Reliability Engineer

About the role

IKO Industries Ltd., a Canadian-owned manufacturer of roofing and building materials, is looking for a Reliability Engineer in Ennis. This is a safety-sensitive position. The engineer improves equipment performance, reduces downtime and enhances plant reliability by analysing failures, applying preventive and predictive maintenance and driving continuous improvement, working with maintenance, operations and engineering teams.

Key responsibilities

• Lead training on Maximo-integrated 5-Why root cause analysis and troubleshooting, and keep the mechanical, electrical and process FMECA/RCM current to reduce production losses.
• Take part in weekly reliability team meetings, training, webinars, SMRP and reliability magazine subscriptions.
• Lead corporate surveys, questionnaires and benchmarking for IKO reliability assessments.
• Use production loss and maintenance cost data to run problem-solving and troubleshooting teams.
• Build running PdM and shutdown PM plans with maintenance and operations staff.
• Prepare a shingle line FMECA/RCM after Pareto analysis of production losses, supporting PM optimisation and spare parts strategy.
• Troubleshoot equipment, design for reliability, manage qualified contractors for installation and commissioning, and monitor modifications and critical parts.
• Support the inventory coordinator and planner/scheduler during emergencies and vacations.
• Travel occasionally to other IKO sites to share knowledge.

Required profile

• University degree in engineering, preferably mechanical engineering.
• 3+ years of reliability experience in continuous process manufacturing.
• Experience facilitating dozens of RCFA's and with FMECA, PM recommendations, production loss analysis and spare parts optimisation.
• Fluent English, verbal and written, with good presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel occasionally; operational and supervisory experience is a plus.

Required skills

• Condition monitoring tools such as vibration analysis, ultrasonics, lubrication analysis and thermography.
• Building standardised PM and PdM plans in Maximo or a similar CMMS.
• Proficiency with MS Office and AutoCAD.

What we offer

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance, health spending account and short-term disability.
• 401k match, paid vacation and floating days.
• Employee assistance program, tuition reimbursement and employee engagement events.