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Responsibilities include investigating equipment failures, reducing unplanned downtime, optimizing manufacturing performance, and implementing sustainable engineering solutions.\nThis position requires exceptional analytical and troubleshooting capabilities, independent technical judgment, and effective collaboration with manufacturing engineering, maintenance, operations, and customer leadership.\nKey Responsibilities\nEquipment Reliability & Engineering Support\nLead reliability improvement initiatives for aerospace disc manufacturing, forging presses, and associated equipment.\nTroubleshoot complex mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and automated manufacturing systems.\nInvestigate recurring equipment failures, performance degradation, and operational inefficiencies.\nDevelop corrective and preventive actions to improve equipment availability, performance, and service life.\nSupport equipment inspections, reliability assessments, and long-term maintenance strategies.\nOverall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)\nAnalyze and improve equipment availability, performance efficiency, quality losses, and overall OEE.\nIdentify and address downtime, production bottlenecks, reduced throughput, and cycle-time inefficiencies.\nMonitor failure trends, Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), and Mean Time To Repair (MTTR).\nDevelop measurable improvement initiatives to enhance equipment utilization and manufacturing capacity.\nPresent OEE reports, reliability assessments, and technical recommendations to engineering and customer leadership.\nIsothermal Forging Press & Hydraulic Systems\nProvide specialized reliability support for isothermal forging presses and large-scale hydraulic press systems.\nEvaluate hydraulic pumps, cylinders, valves, seals, pressure controls, and mechanical components.\nInvestigate hydraulic failures, pressure instability, equipment wear, and mechanical malfunctions.\nTroubleshoot thermal controls, heating systems, sensors, instrumentation, and press automation.\nSupport structural integrity assessments, preventive maintenance, and long-term press reliability improvements.\nRoot Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement\nLead Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and corrective action investigations.\nApply 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagrams, Fault Tree Analysis, and other engineering methodologies.\nAnalyze equipment failure history and maintenance data to identify recurring issues.\nSupport Lean Manufacturing, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and continuous improvement initiatives.\nImplement and validate sustainable corrective actions through measurable reliability improvements.\nPreventive & Predictive Maintenance\nEvaluate and optimize preventive maintenance programs based on equipment criticality and failure trends.\nSupport predictive maintenance through vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermal monitoring, and equipment condition assessments.\nDevelop reliability-centered maintenance recommendations to minimize unplanned downtime.\nCoordinate equipment inspections, maintenance improvements, and lifecycle reliability planning.\nTechnical Documentation & Customer Collaboration\nPrepare engineering reports, reliability assessments, corrective action documentation, and improvement recommendations.\nCollaborate with Pratt & Whitney engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, quality, and operations personnel.\nCommunicate equipment concerns, technical findings, project progress, and improvement opportunities.\nSupport Statement of Work (SOW) deliverables, operational objectives, and applicable aerospace safety and quality requirements.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.\nMinimum 8-10 years of relevant engineering experience in equipment reliability, manufacturing, or maintenance engineering.\nExtensive experience troubleshooting mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and complex industrial manufacturing equipment.\nExperience supporting large hydraulic presses, forging equipment, or comparable heavy industrial machinery.\nStrong expertise in OEE, equipment availability, production efficiency, and manufacturing performance improvement.\nProven experience with RCA, FMEA, corrective actions, and reliability investigations.\nKnowledge of preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies.\nExperience analyzing downtime, failure trends, MTBF, MTTR, and equipment performance data.\nAbility to independently resolve complex technical issues and communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.\nPreferred Qualifications\n10-15+ years of experience in aerospace manufacturing, forging operations, or heavy industrial equipment reliability.\nDirect experience with isothermal forging presses used in aerospace turbine engine disc manufacturing.\nAdvanced knowledge of high-pressure hydraulics, press controls, industrial automation, and thermal systems.\nExperience with titanium and nickel-based superalloy forging processes.\nFamiliarity with CNC machining, precision manufacturing, PLCs, and industrial instrumentation.\nKnowledge of AS9100 aerospace quality management requirements.\nProficiency with SAP, CMMS, Microsoft Excel, and Power BI.\nCertified Reliability Engineer (CRE), Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP), or Lean Six Sigma certification.\nExperience developing reliability improvement programs and supporting major equipment upgrades.\n\nDesired Candidate Profile\nA highly experienced, hands-on reliability engineer capable of independently troubleshooting complex manufacturing equipment, eliminating recurring failures, and implementing sustainable improvements.\nThe ideal candidate will demonstrate advanced technical expertise in hydraulic and isothermal forging press systems, strong analytical and communication skills, and a proven ability to improve equipment availability, OEE, manufacturing efficiency, and operational 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