Grow a Better Tomorrow with Nufarm.
We know that growing is about more than just crops and cultivation. It’s about sunshine and rain, early mornings and hard work. It can be frustratingly unpredictable but also wonderfully uplifting. More than anything, it’s about people. Nufarm is the dependable partner behind thousands of agricultural success stories. Every day, growers around the world turn to our products and our people to help with the challenges of fighting disease, weeds and pests, and to increase crop yields.
How can you Unearth the Possibilities with Nufarm?
Based in Chicago Heights, IL Nufarm is looking to engage a motivated Reliability Engineer to guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, control loops, and safety/security systems. You will Reduce and improve maintenance work wherever feasible; assuring efficient and productive operation of plant, process and equipment; while protecting and prolonging the economic life of plant assets; all at the least (optimal) cost practical.
What will you be doing?
- Specify repair techniques for major repetitive tasks, such as component replacements; develop standards specifying the end product and the resources needed for these tasks.
- Ensure responsible personnel are trained in carrying out programmed maintenance.
- Review developed PM/PdM procedures with operation superintendent and staff: securing “owner” approval prior to implementation.
- Analyze planned idleness of operating equipment to develop and improve PM/PdM schedules.
- Periodically compare PM/PdM frequencies to downtime reports and equipment histories to identify where frequencies require adjustment – up or down. Refine the frequencies on an “economic” basis to avoid “over maintenance”. This is a joint responsibility with the Maintenance manager
- Regularly review all equipment failures. Determine what PM action might have been taken to prevent failure in order to protect against reoccurrence. Recommend PM instructions accordingly.
- Work with maintenance, as necessary, to develop job scopes for major, unique jobs.
- Routinely contribute to the planning of realistic production capacity based upon analysis of preventive maintenance time needs, repair histories, inspection reports, etc.
- Apply value analysis to make maintenance decisions, i.e., repair/replace and repair/redesign.
- Develop and standardize program, which influences new construction and equipment purchases including materials, equipment and spare parts.
- Identify potential for cost reduction through extended parts life, reduced labor cost, and other material-related improvement techniques.