Description du poste

Jobdescription
For our client, an international company based in Neuchâtel, we are looking for a Reliability Engineer.

General Information:

• Start date: ASAP

• End date: till 31/03/2026 with extension possibility

• Contract: temporary (via Randstad Professionals)

• Workplace: Neuchâtel, on site

• Workload: 100%

Tasks and responsibilities:

• Improving the reliability of equipment, critical systems and maintenance processes by applying the principles of Reliability Engineering program.

• Apply Root Cause Analysis methodologies to improve equipment that support manufacturing operations in a dynamic, fast-paced cGMP, biotechnology environment.

• Measure reliability performance and demonstrate success of improvements.

• Lead reliability driven actions that require independent and/or collaborative judgment.

• Support capital projects as needed.

• May be assigned other duties.

Maintenance Strategy:

• Determine the Equipment Importance Level for Equipment/System.

• Determine maintenance strategies based on Equipment/System importance level for new and existing equipment/System.

• Develop maintenance plans for new and existing equipment/systems,

• Responsible for the technical content of preventive maintenance SOPs.

• Responsible for the effectiveness of the maintenance programs, ensure accurate work instructions.

Preventive maintenance optimization:

• Identify opportunities for improvements in maintenance programs and implement appropriate changes to the maintenance strategy for equipment.

• Own the equipment maintenance improvement initiatives.

• Evaluate requests for PM extensions, provide technical justification and approve if justified

Equipment Prioritization and Predictive maintenance program management:

• Identify Worst Performers (« Bad Actors » and « Waste Producers »).

• Determine the appropriate Hierarchy for Equipment/System.

• Define strategies and methodologies to prevent functional failures, also detecting the onset of functional failures in their earliest stages.

• Responsible for the implementation of predictive maintenance across the facility.

Failure Analysis and CAPAs:

• Lead and/or participate in Root Cause Analysis Teams.

• Perform analysis of failures applying appropriate analysis techniques (data analysis techniques, FTA, RCA, RCFA), in order to identify and eliminate the causes of functional failures.

• Inspect and analyze damaged parts detected during maintenance activities.

• Own the equipment reliability related relevant CAPAs.

• Respond to audit findings that are equipment maintenance relevant.

• Collaborate and provide support to engineering organizations and to production.

• Identify and communicate opportunities for operating and design improvements. Collaborate to develop engineering solutions.

Spare parts management; CMMS; Metrics:

• Responsible for accurate content of equipment master data within CMMS

• Define the content of the equipment spare parts list (EPL), BOMs, and stock level. Responsible for their accurate, complete and updated content.

• Perform functional equivalency assessment for spare parts.

• Participate in the development and evaluation of technical suppliers and/or providers of maintenance services.

Equipment performance, Data Analysis and Trends:

• Own the monitoring concepts.

• Report key performance metrics for equipment/systems.

• Monitor and analyze data and trends for equipment that are of most importance to the business.

• Report the progress and effectiveness of Reliability Engineering Improvement initiatives.

Training and Documentation:

• Apply and teach Reliability concepts. Provide necessary training and skill refinement to technicians and operators.

• Collaborate to develop appropriate and complete troubleshooting for equipment/system issues.

• With Site Engineering, ensure availability of OEM manuals, vendor drawings, vendor literature.

Your profile:

• Professional experience in facilities and utilities in pharmaceutical industry in a GMP environement-

• Engineering level – university

• French and English fluent

• Familiar with preventive maintenance (PM) and calibration maintenance (CM) process workflow

• Operational maintenance methods

• Based on fact and datas

• Methods oriented

• Analytics

Critical / Key skills:
– Knowledge of a GMP environment
– Operationnal maintenance methods

Language & IT Skills:
– English and French – speaking & writing

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