buzzi Unicem USA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Please note that candidates must be eligible to work in the United States and that only qualified candidates will be contacted.