Electrical Reliability Engineer

Requirements

Description & Requirements

WestRock (NYSE :WRK) is a global leader in sustainable paper and packaging solutions. We are materials scientists, packaging designers, mechanical engineers and manufacturing experts with a shared purpose: Innovate Boldly. Package Sustainably. Guided by our values of integrity, respect, accountability and excellence, we use leading science and technology to more fiber-based packaging forward.

WestRock – Maintenance E&I Reliability Engineer, Mahrt mill in Cottonton, AL

WestRock is a company where each of us genuinely belongs, is respected and valued, can do our best work, and where diversity, inclusion and equity are competitive advantages!

The Opportunity

The Maintenance E/I Reliability Engineer will proactively identify and implement maintenance best practices and drive implementation throughout the facility. Primarily responsible for investigating and resolving electrical and, or instrumentation-based reliability issues within the facility. Drives root cause failure analysis process and projects, and actively participates in critical maintenance initiatives across the facility.

Position Summary

The E&I Reliability Engineer will promote and advance Electrical Reliability across the entire mill. Here are some of the ways this will occur:

• Use equipment failure analysis to identify repetitive maintenance issues and develop and implement solutions that eliminate problems, improve reliability, and reduce maintenance costs.
• Design and execute Reliability Improvement Projects
• Use proactive, preventative, and predictive maintenance techniques to avoid and to detect equipment failures.
• Serve as Electric Motor subject matter expert for the facility.
• Serve as variable speed drive subject matter expert for the facility.
• Champion the E&I Maintenance Reliability Program
• Ownership of E&I-related unscheduled maintenance downtime.
  
  

How You Will Impact WestRock

• Work with Engineering to ensure maintenance reliability and equipment access is designed into new projects.
• Manage and improve the state of MCC and Drives rooms with routine corrosion monitoring audits and tracking progress on action items including online monitoring.
• Assure the Preventive Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance routes and programs are implemented, audited and improved on existing equipment and as equipment is added, removed and improved.
• Work closely with purchasing, stores, and engineering to ensure equipment reliability is implemented throughout all project phases including procurement, vendor selection, spare part selection and stocking.
• Review modification drawings and specifications and direct the implementation of appropriate preventive maintenance actions.
• Recommend innovative solutions to increase equipment life and reduce maintenance costs through the analysis of repetitive equipment failures/breakdowns and predictive maintenance analysis.
• Manage the Reliability related Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process.
• Ensure follow-through, completion, and documentation of the RCFA Action Items.
• Participate in the “Management of Change” process to optimize the reliability of new or modified equipment or processes.
• Submit recommendations and justification for capital expenditures that support and improve the Reliability Program.
• Submit regular reports covering the overall program costs and benefits, the 'finds' and improvements made, as well as the strategic way forward for the Reliability Program.
• Drive Root Cause Failure Analysis process.
• Resolve E&I reliability issues to increase process reliability and decrease cost (mill wide)
• Provide leadership and daily technical assistance for E&I issues for the maintenance organization.
• Managing maintenance resources or contractors during outages or project implementation.
• Assist in troubleshooting and resolving complex E&I and related mechanical maintenance issues.
  
  

What You Need To Succeed

• Preferred – Electrical Engineering Degree
• High School Diploma / GED is required.
• 5+ years of Instrumentation and Electrical experience in a production maintenance environment or equivalent military experience is required.
• Journeyman or proof of completion of college or apprenticeship.
• Computer skills including MS Office and ability to quickly learn new software used in the department.
• Thorough and in-depth understanding of electric motor theory and controls.
• AB/Rockwell DC Drive; ABB/Rockwell PLC’s, Control Logic; Reading Electrical Drawings and Ladder Logic.
• Extensive experience with variable speed drives (AC and DC, ABB and Rockwell a plus)
• Experience with field instruments (i.e., pressure, flow, temperature, level and analytical transmitters, valve positioners, valve actuators and PID controllers) a plus.
• Strong analytical troubleshooting skills.
  
  

What We Offer

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
  
  

WestRock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to create and maintain a diverse workforce where everyone feels valued, respected, and included. WestRock does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.