The prime objective of the Maintenance & Reliability Expert is to provide technical support and expertise to eastern Canada cement manufacturing sites in order to achieve targeted maintenance KPI’s. This encompasses supporting operations through execution of major turnaround and capital project execution. This position will also facilitate the execution of maintenance related strategic initiatives from Group level.

• Responsible to drive H&S performance, including exemplary housekeeping, robust adherence to standards and ensuring a strong positive H&S culture.
• Demonstrates a commitment to communicating, improving and adhering to safety policies in all work environments and areas.
• Actively manages risks by ensuring that all related control activities are thoroughly implemented, including safe work job planning.
• Drives committed and effective incident management through active participation in incident review, investigation, and corrective action creation.
• Promotes a culture of vigorous risk assessment, incident reporting and leading indicators, i.e., Near Misses, Visible Personal Commitment (VPC), Boots on the Ground.

Environment

• In consultation with the Environmental team, ensures that operations are provided with the technical support in order to comply with all relevant requirements (eg. Provincial regulatory, certificate, permit, etc) .

Maintenance

• Review major mechanical safety incidents using root cause analysis and serious event reviews.
• Provide technical expertise in the fields of grinding equipment, filters, kilns, gears and reducers, fans, blowers, compressors, coolers, hydraulics, conveying systems, packing machines, preventive techniques, and welding.
• Provide first level assistance to plants in eliminating mechanical failures by using systematic and methodical systems to determine root causes.
• Take ownership in the implementation of the Maintenance Management System (MMS) and its integration into the plants organization in alignment with CIF.
• Support operations in the implementing of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Clarify plant needs regarding the technical expertise required for maintenance processes and request additional support from Corporate CIP when needed.
• Agree on mechanical audits to be performed in the Country with Corporate CIP and lead or support as needed to identify improvement areas and potential.
• Identify improvement opportunities to maximize equipment life cycle and efficiency.
• Support the planning, execution and supervision of complex jobs during major overhauls and provide appropriate information on equipment malfunctions or failures.
• Collaborate with Project Management and Engineering in new projects and carry out design reviews on new and critical mechanical equipment to ensure maintainability.
• Advise operations in developing an optimal replacement strategy for the main mechanical equipment and identify and recommend critical spare parts and follow up implementation.
• Perform analysis to identify critical spare parts in order to optimize inventory and asset sharing.
• Cooperate with the regional purchasing team in optimizing sourcing of mechanical equipment and parts, materials and services.
• Roll out new preventive maintenance routine and techniques, train others, and monitor progress in alignment with the Holcim Cement Industrial Framework (CIF) best practices.
• Provide technical expertise in the fields of maintenance organization, preventive programs, inspection, planning, scheduling, and spare parts management.
• Provide assistance to plants in reaching Country and plant objectives, and in optimizing maintenance costs in a sustainable manner.
• Monitor relevant KPI’s to ensure achievement of objectives and propose action plans in case of deviation.
• Provide support to the plants in the preparation of their Major Maintenance Turnarounds and ensure scopes and resource allocation is aligned with operational requirements.
• Provide experience back to Corporate to enrich know how and share best practices in mechanical equipment expertise
• Demonstrate teamwork, ensuring openness and respect for others, and welcome feedback.
• Support the development, design and execution of capital development projects
• Act as a cement process & production expert in developing, leading and participating in targeted training programs within the region.

Relationship with Others

• Works closely with Cement and Slag site managers and their respective plant leadership teams
• Liaising with global cement industrial performance (CIP) teams
• Plant employees including Plant Managers; Maintenance Managers, Reliability Managers, Inspectors, Planners and Supervisors; and Projects team
• Collaborate with members from other functions including Procurement, Project Management & Engineering, Learning & Development, Information technology Services, and Health & Safety

Specific Accountabilities

• Zero Harm
• Maximizing equipment reliability, increasing NOEE, NAI, MTBF, etc.
• Consistency of product line maintenance operational best practices application.
• Communication of operational issues to operating Regions.
• Review and monitoring of operational KPIs

• Reporting to: Director, Manufacturing Performance
• Direct Reports: N/A
• Geography: Eastern Canada
• Scope: 3 Cement Manufacturing Plants and 5 Grinding Plants
• Volume: 5MT Cement, ## Slag, ## lightweight aggregate

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• 5 to 7 years plant maintenance position in a heavy industry, preferably in Cement operations
• Extensive experience implementing maintenance processes.
• Bilingualism (French and English) a preference
• Strong computer skills and knowledge of computerized maintenance systems (eg. SAP), MS office/google suite applications, etc

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of Predictive Maintenance tools and techniques (Vibration Analysis, Oil Analysis, Ultrasound, Infrared Analysis, etc.)
• In depth knowledge of the Holcim MMS and CIF models and tools
• Knowledge of problem solving techniques (Statistical Process Control, Root Cause Failure Analysis, etc.)
• Experience in the development and implementation of Maintenance programs.
• Strong mechanical aptitude
• Planning and scheduling experience
• Budgeting and cost management experience
• Demonstrated Project Management skills
• Strong communicator (both oral & written).
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to interact with plant personnel.
• Highly motivated with ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated commitment to achieving organizational and personal goals.
• Proven ability to work well in a team environment (co-workers, suppliers, etc.)
• Well organized and systematic.