Lead Reliability Engineer

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies. 

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards. 

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries. 

Position Summary:

John Crane Business Solutions is the John Crane Centre of Excellence for Maintenance and Reliability Consultancy and Condition Monitoring.

As part of a dynamic team the Lead Reliability Engineer will be familiar with and responsible for the population of maintenance management systems.  The candidate will be a team player and accustomed to working to deadlines and budgets.  They will have experience in the Energy sector and be conversant with quality management systems and their controls.

The candidate will have a practical knowledge of CMMS, ERP OR EAM solutions from a management, user or implementation perspective.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for service delivery levels, performance, and efficiency of service projects or programs.  These will include one or more of the following service lines:
  • Seal reliability programs
  • reliability & maintenance engineering;
  • condition monitoring;
  • lubrication management;
  • inventory management;
  • data management;
  • energy transition & integrity;
  • technical trainings.
• Lead project team and/or direct report in the delivery of work
• Manage the performance of personnel
• Ensure that all aspects of scope of services are completed within the projects’, timeline, budget and to a technical standard that is compliant with JC’s, Smiths’ and customers’ QHSE processes, procedures and standards.
• Support PMO Manager to ensure that all staff are fully utilized in line with Business Solutions targets (productivity and profitability)
• Produce operational reports for discussion at monthly leadership meetings, and stakeholders.
• Participate in periodical Customer Performance Reviews providing appropriate functional support. 
• Drive continuous improvement focusing on service digitization, technology, and customer-centric service innovation.
• Provide client feedback to Sales & Service team and to the Reliability Engineering Office related to new customer needs and innovation opportunities for each of the service lines.
• Conduct management of change as needed.
• Drive a culture of safety and participate in local leadership safety responsibilities, as appropriate.

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 8 years’ experience in relevant technical field. Including experience in in the fields of Reliability or Maintenance for process industries.
• Recognized engineering qualification
• Project Management.

Desirable skills (any one of the following):

• Maintenance strategy analysis and development (Failure Modes and Effects analysis, RCM, criticality, etc.).
• Development of planned maintenance program.
• Vibration Analysis expertise – 2 years experience or more / Cat2 or above
• Accreditation in Reliability Engineering such as CMRP or ARP-E
• Inventory management experience

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Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future. 

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