Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Position Title: 

Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer 

Pay Rate: 

$108,200-$144,300

Multiple factors, including Individual experience, skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.

Variable pay may provide additional opportunities for financial awards. This job is eligible to participate in IP’s short –term incentive plan.

Category/Shift: 

Salaried Full-Time 

Physical Location: 

3737 Hwy 3

Redwood, MS 39156

The Job You Will Perform: 

A Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer’s responsibility is to eliminate unscheduled downtime and increase the life of our assets.  At Vicksburg, reliability engineering combines traditional maintenance engineering with process engineering for a holistic approach to address downtime liabilities on a production system.  Reliability Engineers that report to this position will focus on making sustainable improvements to critical manufacturing systems and have secondary departmental assignments. The Senior Reliability Engineer reports directly to the Mill Reliability Leader and is a member of the Mill’s Maintenance and Engineering group.

Reliability Engineers must be able to interact effectively with all the levels of the organization – from maintenance craftsmen and operators through mill and corporate management.  They work closely with operating and maintenance leaders to eliminate chronic problems and to support high-priority area objectives.  Excellent communication skills are a necessity.  Reliability engineering assignments have true impact on the performance of the mill and offer a challenging and rewarding career.

A Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer will be accountable for:

• Working safely in an industrial environment
• Lead for 15 hrs of CADT for the mill
• Lead RCFA’s for mechanical downtime around the mill
• Lead Mechanical Reliability Team
• Troubleshooting assistance throughout mill and available for call outs
• Support maintenance leaders through development of systems to eliminate CADT
• Maximize team impact by focusing on precision work and avoid rework
• Communicate and implement fundamental maintenance standards and expectations, audit frequently for sustainability and consistency, and give constructive feedback and correct behaviors when needed
• Involved in all daily, weekly & outage planning and scheduling- assist with priority setting and planning as able

The Skills You Will Bring:

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical or chemical engineering with 10+ years of experience in a maintenance/reliability function is required
• Non-degreed candidates with significant experience in a related function will also be considered.
• Pulp/Paper mill experience is preferred.  

Experience with the following: 

• Precision practices
• Equipment care strategies
• Lean Manufacturing
• Root Cause Failure Analysis
• FMEA
• Project Management
• CMMS Systems (SAP is highly preferred)
• Key Competencies: Action oriented, Functional/technical skills, Problem solving, Managing through systems, Priority Setting, Organizing, Oral and Written Communication Skills, Results Oriented, Managerial Courage, Managing through Influence and Customer FocusTop of Form