Reliability Engineering Tech

Salary:

Anticipated Pay Range: $70K-82K per year. *Pay rates within this range are determined based on various factors including experience, education, certifications, etc.

Essential Functions & Job Responsibilities:

• Locates sources of problems by observation, using precision measuring and testing instruments.
• Investigates failures and performs root cause analysis to eliminate systemic issues and improve long term performance
• Evaluate preventive maintenance effectiveness and support TPM events
• Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements on motors, pneumatics, conveyor systems, and production machines; following diagrams, sketches, operations manuals, manufacturer's instructions, and engineering specifications; troubleshooting malfunctions.
• Removes defective parts by dismantling devices; using hoists, cranes, and hand and power tools; examining form and texture of parts.
• Troubleshoots 480Vac power systems and 120Vac electrical controls.
• Uses calipers, micrometers, and other measuring instruments for determining dimensional data of components.
• Adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments by using hand tools, levels, plumb bobs, and straightedges.
• Uses electrical meters to identify voltage, current, capacitance, resistance, etc. of various types of electrical circuits.
• Fabricates repair parts by using machine shop instrumentation and equipment.
• Dismantles and reassembles machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Prepares maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Lays out, assembles, installs, and maintains pipe systems and related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment, as directed.
• Rigs equipment for installation or relocation, as directed.
• Installs conduit and field wiring for all on site areas.
• Connects power supply wires to machines and equipment and connects cables and wires between machines and equipment.
• Diagnoses malfunctioning apparatus such as transformers, motors, and lighting fixtures and replaces damaged or broken wires and cables.
• Replaces faulty electrical components of machine such as relays, switches, motors, positions sensing devices, and printed circuit boards