Asset Reliability Specialist

The Asset Reliability Specialistimplements asset reliability methods and strategies that optimize maintenance and operations at WSSC Water Production facilities, reducing asset life-cycle costs. This role leads Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) initiatives to establish proactive maintenance standards.

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