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This is, at a high level, through the identification and elimination of sources of defects and the implementation of maintenance and operational improvements.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.\nLead and conduct regular and formal downtime analysis for critical equipment - including but not limited to, crushers, pumps and conveyors, hoists, chiller plant, mechanical mining equipment and underground mobile fleet. Use that information to identify, quantify and prompt the implementation of initiatives that will improve overall equipment reliability, cost outcomes and performance.\nProduce reliability-based content for the site monthly operations report. Include metrics such as cost impact of plant reliability, work management KPIs, etc.\nWork with the maintenance planners and foremen to maintain oversight and stewardship of the Asset Hierarchy in the site CMMS, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and consistency throughout.\nPerform cyclical asset criticality analysis reviews with inputs from key maintenance and operations personnel and use this analysis to prioritize reliability and work management initiatives.\nCoordinate the site Condition Monitoring program, providing technical guidance in the areas of OA, VA, MPI/UT, thermography etc.\nOversee and use a formal Defect Elimination process to identify repetitive equipment failures and promote pro-active maintenance activities designed to maximize sustained reliability performance and to ensure preventive maintenance activities support the overall reliability program.\nMonitor and report the Leading and Lagging Maintenance Key Performance Indicators.\nOwns the Mobile Fleet Defect Elimination Processes.\nLead maintenance cost reduction and reliability improvement projects.\nContinuously seeks ways to improve the ease of maintenance, reliability and availability of the equipment using both formal and informal Reliability Engineering techniques.\nPerform FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) on all changes to maintenance tactics (PM’s).\nManage a formal ongoing PMO (Preventative Maintenance Optimization) program.\nFacilitate/lead root cause failure analysis as required, using relevant systematic RCA techniques. Identify and support the implementation of resultant corrective actions ensuring all analyses and activities are appropriately documented.\nAlert the Maintenance and Operations Foremen to situations of equipment abuse and operations practices which induce failures, reduces reliability or increases the equipment maintenance cost.\nProvide technical guidance to the maintenance and operations departments on equipment and reliability issues and technologies.\nWork with peers at other Hecla operations to collaborate and share good practices across the group.\nRemain abreast of current and new technologies applicable to the Lucky Friday Mine and champion those that will benefit the operation.\nCultivate productive partnerships with key OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) to drive improvement in equipment performance and reliability.\nWork with purchasing, engineering, and operations to ensure equipment reliability is considered throughout all planning, equipment procurement and changes, spare part selection and inventory control.\nDevelop, adapt and publish Standards and Guidelines that improve equipment reliability, including but not limited to areas such as PM, equipment procurement, inventory parts, installation, and work execution.\nAudit and maintain the equipment structure lists in IFS (Hecla’s ERP) ensuring the data is accurate and the hierarchies are suitable.\nProvide guidance to junior level department engineers.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or a related field.\nMinimum of five years’ experience in reliability engineering, mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering.\nExperience in mining industry preferred, including a general knowledge of surface, underground and mill operations.\nMust be computer literate and proficient in Excel, Word, and Outlook.\nExperience with computerized maintenance management systems 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