Reliability Engineer jobs in Kansas City, KS

Infinitek are happy to announce an additional position working with one of main client's based in the Kansas City area. Our client a Utility business working across the KS and MO area are currently looking for multiple Reliability Technicians to assist on their assets within the area.

The Reliability Engineer implements and facilitates reliability principals / processes, provides direction and technical expertise required to achieve and sustain optimum reliability, maintainability, useful life of assets at the lowest life cycle cost. The Reliability Engineer develops studies, plans, criteria, evaluations, performance assessments, cost estimates and budgets. Provides consultation and recommendations to the Company and to other business units.

⦁ Provide technical consultation services in the areas of reliability, work and materials management, and business administration.

⦁ Assist in financial justification of equipment reliability upgrades and improvements using return on investment tools such as Life Cycle Costing (LCC) and risk analysis.

⦁ Facilitate and/or lead the implementation of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methods.

⦁ Assist with field equipment monitor implementation and integration of associated data into equipment health formulas and work management system.

⦁ Facilitate equipment criticality strategy and ranking sessions for new assets and periodically review existing rankings as the business model changes.

⦁ Stay abreast of new technology and recommend implementation based on criticality, cost, and associated risk

⦁ Monitor and evaluate asset bad actor lists.

⦁ Develops and maintains critical spares strategy.

⦁ Perform studies on equipment and process failures and present details of the analysis, in report format, to management.

⦁ Develop work process and procedures for the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Clean and maintain CMMS data.

⦁ Learn / use business analytic tools to visualize and manage data for the operations departments.

⦁ Application of engineering principles to a broad range of requirements

⦁ Collects and compiles financial data for budget and actual costs of projects

⦁ Perform other work as assigned.

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Civil, or Electrical Engineering from an ABET accredited program. The preferred candidate will have 3-5 years of relevant experience. Relevant experience includes utility experience (power gen, transmission, substation, or distribution) or experience serving as a reliability engineer under a formal asset management program.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities Required:

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following skills:

⦁ Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

⦁ Requires knowledge of engineering principles.

⦁ Requires knowledge of business environments and understanding of common business procedures.

⦁ Experience leading or facilitating meetings or projects.

⦁ Ability to read and understand technical documents including operations and maintenance manuals, technical drawings, schematics, logic diagrams and safety materials.

⦁ Basic understanding of utility operations, maintenance, and business activities and practices.

⦁ Ability to devise new approaches to problems encountered in the technical environment.

⦁ Ability to participate constructively in work teams to facilitate and implement improvements to operations, maintenance, and business practices.

⦁ Ability to handle multiple priorities, meet strict deadlines and work well under pressure on individual and team related basis.

Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required:

Valid driver's license required. Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP), Certified Reliability Leader, or Certified Reliability Engineer preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $70,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Relocation assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work setting:

• In-person

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Reliability: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person