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This role serves as a technical resource for maintenance execution and reliability improvement activities, applying engineering principles, reliability tools, and maintenance best practices to maximize equipment life cycle value and support business objectives.\nAccountabilities\nThe Maintenance & Reliability Engineer is accountable for developing and executing equipment reliability and maintenance strategies, identifying and eliminating root causes of equipment failures, improving asset performance, and ensuring the accuracy of maintenance information, procedures, and documentation within the maintenance management system. The role supports both day-to-day maintenance activities and long-term reliability initiatives that enable the Area Business Team to meet business requirements safely and effectively.\nResponsibilities\nLead and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations utilizing cause-and-effect methodologies to identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures.\nProvide technical expertise to operations and maintenance personnel for troubleshooting equipment failures, repair methods, maintenance practices, and equipment performance improvement.\nDevelop, implement, and continuously improve maintenance and reliability strategies that optimize safety, availability, reliability, and total cost of ownership.\nCreate, update, and maintain repair procedures, work instructions, maintenance standards, and job plans to ensure repairs are completed safely, consistently, and accurately.\nEnsure critical repair details including tolerances, clearances, materials of construction, welding requirements, inspection criteria, and quality standards are defined and documented.\nUtilize reliability engineering tools and methodologies such as Weibull Analysis, FMEA, RCA, and reliability-centered maintenance techniques to improve asset performance and capability.\nMonitor, analyze, and report asset performance metrics including availability, utilization, OEE, production losses, and other reliability indicators to identify improvement opportunities.\nDevelop strategic asset improvement plans including outage strategies, turnaround planning, rebuild frequencies, inline spares, critical spare strategies, and long-term reliability initiatives.\nEstablish, review, and optimize preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance programs to support equipment reliability objectives.\nProvide technical support during major maintenance outages, turnarounds, equipment rebuilds, and capital improvement projects.\nCollaborate with equipment vendors, contractors, and engineering resources to perform failure analyses, obtain technical recommendations, and evaluate replacement or upgrade options.\nSupport vessel inspections, repair plans, alterations, and other equipment integrity activities in accordance with applicable standards and site requirements.\nEvaluate corrective actions to ensure improvements deliver measurable reliability and availability benefits and leverage successful solutions across the site where appropriate.\nReview and maintain Bills of Material (BOMs), equipment records, and spare parts inventories to ensure accuracy and adequate support for reliability objectives.\nApply reliability and lifecycle cost principles to spare parts selection, inventory optimization, purchasing requirements, and equipment replacement decisions.\nEnsure equipment-specific training materials, maintenance procedures, and technical documentation are developed, maintained, and readily available.\nServe as a technical resource for Maintenance Planners, Maintenance Technicians, Operations personnel, and Area Business Teams.\nParticipate in plant health assessments and implement reliability improvement actions to maintain and improve overall asset health.\nSupport maintenance budgeting, capital planning, and reliability improvement initiatives aligned with business objectives.\nProvide maintenance and reliability input to CorePD, capital projects, and new equipment installations to ensure reliability is designed into systems from inception.\nParticipate in site and corporate reliability networks and share best practices across the organization.\nAttributes\nStrong communicator capable of effectively working with personnel at all levels of the organization, from operators and maintenance technicians to senior leadership.\nWell-organized with strong attention to detail.\nAbility to collaborate across multiple work processes and functional teams.\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills.\nSelf-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive tasks to completion.\nQualifications\nRequirements for people in this role:\nBachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related discipline).\nMinimum of 3 years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or industrial engineering experience.\nStrong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.\nProficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to quickly learn new systems and software.\nDemonstrated problem-solving, analytical, project management, and time management capabilities.\nOccasional off-hour and weekend support for plant outages and unplanned events.\nCommitment to all site safety and environmental requirements.\nPreferred Experience\nPreferred, but not required, experience or qualifications:\nFive or more years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or engineering experience in a chemical processing or industrial environment.\nExperience leading Root Cause Analysis investigations.\nExperience developing detailed maintenance procedures and job plans.\nKnowledge of Reliability Engineering principles including RCA, FMEA, Weibull Analysis, and risk-based decision making.\nSAP Equipment Maintenance experience, including maintenance transactions, equipment records, and planning functions.\nSpare parts identification, optimization, and inventory management experience.\nExperience with turnaround planning, outage management, and asset integrity programs.\nProcess Safety\nActively support Process Safety Management (PSM) and Asset Integrity requirements by ensuring maintenance and reliability strategies, inspection programs, repair procedures, and equipment integrity practices comply with site and regulatory standards. Ensure appropriate procedures and controls are available and utilized for critical equipment.\nContinuous Improvement\nThis role demands a strong understanding of Continuous Improvement (CI), ranging from basic tool usage to the management and leadership of more complex projects. This role requires completion and comprehension of the Continuous Improvement Foundation courses, as well as relevant CI Plus courses. The Maintenance & Reliability Engineer should consistently promote the use of CI methodologies within their team, particularly in:\nProblem-solving\nProject management\nData-driven decision-making\nTeam leadership, coaching, and development\nEmphasizing the importance of CI training for career development and recognizing the application of CI tools by team members is crucial.\nThe role should be trained in the following areas:\nCI Foundations: Mastery of problem-solving tools including Brainstorming, Fishbone Analysis, Why-Why Analysis, Prioritization, and Project Charter development.\n CI Plus: Training in Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen facilitation, and other CI workshop methodologies.\n Lean Six Sigma (LSS): Green Belt certification is highly recommended.\nThe Maintenance & Reliability Engineer should actively support CI initiatives, facilitate improvement efforts, and encourage development of CI capabilities throughout the organization.\nVISA sponsorship is not available for this position.\nBenefits - How We’ll Support You:\nNumerous development opportunities offered to build your skills\n\nBe part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place\n\nHealth benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment\n\nFour weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays\n\nExcellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father\n\nFuture planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program\n\nLearn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits\n\nCheck out life at Corteva! www.linkedin.com/company/corteva/life\n\nAre you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.\nCorteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. 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