Job Description

The Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) Group’s goal is to achieve higher equipment availability and lower maintenance costs through predictive maintenance technologies. This is accomplished by monitoring equipment regularly, analyzing predictive data, and coordinating maintenance through collaboration with maintenance and operations personnel, including supervision, planning, engineering, and field staff.

This role requires travel to other facilities and interaction with vendors, contractors, and personnel, conducted professionally. The position is suited for a responsible, self-motivated individual capable of working efficiently with minimal supervision.

What You Will Do

• Monitor equipment including SX/EW, Smelter, Concentrator, Crushing/Conveying, Water System, Mine (Shovels, Drills, Haulage), Rod Plant, Refining, and outlying areas.
• Conduct oil analysis using various laboratory instruments and associated software.
• Load, process, and analyze oil sample data using lab management software.
• Collect, analyze, and report data using technologies such as ICP-OES, FTIR, viscometers, particle counters, titration (TANT/TBN), crackle tests, digital microscopes, and PQ Index.
• Prepare reports and presentations, plan daily tasks, and manage maintenance plans/orders using current CMMS software.
• Support the RCM Program and its continuous development; train other personnel on program elements.
• Communicate effectively to provide and implement constructive feedback and participate in mentoring.
• Collaborate with Maintenance and Planning groups.
• Learn how RCM/PdM technologies interrelate with lubrication data.
• Perform other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of journeyman-level mechanical maintenance experience with industrial equipment (pumps, motors, gearboxes, pulleys, etc.).
• Working knowledge of moving and rotating equipment from both operations and maintenance perspectives, mechanically and electronically.
• Ability to read, understand, and apply information from technical manuals and reference materials.
• Completed required academic and practical competencies and demonstrated aptitude; ability to pass written skills assessments as needed.
• Strong teamwork skills with a commitment to safety and environmental standards.
• Effective written, verbal, and electronic communication skills.
• Proficient in Windows applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Possess or able to obtain Level I Oil Analysis certification within one year of hire.
• Valid state driver’s license (or able to obtain one).
• Ability to safely handle chemicals, solvents, and gases.

Preferred Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.
• Previous experience working with chemicals, in a lab, or performing oil analysis.
• Hands-on experience with instruments such as:
• Perkin Elmer 7300V ICP-OES spectrometer
• Perkin Elmer Oil Express FTIR
• Spectro LNF particle counter
• Cannon Mini-QVX viscometers
• Vapor Pro XL water analyzer (AZ Instruments)
• Kittiwake Analex pqL
• Mettler Toledo titrators
• Certifications in oil analysis or relevant training (preferably from Noria).
• Experience with Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).

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