Maintainability Engineer Job Description Sample

Role Summary:The Systems Reliability, Maintainability Engineer will develop practical and innovative ways to identify and meet goals. In this role, you will be responsible for work that is less defined in scope, utilize your understanding and experience to execute business objectives.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Perform reliability prediction analysis using generally accepted methodology and failure rate sources such as MIL-HDBK-217, Prism or field experience data and the use of Weibull Distribution and Analysis

• Coordinate component failure analysis for root cause and drives corrective actions

• Perform Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis to support the design process and to provide input to Safety and Testability analyses

• Perform Fault Tree Analysis, Common Mode Analysis, and Functional Failure Path Analysis

• Execute the design, analysis, or evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirement

• Ability to work independently with little or no supervision

• Document technical data generated by the assigned project consistent with engineering policies and procedures

• Comprehensive understanding of Military Standard Components, Specifications and Environments.

• Provide timely communications on significant issues or developments

• Participate on teams assigned to address organizational initiatives and generic issues

• Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews

• Member of Material Review Board (MRB) and change implementation board

• Author ECR / ECOs written against component and specifications; creates Spec Control Drawings (SCD)

• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures

• Provide Technical guidance regarding the selection of components to design / development Engineers, Quality, Sourcing and Purchasing

• Assist Hardware Development Engineers in the selection of parts that best fit their design requirements and to ensure that all purchased parts on the BOM are designed and manufactured in compliance to the latest RoHS Directives

• Research and approves alternate sources to replace End of Life (EOL) parts

• Familiar with System Safety Assessment both Military and Civil, System Safety Requirements development, Developing Safety Program Plans, and Functional Hazard Analysis

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited College or University

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in an Avionics or Aerospace Engineering role

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT(S):

• Ability and willingness to travel to suppliers up to 2% required

• This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens. GE will require proof of status prior to employment

Desired Characteristics:

• Execute the design, analysis, or evaluation of assigned projects using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements

• Ability to read and understand electrical schematics

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with the design and production of avionics products

• Possess a basic understanding of accepted civil and military aviation safety methodologies

• Extensive experience in reliability analysis, testing, statistical analysis, and modeling

• Perform reliability prediction analysis using generally accepted methodology and failure rate sources such as MIL-HDBK-217, Prism or field experience data

• Perform Failure Mode, Effects and Criticality Analysis to support the design process and to provide input to Safety and Testability analyses

• Understanding and use of Microsoft Office applications

• Document technical data generated by the assigned project consistent with engineering policies and procedures

• Provide timely communications on significant issues or developments

• Participate on teams assigned to address organizational initiatives and generic issues

• Participate as a presenter or reviewer in technical and program reviews

• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and/or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures

• Strong technical aptitude, including applicable engineering tools and systems

• Possess some knowledge of production & manufacturing practices and materials

• Willingness to learn & be trained on new methods and technologies

• Strong oral and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills

• PC proficiency

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About Us:

GE Aviation - Electrical Power, LI is a recognized leader in the design and manufacture of custom-engineered power conversion and cockpit control panels. Located on Long Island, one hour east of New York City and next to Long Island MacArthur Airport, EP-LI is a predominately US Military supplier providing equipment for a wide variety of land based and aircraft applications including air transport, rotorcraft and military fixed wing. We have been servicing major customers of Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Dynamics for more than 50 years. Our staff of dedicated professionals has consistently applied creative engineering solutions to support mission critical requirements. These solutions have repeatedly been successfully applied with state of the art manufacturing techniques in both high and low volume production programs. Our site is housed in a 94,000 square foot facility, designed specifically to provide vertical integration of the broad range of capabilities required to give us control of all aspects of the design, development, manufacturing and test of products. These capabilities include: computer aided design center, transformer manufacturing capability, fully integrated assembly and testing, as well as a complete environmental testing laboratory. Understanding the need for on time delivery of qualified and reliable systems, as well as responding to the requirements of the marketplace, is integral to our work in providing critical, complex equipment for both long term and quick reaction programs. Bohemia is located near Islip, NY. Come learn more about our area! To stay connected with exciting news and the latest job opportunities from Aviation, Energy and Transportation, follow us on twitter: http://bit.ly/geconnections>@geconnections

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research and development keeps us moving forward and looking ahead. At GE, developing people is embedded in our culture and integral to our growth. Here you'll work collaboratively and across functions with the highest caliber talent, utilizing cutting-edge technology and processes. Whether it's the next generation of ecomagination products or the future of aircraft engines, we've got the state-of-the-art resources to make those innovations a reality. If you're

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GE offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.

Responsibilities:

• Develop an effective Reliability & Maintainability (R&M) process that ensures the user's weapon system R&M requirements are clearly defined and achieved with agreement by the program office in support of the user's requirements.

• The defined R&M process shall be consistent with the program acquisition, sustainment, and disposal scope and strategy, and be clearly evident within the IMP/IMS.

• The R&M process shall clearly show the application of the integrity approach to reliable and maintainable design, and the tasks of the IMP/IMS shall identify incremental R&M achievement verification at all significant program milestones.

• Review the Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action System (FRACAS) and Reliability Standard Reports; work with G081 database to check failure reporting from the field; and handle all DRs ensuring proper classification and adequate detail for resolution.

• Assist in reviewing the overall system design baseline (architecture and interoperability requirements).

• Review and analyze technical proposals or modifications for design feasibility and system compatibility.

• Support and conduct performance effectiveness, cost effectiveness, cost performance, life-cycle cost, producibility, maintainability, supportability, reliability, technical and schedule risk assessments, and scheduling trade-off studies.

• Support and conduct systems analyses to include, but not be limited to, system design/design feasibility and state-of-the-art assessments.

At COLSA, people are our most valuable resource and centered at our core value. We invite you to unite your talents with opportunity and be a part of our "Family of Professionals!" Learn about our employee-centric culture and benefits here.

Required Experience

Required Qualifications

• ABET-accredited Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

• Minimum of 15 years' functional area experience

• US Citizenship required. Candidate must be able to pass a Special Agent Check (SAC) prior to hire date. In addition, candidate must be able to successfully obtain and maintain a DoD Secret security clearance.

Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. COLSA Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Job ID 00000117839 Date posted 06/12/2019 Location St Louis, Missouri Company The Boeing Company

Experience Level

Individual Contributor - 1

Job Type

Regular

Contingent Upon Program Award

No, this position is not contingent upon program award

Job Code
6K8CI1 (62U)

Schedule

Full time

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

BAE Systems, one of the world's leading defense contractors and a stable Fortune 500 company, is hiring a Sr. Maintainability Engineer.

The Sr. Maintainability Engineer:

• Performs analysis of design and support system concepts to determine the viability of the design in the customer's logistic structure.

• Functions as part of the design team in developing the optimum design that meets all customer requirements.

• Develops narrative and cost proposal inputs.

• Performs maintainability analysis and modeling; modifies/develops models to support analysis when adequate models are not available.

• Performs all analysis tasks for systems in all phases of the life-cycle. Represents BAE Systems at Program and Design Reviews.

• Provides design alternatives to improve supportability.

• Provides technical direction to subcontractors to ensure all maintainability requirements are met within cost and schedule constraints.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Develops plans for managing projects which will define the maintainability engineering products and analyses needed to be developed for a project or program. Ensures projects and tasks meet cost, quality, schedule and performance requirements.

• Identifies and defines Line Replaceable Units/Modules or Shop Replaceable Units for which analysis needs to be performed.

• Performs Level of Repair Analysis as required to determine the most cost effective alternatives for performing maintenance tasks over the life of the end item or equipment. (Experience with EDCAS is desired.)

• Performs maintenance task analysis, defining maintenance task steps, equipment, tools, times and personnel requirements. (Experience with SLICwave is desired.)

• Calculates Maintenance Ratio, Mean Time To Repair and Max Time To Repair using SLICwave.

• Reviews the design concept and preliminary design for impacts to maintainability. Influences the design effort to ensure maintenance tasks can be accomplished effectively and efficiently by the end user or maintenance staff.

• Recommends changes to designs based on the analysis performed and determines where opportunities exist to improve maintainability and reduce the life-cycle cost of the system.

• Executes and reports on verification and validation efforts to determine whether a system under review will be supportable when fielded.

• Develops and writes technical documentation, makes revisions to existing documentation and provides input to technical papers or presentations.

• Prepares and presents project technical results, recommendations and solutions to internal and external customers.

• Performs technical analysis, calculations and the evaluation of results to solve complex engineering problems using specialized software, models or simulations.

• Provides input and status to project leaders on technical content, cost, schedule and workload requirements.

• Develops and maintains effective relationships with customers to resolve complex technical problems and implement solutions.

• May direct the work of less senior technical personnel.

• Maintains a safe work environment and ensures compliance with safety objectives, policies and rules.

• Shares responsibility of self-development with immediate supervisor.

The BAE Systems site in York, Pennsylvania supporting Combat Vehicles is seeking a Maintainability Engineer II.

Job Summary

Carries out moderately well-defined engineering assignments under general supervision. Assures technical work is done according to defined processes and assures that work products conform to established standards. Performs analysis of design and support system concepts to determine the viability of the design in the customer's logistic structure. Functions as part of the design team in developing the optimum design that meets all customer requirements. Performs Maintainability analysis and modeling; modifies/develops models to support analysis when adequate models are not available. Performs analysis tasks for systems in all phases of the life cycle. May represent BAE Systems at Program and Design Reviews. Provides design alternatives to improve supportability.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists in the development of plans for managing Maintainability projects which define Maintainability engineering products and processes. Provides cost, quality, schedule, and performance information to a more senior level Maintainability engineer to help ensure projects and tasks meet requirements.

• Assists in identifying and defining Line Replaceable Units/Modules or Shop Replaceable Units for which analysis needs to be performed.

• Assists in performing Level of Repair Analysis as required to determine the most cost effective alternative to perform maintenance tasks over the life of the end item of equipment

• Applies a wide range of engineering design and/or analytical theory, principles, techniques, and practices to a complex portion of a technical project.

• Reviews the design concept and preliminary design for impacts to supportability. Influences the design effort to ensure maintenance tasks can be accomplished effectively by the end user.

• Reviews field support requirements and recommends tool and test equipment.

• Recommends changes to designs based on the analysis performed where opportunities exist to improve the supportability and life cycle cost of the system.

• Assists in the planning, execution, and the reporting on Maintainability Demonstrations to demonstrate and validate that a system under design will be supportable when fielded.

• Applies broad knowledge of the design of organization's products, technology, system interactions to solve complex engineering problems which have not been clearly defined.

• Develops and writes technical documentation, makes revisions to existing documentation, and provides input to technical papers or presentations. Delivers technical presentations.

• Performs technical analysis, testing, calculations, and evaluation of results to solve complex engineering problems, using specialized equipment, and/or by creating or using computer programs, models, or simulations.

• Prepares and presents project technical results, recommendations, and solutions to internal customers. May prepare and present project technical results, recommendations, and solution to external customers.

• Develops and maintains effective relationships with internal customers to resolve complex technical problems and implement solutions.

• Gains and maintains knowledge of relevant engineering discipline(s), industry practices, trends, and applications.

• Maintains a safe work environment and ensures compliance with safety objectives, policies and rules.

• Shares responsibility of self-development with immediate supervisor.

Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Safety Engineer

We are a company of innovators, game changers, and entrepreneurs. As a prime contractor, we provide a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems used on military and commercial platforms across the globe. We embrace innovative and progressive ideas to advance our products for military and commercial customers. Electronic Systems Segment (ESS) is one of three L3 business segments, and provides a broad range of aerospace systems, security and detection systems, and pilot training.

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) designs and manufacturers avionics systems that increase safety and situational awareness while providing better efficiency and lower lifecycle costs for all commercial and military aviation operators. We work with OEMs, airlines, business jet owners, general aviation users as well as helicopter, military and unmanned air vehicle operators. We have over 75,000 products flying globally and continue to grow at a rapid pace. ACSS is a joint venture, with 70 percent owned by L3 and 30 percent owned by Thales, and is managed by L3's Commercial Aviation sector. L3 Commercial Aviation provides holistic solutions across a wide range of services to the commercial aviation industry. From check-in to touchdown, L3 Commercial Aviation's integrated solutions work to make air travel safer, more efficient and more effective.

This is a new, high-visibility position at ACSS, and we are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to join our team to build and drive our Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Safety (RMS) capability across the entire scope of our RF surveillance and overall set of avionics products.

As the Senior RMS Engineer, resident Subject Matter Expert, and high-level individual contributor, you will be expected to manage multiple concurrent RMS improvement initiatives and projects and to establish the RMS role functions.

You will demonstrate success by:

• Establish reliability, maintainability and safety requirements for ACSS's RF-based and other surveillance products.

• Conceive and develop specific test requirements for ACSS surveillance products at the systems, board, and component levels

• Work with Design Engineering, Manufacturing/Operations, R&O, Customer Support, and Quality teams to evaluate and drive improvements in the FRACAS, Reliability, and Maintainability processes and overall reporting structure.

• Work closely with Component Engineering team to manage obsolescence issues, ensuring that new components selected would help improve reliability of our products

• Directly participate with Highly Accelerated Life Test/Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HALT/HASS) to assess product robustness and make recommendations for design changes to meet RMS requirements.

• Develop engineering solutions to prevent repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect ACSS products through the use of best in class failure analysis methods.

• Lead and document Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA).

• Collaborate with design teams and vendors to implement design for reliability, safety and maintainability into product and system development lifecycle.

• Participate in the development, design and installation of new and modified systems to ensure their reliability and maintainability.

• Work closely with, and in some cases, guide teams from engineering, customer service, and operations to develop, document, and implement processes and incorporate tools for application of RMS into standard work practices.

• Interface with customers both external and internal.

• Provide technical training and education to all levels of the organization.

• Recommend and lead Continuous Improvement Initiatives

Our Values are an integral part of who we are. We seek candidates who share our values:

• Integrity

• Excellence

• Accountability

• Respect

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering or in related Scientific area

• 5-10 years of relevant industry experience with certified System product level and/or RMS Engineering disciplines with a focus on avionics

• Demonstrated experience in and/or knowledge of working with electrical schematics, RF design, and electronic test equipment

• Experience working with MIL-HDBK-217 standards

• Experience in working as an individual contributor across multiple engineering disciplines in developing RMS capabilities

• Experience with developing, implementing and maintaining RMS-related programs is preferred

• Candidate has exceptional attention to detail while maintaining the ability to independently manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment

• Candidate has the ability to work with equal effectiveness with internal teams, vendors and customers

• Candidate has excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills

SAVING LIVES AND MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE

L3 Technologies, Inc. is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3 provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. L3 maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Safety Engineer

We are a company of innovators, game changers, and entrepreneurs. As a prime contractor, we provide a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems used on military and commercial platforms across the globe. We embrace innovative and progressive ideas to advance our products for military and commercial customers. Electronic Systems Segment (ESS) is one of three L3 business segments, and provides a broad range of aerospace systems, security and detection systems, and pilot training.

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) designs and manufacturers avionics systems that increase safety and situational awareness while providing better efficiency and lower lifecycle costs for all commercial and military aviation operators. We work with OEMs, airlines, business jet owners, general aviation users as well as helicopter, military and unmanned air vehicle operators. We have over 75,000 products flying globally and continue to grow at a rapid pace. ACSS is a joint venture, with 70 percent owned by L3 and 30 percent owned by Thales, and is managed by L3's Commercial Aviation sector. L3 Commercial Aviation provides holistic solutions across a wide range of services to the commercial aviation industry. From check-in to touchdown, L3 Commercial Aviation's integrated solutions work to make air travel safer, more efficient and more effective.

This is a new, high-visibility position at ACSS, and we are seeking an experienced Senior Engineer to join our team to build and drive our Reliability, Maintainability and Systems Safety (RMS) capability across the entire scope of our RF surveillance and overall set of avionics products.

As the Senior RMS Engineer, resident Subject Matter Expert, and high-level individual contributor, you will be expected to manage multiple concurrent RMS improvement initiatives and projects and to establish the RMS role functions.

You will demonstrate success by:

• Establish reliability, maintainability and safety requirements for ACSS's RF-based and other surveillance products.

• Conceive and develop specific test requirements for ACSS surveillance products at the systems, board, and component levels

• Work with Design Engineering, Manufacturing/Operations, R&O, Customer Support, and Quality teams to evaluate and drive improvements in the FRACAS, Reliability, and Maintainability processes and overall reporting structure.

• Work closely with Component Engineering team to manage obsolescence issues, ensuring that new components selected would help improve reliability of our products

• Directly participate with Highly Accelerated Life Test/Highly Accelerated Stress Screening (HALT/HASS) to assess product robustness and make recommendations for design changes to meet RMS requirements.

• Develop engineering solutions to prevent repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect ACSS products through the use of best in class failure analysis methods.

• Lead and document Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA).

• Collaborate with design teams and vendors to implement design for reliability, safety and maintainability into product and system development lifecycle.

• Participate in the development, design and installation of new and modified systems to ensure their reliability and maintainability.

• Work closely with, and in some cases, guide teams from engineering, customer service, and operations to develop, document, and implement processes and incorporate tools for application of RMS into standard work practices.

• Interface with customers both external and internal.

• Provide technical training and education to all levels of the organization.

• Recommend and lead Continuous Improvement Initiatives

Our Values are an integral part of who we are. We seek candidates who share our values:

• Integrity

• Excellence

• Accountability

• Respect

• Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering or in related Scientific area

• 5-10 years of relevant industry experience with certified System product level and/or RMS Engineering disciplines with a focus on avionics

• Demonstrated experience in and/or knowledge of working with electrical schematics, RF design, and electronic test equipment

• Experience working with MIL-HDBK-217 standards

• Experience in working as an individual contributor across multiple engineering disciplines in developing RMS capabilities

• Experience with developing, implementing and maintaining RMS-related programs is preferred

• Candidate has exceptional attention to detail while maintaining the ability to independently manage multiple tasks in a dynamic environment

• Candidate has the ability to work with equal effectiveness with internal teams, vendors and customers

• Candidate has excellent interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills

SAVING LIVES AND MAKING THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE TO LIVE

L3 Technologies, Inc. is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. L3 provides equal employment opportunity for all persons, in all facets of employment. L3 maintains a drug-free workplace and performs pre-employment substance abuse testing and background checks. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply for any open position for which they feel they are qualified and all will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic.

A Maintainability Engineer/Specialist job in Cincinnati, OH is currently available at Belcan. This job is a full-time direct position with benefits. To be considered for this role, you will need prior experience working with any of the General Electric F101/F110/F118/F404/F414/F136/Adaptive Cycle engine families or foreign military manuals or Pratt & Whitney equivalent military engines. In this role, you will assist the engineering organization by communicating and working with the engineering team and their suppliers to resolve field issues relative to engine hardware and technical data.

Maintainability Engineer/Specialist job duties:

• Experience with Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) is a must have

• Assist Engineering by making updates/correction to tech orders

• Incorporate CID's, ECP's, and RDC's into the technical data

• Author MTA's

• Familiar with military and foreign military sales tech order manuals

• Run weekly reports an attend meetings as required

Qualifications:

• Have previously been employed as a Maintainability Engineer/Specialist

• Or have previously been employed as a Jet Engine Mechanic with complete engine teardown experience

• Prior experience working with any of the F101/F110/F118/F404/F414/F136 engine families or foreign military sales manuals

• Be familiar with military engine tech order manuals including: depot level, intermediate level, and aircraft (flight line) level

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

• Experience with SLICware or equivalent supportability software

• Due to the nature of our work US Citizenship or Permanent Residence is required

• Have held an active SECRET military clearance within the last two (2) years

Desired experiences and skills include:

• A&P License

• Have served in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Navy

• Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT)

• Aviation Mechanics Powerplant Certificate (AVPC)

• Possess active SECRET military clearance

If you are interested in this Maintainability Engineer/Specialist job in Cincinnati, OH, please apply via the 'apply now' link provided. As an employee with Belcan Engineering, you will be part of one of the largest engineering firms in the United States. We maintain a small-company atmosphere as well as open communication at all levels of our organization, allowing for much more dynamic decision-making processes. We offer flexible schedules as well as an excellent mentoring system to ensure that you have all of the knowledge and tools you need to meet a diverse range of engineering challenges. You will also have opportunities to advance to positions of greater responsibility, including management roles. Your hard work and professional dedication will be rewarded with a competitive compensation package.

Belcan is an equal opportunity employer. EOE/M/F/D/V

Build a challenging and rewarding career with an industry leader!

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Regular Full-time, Pay Grade 45

Reliability Project Manager, Reliability and Maintainability Center (RMC) – College of Engineering

Independently provides a broad range of complex technical assistance to industrial clients, in the field of maintenance and reliability. Advises and consults in support of implementation/improvement projects for customers and develops and presents professional development training courses on select reliability topics.

The Reliability Project Manager is responsible for the development of four RMC labs and manages lab related projects. This position conducts benchmarking investigations, data mining, analysis and reliability modeling in support of studies and projects, and researches and develops blog posts, white papers, and articles. The project manager also assists with the planning and execution of RMC events and efforts as needed.

Supervises student lab assistants and coaches/mentors industry representatives. May commit resources.

The Reliability Project Manager provides a broad range of complex technical assistance to industrial clients, in the field of maintenance and reliability. Assesses client needs, then develops and sells value proposition.

Advises and consults with industry clients in development, planning, and execution of leading-edge reliability implementation and improvement projects to achieve business excellence. Prioritizes action items identified in program assessments or continuous improvement efforts based on risk assessment, criticality analysis, and resource availability. Ensures timely completion of improvement initiatives and tasks based on a well-defined project scope.

Interfaces with company representatives to understand needs, develop a plan, and execute the project. Mentors, coaches and provides technical guidance to industry personnel completing their Reliability & Maintainability Implementation Certification projects. Serves as a technical lead and a reliability subject matter expert. Builds professional networks and business relationships.

This position assesses and identifies reliability training needs in industry. Develops content and delivers professional development training courses (2 - 5 days in length) on select reliability and maintainability topics for industry representatives both in a public setting and at client sites.

Creates and integrates hands-on experiences and/or application exercises into the curriculum. Course topics could include topics such as Root Cause Analysis, Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, Reliability Centered Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance Optimization, etc. Conducts assessments of companies' reliability and maintainability programs and identifies improvement opportunities. Facilitates meetings and briefings with company representatives and site leadership.

The Reliability Project Manager coordinates research and manages the RMC labs, as well as conducts benchmarking investigations, data mining, statistical analysis, and reliability modeling. Coordinates special studies of interest to RMC member companies.

Prepares detailed reports on research findings and benchmarking analysis. Researches and develops blog posts, white papers, and technical articles for publication in trade magazines. Writes research grant proposals.

Provides leadership and managerial oversight in the development and use of four RMC labs, used for hands-on training and the execution of technical projects and testing. Establishes and implements long-term strategic plans and short-term operational plans for each of the labs, in coordination with the RMC Director. Provides technical design-of-experiment guidance on projects carried out in labs.

Operates predictive maintenance technology equipment, such as infrared, ultrasound, and vibration monitoring, for capability demonstrations and project work. Supervises student assistants assigned to the RMC office and labs, coordinates their efforts, and reviews their work. May commit financial resources for lab supplies and the development and allocation of lab technology.

In addition, this position assists with the development of strategic initiatives that best serve the interest of the RMC and provide value to member companies and industrial clients. Assists with planning and execution of key RMC events and efforts as needed, such as annual MARCON conference (300 attendees), RMC Members' Meetings (2 per year for representatives from 70 member companies), and RMC training events (25 per year). Helps find targeted speakers on topics for MARCON and RMC meetings. May assist with execution of Internship Program as needed.

The position is located in Knoxville, TN. Screening of applicants will begin immediately and will continue until the position has been filled.

Minimum/Required Qualifications:

Education: Master's Degree or equivalent experience (required) in an engineering of science field.

Experience: 3-5 years of relevant work experience in the field of reliability and maintainability in an industrial setting, is required. If no Master's Degree, a bachelor's degree and 8 years of experience is required. Experience with reliability analytics, statistics, and/or data mining preferred.

Job Skills:
Extensive knowledge of reliability and maintainability concepts.

Knowledge of project management techniques. Ability to perform statistical analysis. Strong organizational skills.

Ability to self-motivate and multi-task. Ability to lead project meetings with diverse groups of people. Ability to compile and analyze data, interpret results, translate into recommendations, and write reports. Microsoft Office Suite skills (especially Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).

Physical Requirements:
N/A

Other Requirements:

Must be US Citizen (due to frequent work in restricted Government sites).

Valid driver's license required for company site visits.

TRAVEL: Although this job is based at UT Knoxville, it may require travel at times (up to 30% max) if a project requires it.

Preferred Desired Qualifications:

Self-motivated, ethical, confident, effective communicator, team-oriented, results driven and methodical.

Job

Research

Primary Location

US-Tennessee-Knoxville