Reliability Engineer

Florida Crystals Corporation is a fully integrated cane sugar company. Florida Crystals regeneratively farms sugarcane and rice in South Florida, where it owns two sugar mills, a sugar refinery, a packaging and distribution center, Florida's only rice mill, a compost facility, and one of the largest renewable power plants of its kind in the U.S., which uses sugarcane fiber to generate eco-friendly energy that powers its sugar operations. Florida Crystals owns one of the largest Regenerative Organic Certified® farms in the U.S. and its Florida Crystals® products are the only ROC™ sugar grown and milled sugar in the country. Florida Crystals owns ASR Group International, Inc., a holding company that conducts operations through its subsidiaries. The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. Florida Crystals is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Learn more at www.FloridaCrystalsCorp.com.

OVERVIEW

The Reliability Engineer under general direction or working independently will help maintain plant assets and provide reliability - based maintenance planning. This position is focused on the improvement of the daily work force productivity and work quality by anticipating and eliminating delays through planning and coordination of manpower, parts and materials and equipment access. This position will review and determine the functionality of preventative maintenance activities and conduct failure analysis to identify and prevent future failures. Outage planning and work will also be part of the responsibility of this engineer.        

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinates daily with other plant management regarding day to day operating and maintenance conditions.
• Conducts engineering analysis and develops recommendations to maintain and improve generating plant efficiency, reliability, safety and environmental compliance and cost performance.
• Must be able to function as the primary liaison between production and maintenance while planning, scheduling and coordinating the preventative maintenance work performed on the plant.
• Must be able to maintain the records and files essential to the meaningful analysis and reporting of maintenance related matters
• Will help maintain plant assets and provide reliability-based maintenance outage planning.
• Will review and determine the functionality of Preventative Maintenance activities.
• Conducts failure analysis to identify and prevent future failures.
• Must be able to make meaningful improvements in average time between failures.
• Will coordinate with plant staff to develop the scope of work, specifications and justifications for outage projects.
• Must be able to develop/review material specifications, drawings, contracts and work scopes.
• Must be able to perform detailed studies and calculations of component/system reliabilities.
• Provides analytical and financial analysis for Capital Projects and required system upgrades.
• Works jointly with operations and maintenance to continuously identify, develop and implement strategic preventative and predictive maintenance programs for the facility.
• Work with plant engineer to help perform root cause and cost benefit analysis on performance deficiencies.
• Provides technical support and direction to contractors.
• Must be able to prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports, maintain records and compose correspondence as required.
• Works with the Maintenance Superintendent in reviewing procedures and investigating operating incidents and abnormalities in order to make recommendations for future equipment purchases.
• Examines objects, systems or facilities, and analyzes information to determine needed installations, services or repairs.
• Identifies and develops or arranges for worker training on repair and maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use for new equipment and operational procedures.

WORK EXPIERENCE

• Have demonstrated knowledge of the equipment, methods and materials used in the repair and maintenance of a power plant facility.
• Have demonstrated knowledge of theory and relationships between components in power generation process.
• Have demonstrated knowledge of various types of boilers and associated auxiliary systems in a power plant.
• Demonstrated client relationship skills at all levels, leadership ability, technical excellence and management skills, as well as strong project planning and budgeting skills.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• A minimum of five (5) years' experience as a reliability engineer in a power plant facility is preferred. A professional engineering license is desired.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• No

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Must possess excellent project management skills and organizational skills.
• Skill in reading, interpreting, and analyzing information from instruments, charts, and schematic drawings as applicable.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with co-workers and outside agencies.
• Skill in developing, implementing and overseeing through completion both long and short-term project plans.
• Skill in resolving problems or situations requiring the exercise of good judgment.
• Skill in preparing clear and concise written reports.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a clear and concise manner with plant employees at all working and management levels.
• Ability to recognize operational inconsistencies and hazards in the work place and display proper judgment in dealing with them appropriately.
• Must be familiar with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers code and have a solid understanding of project scheduling and tracking software.
• Experience with of SAP software a strong plus.
• Possess a working knowledge of micro-soft office programs (Word, Excel, Power point, etc.).
• Ability to receive, comprehend and utilize OSHA required training.
• Ability to ascend and descend stairs and stationary vertical ladders as part of normal work activity and emergency egress situations.
• Ability to work in contrasting plant environments.
• Ability to move about all areas of the plant, including catwalks, deck grating, wet and muddy areas, and uneven surfaces.

LOCATION OF ROLE

• New Hope Power

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.  All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.