Predictive Maintenance/Reliability Engineer
CAMS - Texas · Shelocta, Pennsylvania, United States · onsite
Summary:
- The Predictive Maintenance (PdM) / Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and performance of plant equipment through predictive maintenance technologies, root cause analysis, asset reliability monitoring, and reliability-centered maintenance practices. This position supports safe, efficient, and cost-effective operation of a coal-fired power generation facility by identifying potential equipment failures before they occur and developing long-term reliability improvement strategies.
- The Reliability Engineer works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Plant Management to reduce forced outages, improve unit availability, optimize maintenance costs, and support achievement of plant performance goals.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain reliability programs for critical plant equipment.
- Analyze equipment performance trends and identify opportunities to improve reliability and availability.
- Establish equipment criticality rankings and maintenance strategies.
- Support long-term asset management plans for major plant systems.
- Monitor key work management metrics for PM compliance.
- Vibration analysis
- Infrared thermography
- Oil and lubricant analysis
- Ultrasonic testing
- Motor circuit analysis
- Online condition monitoring systems
- Evaluate predictive maintenance data and generate actionable recommendations.
- Establish equipment reliability indices and condition monitoring dashboards.
- Prioritize corrective actions based on equipment criticality and risk.
- Lead root cause investigations for equipment failures.
- RCFA
- Cause Mapping
- Fault Tree Analysis
- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
- Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Prepare reports documenting findings, corrective actions, and lessons learned.
- Track implementation and effectiveness of corrective actions.
- Pulverizers and coal feeders
- Forced draft, induced draft, and primary air fans
- Sootblower systems
- Ash handling systems
- Fuel handling equipment
- Steam turbines
- Generator and excitation systems
- Condensers
- Feedwater heaters
- Condensate and boiler feed pumps
- Cooling towers
- Circulating water systems
- Water treatment equipment
- Compressed air systems
- Electrical distribution systems
- Analyze equipment operating data using CMMS, historian, and plant monitoring systems.
- Develop predictive models to identify emerging equipment issues.
- Track reliability KPIs and create monthly performance reports.
- Support outage planning through equipment condition assessments.
- Utilize statistical analysis techniques to identify failure trends and optimize maintenance intervals.
- Support planning and execution of major maintenance outages.
- Review preventive maintenance tasks and optimize maintenance frequencies.
- Recommend improvements to maintenance procedures and work practices.
- Assist maintenance planners in prioritizing corrective work.
- Identify opportunities to reduce maintenance costs while maintaining equipment reliability.
- Ensure compliance with company safety policies and procedures.
- Support environmental and regulatory compliance initiatives.
- Participate in safety investigations and corrective action development.
- Promote a culture of safety and continuous improvement throughout the organization.
Qualifications and Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, Electrical, Reliability, or Industrial Engineering or related Engineering fields.
- Minimum of 5 years in engineering or maintenance experience in Fossil fuel power generation, or Electric utility industry.
- Primarily based in a power generation facility.
- Frequent field inspections in industrial environments.
- Exposure to elevated temperatures, noise, dust, and rotating equipment.
- Ability to climb ladders, stairs, and access elevated work areas.
- Occasional callout support during equipment failures and forced outage events.
- Participation planned outage support activities, including extended work hours as required.