Reliability Centered Maintenance Engineer
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Only those currently serving as a permanent or probable permanent Administrative Engineer will be considered.

The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) enriches the environment and protects public health for all New Yorkers by providing 1.1 billion gallons of high-quality drinking water, managing wastewater and stormwater, and reducing air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. DEP is the largest combined municipal water and wastewater utility in the country, with nearly 6,000 employees. DEP's water supply system is comprised of 19 reservoirs and 3 controlled lakes throughout the system's 2,000 square mile watershed that extends 125 miles north and west of the city.

The Bureau of Wastewater Treatment (BWT) is responsible for the operation and maintenance of all facilities related to the treatment of sewage within the five boroughs of the city. This includes 14 wastewater treatment plants, sludge dewatering facilities, collections facilities (pumping stations, combined sewer overflow retention facilities, regulators, tide gates, etc.), wastewater laboratories and harbor vessels.

Under direction, with broad scope for the exercise of independent initiative and judgment, the selected candidates serve as consultants on major engineering matters to the Facility Manager or Collections Facilities Operations (CFO) Division Chief, BWT Directors and the Executive Director of Operations. The selected candidates perform highly difficult and responsible work in wastewater flow collection, conveyance and resource recovery engineering. The selected candidates will be responsible for the full range of Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) tasks at their assigned facilities, participating in the Bureau's RCM and Asset Management Programs. This position collaborates with the Asset Management Steering Committee, Facility Operations, Maintenance, and Capital Planning staff to give support and guide the Bureau's RCM Program. The selected candidates engage in multiple programs and initiatives of extraordinary size and capital cost, requiring extraordinary professional competence and creativity, having extraordinary impact on New Yorkers. Each selected candidate reports to a Facility Manager and advises the leadership at the assigned facilities, including the Facility Manager (or CFO Division Chief), Process Engineer, Plant Chief, and the Plant Deputy Chiefs, as applicable, on best practices to enhance the maintenance program of the facilities and serves as the in-house expert in one or more of the specialized electro-mechanical systems used in WRRFs (blowers, sewage & process pumps, odor control systems, HVAC systems, etc.) and Collections Facilities such that a robust network of expertise is developed among BWT Operations that constitute the Reliability Centered Maintenance team across all 14 WRRFs and two Collection Facilities Sections.

The Reliability Centered Maintenance Engineer will provide technical lead responsibilities for the day-to-day implementation of the Reliability Centered Maintenance Program through the use of integrated data systems for assigned Facilities including the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), the HACH WIMS system, Collection Facilities SCADA systems, the WRRF SCADA system(s) and network of mobile and static sensors (vibration, IR, pipe thickness, etc.). For the assigned facilities, the Reliability Centered Maintenance Engineer reviews and approves complex work requests, monitors, and works to enhance the usage of CMMS, and may serve as a liaison between the Operations leadership and the BWT Engineering team on complex, electromechanically intensive projects, refining work requests, and sizing and identifying equipment, particularly where in-kind replacement is not viable.

The Reliability Centered Maintenance Engineer position utilizes data and strategic planning to affect timing of equipment overhauls and replacements, technology enhancements, maintenance planning, and energy conservation, while ensuring reliable performance of our facilities at the expected level of service. This position relies as much on coordination and communication skill as it does on technical and engineering skills to be successful. The position must work closely and cooperatively with the Maintenance and Operations deputy chiefs, other supervisors and staff, providing technical training to staff, and supporting routine and specialized equipment selection exercises, advising the WRRF leadership team on the prioritization of maintenance activities and leading cross-Bureau workgroups to enhance state of repair of specific facilities and unit processes.

JOB SUMMARY: Under general direction, with the greatest latitude for the exercise of independent judgement, is engaged in several programs/initiatives of extraordinary size and capital cost, or requirements of extraordinary professional competence and creativity, or extraordinary impact on the community. This position will provide technical lead responsibilities for the development and implementation of the Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) program for Mechanical, Electrical and Instrumentation equipment and programs at the assigned Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities. The Reliability Centered Maintenance Engineer provides technical oversight, quality control, testing procedures, and certification of plans and documents relating to reliability centered maintenance systems supporting BWT projects and maintenance activities. This position will implement RCM tools and techniques to enhance the program from the ground up, leading to the development of data-driven and optimized decisions in maintenance planning, capital refurbish/replace, and capital investment prioritization, and will provide recommendations for optimal, cost-effective equipment maintenance strategies based on industry-wide best practices. The Reliability Centered Maintenance Engineer will serve as a bureau-wide subject matter expert in one or more electro-mechanical technical areas.

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES: the following is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the position:

* Work closely with WRRF Facility Managers (or CFO Division Chief), chiefs, and supervisors to plan upcoming maintenance assignments in coordination with other work at the facility. Program maintenance activities with key operational staff, including plant superintendents and/or the deputy superintendent who handle maintenance, skilled trade supervisors, maintenance SEEs, and BWT Engineering staff from the Job Order Contracts (JOC) and requirement contracting teams. Advise on industrial maintenance planning and scheduling techniques.

* Performing complex work involving wastewater treatment and collections systems including: asset loading, CMMS asset structuring, PM/PdM programming and development of recommendations, project management, program design, economic analysis, reliability centered maintenance practices, and review of design and contracts documents.

* Organize and manage information and data of existing assets. Complete asset inventory audits, capture the asset identification number, description of the asset, manufacturer, model and serial number, and other available information. Complete the data organization by standardizing terms and protocols for identifying an asset, establishing criticality, standardizing prefixes and equipment abbreviations, facility and equipment numbering, and process hierarchy. Provide information for annual fixed asset reporting.

* Manage collection, analysis, and reporting of various data streams. Provide information on physical condition, asset performance and reliability of assets. Identify condition monitoring frequency and operational systems data required to be captured to best provide predictive failure information within CMMS. Solicit craft input for critical assets and develop new procedures to ensure we collect this information in the future. Provide sound data-centric trending-analysis to management and to initiate appropriate strategies to prolong equipment life.

* Diagnose and analyze maintenance data including condition monitoring data to provide analytics and appropriate corrective actions to optimize equipment life and to achieve equipment performance goals. Utilize standard statistical RCME tools.

* Develop a reliability-centered maintenance data and information for critical assets. Identify, define and evaluate the consequences of various failures and the likelihood of these failures to occur. Work with facility leadership to develop maintenance plans to achieve maximum uptime while minimizing failures. Utilize condition monitoring and predictive maintenance methodologies, and train staff on the use of the technologies.

* Participate in cross-functional teams through Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and maintenance improvement strategies to prevent premature equipment failure of critical equipment.

* Assist with spare parts and stores management systems.

* Assist with commissioning and acceptance of new assets at assigned facilities. Document new assets, locations, and vendor information and input into CMMS.

* Prepare periodic updates and annual reports to the Operations Directors and other maintenance program stakeholders utilizing Key Performance Indicators.

* Analyze data to provide business-based maintenance strategies for critical assets. Develop maintenance plans to achieve maximum asset reliability.

* Participate in project alternative analysis using Life-cycle costs evaluations for capital projects, including asset replacement decision justifications. Ensure that ongoing maintenance costs are properly captured within CMMS.

* Participate with project design teams to promote Reliability Design concepts; and in coordination with the senior facility leadership develops the maintenance strategy for newly designed and acquired assets. Provide input to all equipment purchases - routine replacements and Capital Projects.

* Provides technology transfer internally within the Bureau and the Department, as well as within the industry through organizations such as NYWEA, WEF and ASME among others.

Minimum Qualifications

1. A valid New York State License as a Professional Engineer and six (6) years of full-time satisfactory experience in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, or plan examining work, at least two (2) years of which must have been in an executive, managerial, or administrative capacity.

Preferred Skills

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: - Knowledge of the principles and practices of cost-effective maintenance strategies, such as RCM management techniques and principles. - Experience with the design, project management, installation, field engineering, and maintenance planning of electrical and mechanical equipment in wastewater, power, process or related industrial field. - Analytical abilities to develop, evaluate and prioritize alternative design and maintenance strategy proposals - Demonstrated diagnostic skills. Effective RCM requires the use of tools, data gathering, analysis and personal interviews to determine failure causes and develop appropriate corrective and preventive actions. This involves a mix of analytical ability and interpersonal skills. - Demonstrated capability to prepare and deliver formal and informal presentations to technical and nontechnical - audiences - Experience with engineering design alternatives, asset life-cycle tracking, cost/benefit analysis and project management skills in combination with heavy industrial maintenance experience. - Experience with reliability programs, such as Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), reliability centered maintenance (RCM) practices, root cause failure analysis (RCFA), risk management and condition monitoring processes and procedures. - Experience with wastewater treatment plant operations or collection facilities operations. - Experience with condition monitoring techniques and emerging RCM technologies. - Proficiency with Computer Maintenance Management / Enterprise Asset Management (CMMS / EAM) systems, MS Access and Oracle databases, SQL, AutoCAD and other engineering applications software. HIGHLY DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - The most competitive candidates will have or be able to obtain within 6 months of hire a NY State Professional Engineering license (PE) and will have experience in Reliability Centered Maintenance techniques and experience with mechanical and electrical equipment and instrumentation, control and programming in an industrial or wastewater treatment environment. - Demonstrated experience developing asset-related financial and performance indicators and developing a resource accounting database for monitoring and tracking savings indicators based on asset management practices. - Knowledge of data mining concepts, the ability to apply statistical analysis to large volumes of data and visualize the data in an easy to digest manner, resulting in actionable decisions.

55a Program

This position is also open to qualified persons with a disability who are eligible for the 55-a Program. Please indicate at the top of your resume and cover letter that you would like to be considered for the position through the 55-a Program.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

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Residency Requirement

New York City Residency is not required for this position

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.