Asset Reliability Specialist

The Asset Reliability Specialist is responsible for the implementation of asset reliability methods and strategies to optimize the maintenance and operation practices at WSSC Water Production facilities to achieve overall asset life-cycle cost reductions. This role leads reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and root cause analysis (RCA) program initiatives to provide standards around proactive maintenance practices.

Essential Functions

- Leads the implementation of risk-based asset maintenance plans

- Develops and implements asset condition-based maintenance (CBM) program

- Develops and implements a preventive maintenance (PM) Optimization program

- Leads the Production Department reliability centered maintenance (RCM) and root cause analysis (RCA) programinitiatives

- Assists with the development, review, implementation, and enforcement of technical specifications related to design and construction work

- Develops, facilitates, and leads Reliability training programs

- Provides technical management and support for the development of Production asset hierarchy

- Execute statistical methods to analyze asset failure data to determine the need for adjustments in maintenance, repair, overhaul (MRO) inventory, planned maintenance frequencies, and equipment design

- Uses statistical methods and reliability modeling to determine optimized equipment maintenance strategies based on key metric such as: cost of process downtime, cost of direct maintenance, mean time between failures (MTBF), mean time to repair (MTTR), environmental, health, and safety (EHS)

- Provides overall guidance to the Production Department Asset Management Steering Committee

- Leads cross-functional project teams managing projects with varying degrees of complexity;

- Collaborates with cross-functional staff (Engineers, Maintenance Technicians, Operators, Asset Strategy Managers, etc.) to identify maintenance, operations and capital improvement opportunities

- Establishes Asset Reliability policies and procedures for the Production Department;

- Collaborates with Production Department stakeholders to implement reliability program recommendations

- Analyses Production process operating and maintenance costs, for economic comparisons, to recommend Production process equipment upgrades and/or process modifications

- Drives a vehicle to conduct WSSC Water business

Other Functions

- Serves as Acting Section Manager in their absence

- Performs other related duties as required

Work Environment And Physical Demands

Business casual office environment

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

- Performs other related duties as required

- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing

- Ability to create, prepare and effectively present technical and administrative reports, both verbally and in writing

- Ability to work cooperatively with subordinates, peers and supervisors in a team-based environment

- Ability to plan, direct and supervise the work of Engineers, Project Managers, Operations and Maintenance specialists, and administrative personnel

- Must have in-depth working knowledge of Risk-Based analysis tools such as Criticality Analysis and Failure Modes Effect Analysis

- Thorough knowledge of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) practices and strategies

- Knowledge of Preventive and Predictive Maintenance technologies and strategies

- Ability to lead teams in the development and implementation of sustainable systems

- Ability to establish asset hierarchy and associated Bill of Materials and Critical Spares, and knowledgeable in how each impacts the optimization of asset maintenance systems

- Must have a working knowledge of electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic principles and their use on mechanical systems

- Working knowledge of the principles and practices related to asset management

- Thorough knowledge of sound engineering principles and practices, and their application to operation and maintenance of water/wastewater Production processes

- Comprehensive knowledge of the water/wastewater industry, electrical/mechanical trades; and associated repair/replacement scenarios

- Considerable knowledge of industrial machines, equipment, materials, tools, and equipment of the electrical/mechanical and instrumentation trades

- Ability to make engineering computations, estimates, and designs; able to review and interpret engineering plans and specifications

- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

- Thorough knowledge of the principles and practices needed for effective Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) use, such as Oracle WAM

- Knowledge of equipment diagnostic, and condition assessment, tools and methods for electrical/mechanical equipment

- Ability to work from drawings, schematics, and specifications and interpret blueprints, plans and schematics

- Ability to exercise good judgment in planning and detailing maintenance work; interpret and evaluate the need and cost of contracted services

- Ability to analyze and prepare maintenance plans and specifications; conduct failure analysis investigations and prepare comprehensive reports; develop solutions to maintenance problems through the use of asset management strategies

- Ability to assess and balance workloads and project assignments

- Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships

- Ability to organize and lead cross functional project teams

- Demonstrated team building, group leadership, project management and verbal and written communication skills

Minimum Education, Experience Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree

- 6+ years technical experience in water, wastewater, or similar industrial operations

OR

- High school diploma or equivalent - 10+ years technical experience in water, wastewater, or similar industrial operations