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Plant Reliability Engineer - Peoria, IL

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Our client is a leading manufacturer of industrial-grade, beverage-grade, and fuel-grade ethanol and co-products, located in Peoria, IL. The company operates a 135 million gallon per year production plant, which is among the largest industrial alcohol facilities in the U.S., with a long history of successful operations. They are part of a family-owned energy and agricultural trading, supply and distribution group headquartered in Houston, Texas and have operations across the USA, as well as in the UK, UAE, India, Singapore, and Mexico.
They are proud to have been listed as one of the top four largest privately held companies in the Houston metropolitan area.

DESCRIPTION 
In this plant based role in Peoria, IL, you will lead the collaborative effort to ensure sustained reliability improvement through utilization of proven reliability practices and techniques. You have a strategic role to focus on those opportunities that have historically impacted the plant's measured asset capability. You will influence budget needs and spending of approved funds to support the long-term reliability improvement of the facility. 

RESPONSIBILITIES 
* Leading Setting of and Achievement of plant Reliability targets. 
* Developing and implementing the Facility Reliability Strategy. 
* Creating Equipment Reliability Strategies based upon Top Plant Opportunities 
* Facilitating the annual maintenance budget setting process and tracking progress and spending on funded projects. 
* Modifying existing PM programs based on definitive analysis of cost and benefits. 
* Serving as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) for equipment prioritization. *
 Identifying and collaborating with others to resolve Top Reliability Opportunities and decrease equipment failure losses. 
* Serve as Reliability Subject Matter Expert and coaches others in the use of reliability engineering principles and tools (Root Cause Investigations (RCI)) to identify and eliminate negative reliability trends and equipment performance. 
* Performing critical Root Cause Investigations. 
* Working with others to provide front end loading for plant Turnarounds. 
* Facilitating the plant's Predictive Maintenance Team 

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS 
* A minimum of a bachelor's degree in engineering 
* A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience (i.e., Reliability, Engineering, Manufacturing, Maintenance or related) 
* A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States without sponsorship 
* Being proficient in Microsoft applications, such as Word and Excel 
* Demonstrating competencies in the areas of leadership, initiative, teamwork, and interpersonal effectiveness 
* Ensuring a safe work environment by working safely and, complying with environmental, health and safety standards
* Strong work ethic and ability to remain productive in an empowered team environment 

BENEFITS 
* Competitive Salary 
* Comprehensive Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life) 
* 401(k)/ Retirement savings 
* Friendly Work Environment 
* Paid-Time Off/Holidays