Roseburg Forest Products owns, sustains and responsibly harvests 600,000 acres of U.S. timberlands that yield the highest-quality building materials and specialty wood products that generate pride for the job and stand the test of time. Founded in 1936, the privately-held company has built its reputation for quality, versatility and reliability with products shipped across North America that include medium density fiberboard, softwood and hardwood plywood, dimension and stud lumber, and LVL and I-Joists. See how Roseburg is building and growing at www.roseburg.com and @Roseburg

Purpose

The Reliability Engineer will be responsible for identifying and recommending maintenance and reliability practices in a Forestry/Wood Industry manufacturing operation. The goal is to enhance key performance indicators, standardize reporting processes, and improve asset reliability through data-driven insights and innovative technologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify and recommend maintenance & reliability best practices and procedures to ensure equipment assets & processes operate at optimal levels; this includes:
  • In coordination with the Maintenance Manager, conduct Reliability & Maintenance assessments on their sites current position in the progression to Strategic Asset Management
  • Participate in creating a clear reliability improvement action plans that balance short term, midterm (1-year), and strategic long term (5-year) needs
  • Work with Operations & Maintenance Team to create and execute action plans using the DMAIC process improvement methodology
• Drive results in OEE & other key performance indicators in accordance with maintenance & reliability best practices
• Utilize company standard reporting tools (Roseburg Data Management System and/or Oper8) to ensure standardization of downtime coding, and reporting
• Analyze downtime, decline in production rates, and/or abnormally high maintenance costs to recommend solutions for performance improvement
• Manage the sites Root Cause Analysis program to investigate events that adversely affect plant uptime, efficiency, quality or regulatory compliance issues using data analysis techniques that can include: Statistical Process Control, Reliability modeling and prediction, Six Sigma (6s) / Lean Methodology, and/or Root-cause Analysis (5 Why’s, Fault Tree/Cause Mapping Analysis, Fish Bone, Pareto Analysis, FMEA etc.)
• Drive and collaborate with the Maintenance Manager on asset reliability across the operation by professionally and systematically defining, designing, developing, monitoring and optimizing an Asset Maintenance Plan that includes:
  • Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
  • Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems before catastrophic equipment failure or downtime occurs
  • Calibration and testing activities of safety protection devices and other process instrumentation
  • Manage the plant lubrication program including the creation of job specific instructions
• Setup and oversee plant predictive/conditioned based maintenance program
  • Champion the online IoT/AI vibration monitoring program, implemented for the most important machine assets
  • Develop & monitor execution of vibration routes using handheld data logger, and interpret results to ensure corrective actions are taken before functional failure occurs
  • Develop, monitor execution & interpret results of the oil sampling & analysis, Infrared, and Ultrasonic Monitoring Programs at the site
• Implement standard computerized maintenance management system at the site
• Identify key asset reliability skills required throughout the organization to obtain training in these areas (example – planning, MRO procedures, precision maintenance etc.)
• Identify and work with local team members to implement Maintenance Skills and Apprenticeship programs that add long term value to our organization
• Works with Engineering to ensure reliability & maintainability of new or modified installations, and provides input to the plants 5-year capital plan
• Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel
• Perform all duties in accordance with safety rules and regulations
• Perform other duties as needed
• Champion of company core values

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, Manufacturing, OR an equivalent amount of experience in an industrial craft (Millwright, Electrician, or Automation) accepted in lieu of a degree
• Two (2) or more years of experience in maintenance, reliability, or a related field; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that demonstrates the ability to perform the key responsibilities of this position
• Understanding of effective and efficient production and manufacturing methods
• Knowledge of mill processes and equipment
• Working knowledge of industry technological developments and best practices
• Working level knowledge in Preventative & Predictive Maintenance techniques
• Proficient knowledge of CMMS & other computer software
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Excellent verbal, listening, and written communication skills
• Ability to facilitate meetings
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and projects to meet schedule and project requirements
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Demonstrated problem solving skills
• Strong analytical and mathematical ability
• Champion for change management
• Ability to effectively manage conflict

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors’ degree in a classical engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Reliability, Industrial or Manufacturing)

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INCLUDING DISABILITY AND VETERANS