Asset Performance Excellence Lead

Our client who operates in Manufacturing is looking for an Engineer to support them with bridging the Operations & Engineering department. 

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to improve equipment reliability, availability, and overall production performance.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Planning teams to increase productivity and reduce downtime.
• Drive continuous improvement of equipment effectiveness (OEE) by identifying and eliminating recurring losses.
• Investigate equipment failures and performance issues using structured problem-solving methods such as Root Cause Analysis (RCA), 5-Why, Fishbone, A3, and FMEA.
• Develop and implement strategies to optimize production speeds, reduce changeover times, and improve start-up and shutdown processes.
• Champion Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) practices across the organization.
• Establish and maintain autonomous maintenance routines, equipment care standards, centerlines, and abnormality management processes.
• Ensure preventive, condition-based, and predictive maintenance activities are effectively planned and executed.
• Continuously review and optimize maintenance plans, intervals, and scopes.
• Develop asset criticality assessments and reliability-centered maintenance strategies for different equipment categories.
• Maintain accurate asset records, equipment histories, bills of materials, and maintenance data within the CMMS system.
• Lead FMEA studies and manage spare parts strategies, including critical spare identification and obsolescence planning.
• Monitor and improve key reliability metrics such as MTBF, MTTR, failure rates, maintenance costs, and asset throughput.
• Act as the main point of contact for asset availability and production constraints affecting planning activities.
• Coordinate maintenance activities to minimize disruption to production schedules.
• Facilitate regular cross-functional meetings and ensure action items are completed.
• Ensure maintenance procedures, safety standards, lockout/tagout requirements, permits, and SOPs are followed and kept up to date.
• Support audits, regulatory compliance activities, and accurate maintenance documentation.
• Promote safety improvements through risk assessments and reliability-focused initiatives.
• Lead continuous improvement and kaizen projects targeting breakdowns, speed losses, minor stops, changeovers, and start-up defects.
• Train and coach operators and technicians on TPM, reliability practices, condition monitoring, and data analysis.
• Support new equipment implementation by defining reliability requirements and participating in equipment acceptance and start-up processes.
• Manage external service providers and establish service-level agreements linked to reliability performance.
• Contribute to maintenance budgets, cost control efforts, and capital investment proposals based on reliability needs.
• Ensure full compliance with company policies, ethical standards, and Environmental Health & Safety requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in reliability, maintenance, or production engineering within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Proven track record of improving TPM and OEE performance.
• Experience using CMMS systems (e.g., Agility) and strong analytical skills using Excel and/or Power BI.
• Strong knowledge of Root Cause Analysis, FMEA, Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), and maintenance strategy development.