Reliability Engineer

Description

As a Reliability Engineer, you are usually responsible for initiatives designed to improve the reliability and maintainability of plant systems. You are also tasked with developing and implementing Equipment Maintenance Plans; Failure Reporting, Analysis, and Corrective Action Systems; Root Cause Analysis programs; and other long-term initiatives.

Challenge

A very common challenge faced by Reliability Engineers is obtaining a full understanding of his or her roles and responsibilities and how these responsibilities can most efficiently relate to the roles and responsibilities of the Maintenance Engineer.

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Reliability Feeds

Success Breeds Success: Blake Baca

As a maintenance and reliability professional, Blake is focused primarily on work control, change management, materials management, and foundational reliability and maintenance engineering. With a strong background in aluminum smelting, he also has industry experience in metallurgical coal mining, oil sand mining, cast iron pipe manufacturing, and coal fired power generation. Blake also holds a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas Tech University and is a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP). Outside of the maintenance and reliability world, he enjoys attending his children’s sporting events, as well as hunting, fishing, and camping.