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Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mx

The role of reliability engineer at CEMEX focuses on improving equipment uptime and availability through predictive maintenance techniques. Our team is responsible for improving the reliability for a cement plant producing 1.4 MM tons of cement annually. Activities in this role include tribology and vibration analysis for our equipment, root cause analysis of failures, and maintenance planning/scheduling. CEMEX, Louisville is a union work environment. As the reliability engineer, I am the salaried supervisor of four journeyman maintenance technicians. We are constantly looking for ways to prevent failure and improve the longevity of our equipment. We are involved in every aspect of the maintenance department and often work directly with production and process engineering to find solutions to complex issues. The reliability engineer is directly responsible for:- Plant lubrication program- Vibrational equipment diagnosis- Rotating equipment balancing- Hydraulic and pneumatic system troubleshooting- Rotary kiln ovality tracking and aiding in hot kiln alignments- Leading the RCA process for failures- Precision machine alignment- Non-destructive testing including the use of ultrasonic flaw detection (USM Go+), dye penetrant, and mag-particle analysis. - Wear tracking of liners for ball mills, bucket elevators, and drag chains.- Gearbox inspections- Planning all reliability based work in SAP- Creation and revision of equipment BOM's and PM's- Creation of standard work element sheetsI am involved in several six sigma projects at our facility. As a green belt, I work directly with the plant Black Belt to define and implement projects. Currently, I am working on a maintenance procedure for pfister coal dosing systems to reduce loading fluctuations in the field through annual inspections and overhaul.

Colombes, Île-De-France, Fr

My role is to manage and oversee operations for third shift adhesive production. Responsibilites of the my role include production planning, manufacturing supervision, and continuous improvement. As the continuous improvement lead for the Louisville plant, I am responsible for planning and execution of kaizen events, training for continuous improvement opportunities as they relate to internal affairs, and resolution of external opportunites that come from customer concerns. I work closely with all operations, engineering, quality, and maintenance employees in order to achieve production needs and improve the quality and fluidity of manufacturing throughout the plant. Acting as the CI lead also involves me in travel to other plants within and out of the company to participate in other CI activities/events where I can further my abilities. I maintain focus on inventory levels for both manufactured finished goods and for reprocessed materials; ensuring that they are utilized effectively. I schedule and adjust production accordingly to increase plant inventory turnover as they relate to supply chain KPI's while still maintaining excellent service to our customers.

As a COOP at The General Electric Company, my role was to oversee production for various appliance manufacturing operations. I worked three separate rotations which ran six months each. They resided in washing machine, dishwasher, and refigerator fabrication. During my second assignment, my superior was relocted to another role, leaving me to manage over 100 employees. I took a summer role part time as well in manufacturing quality. In this, I catalogued and reverse engineered failures of dishwashing machines in order to improve manufacturing process across the plant. I got my first start to six sigma here creating pareto charts, plotting statistical control graphs, and presenting data to upper management.