Senior Reliability Engineer

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system.

We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier.

Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario. At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our BFM & Engineering office is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer who provides reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) engineering expertise critical to ensuring Metrolinx obtains maximum value from their GO Transit Bus fleet and infrastructure assets by focusing on driving improvements and using an integrated approach to effective asset management. What will I be doing?

• Applies the principles of performance evaluation and prediction to facilitate the improvement of reliability, availability, maintainability, and safety (RAMS) of fleet and infrastructure assets by analyzing performance metrics and asset failure history to identify asset performance issues
• Develops reliability simulations and modelling to support predictions of asset replacement / maintenance and associated costs
• Works with asset owners to build standardized approaches around RCA (root cause analysis), FRACAS (failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system) and FMECA (failure mode, effects and criticality analysis) methodologies / templates
• Consults with asset owners to investigate asset failure and develops engineering solutions that address identified areas for improvement for repetitive asset failures and other maintenance problems to reduce the need for maintenance while improving costs and reliability
• Continuously monitors failure data and unplanned incidences to assess asset performance and recommends data-driven strategies for improvement
• Maps and analyzes failure and maintenance cost data to identify risks and opportunities for improvement and investigates to determine the required approach to remedy problems with consideration given to cost limitations for equipment / service uptime / downtime and repair / replacement costs
• Adds insight and reliability expertise to the development of strategies and asset life-cycle management plans for improving equipment / service reliability and process reliability that minimizes risk of failure
• Conducts reliability centered maintenance (RCM) analysis to develop and recommend improvements to predictive and proactive maintenance programs / processes to increase cost effectiveness
• Audits and reports on the overall success of reliability improvement initiatives
• Tracks reliability metrics through metrics dashboards to report reliability performance and to verify that continuous improvement is occurring
• Contributes to the development and implementation of best practices (tasks, methods, tools, analysis, and tests) for reliability assessment and for reliability centered maintenance
• Researches and evaluates new and innovative predictive maintenance methodologies (. RCM) that may be used to improve the reliability and maintenance of assets, and reduce in-service equipment failures
• Utilize statistically analysis (Weibull) of failure data to develop reliability models to support continuous improvement initiatives and capital projects
• Continuously monitors and reports on asset and system RAMS performance (with drivers and trends) to assure accountability for meeting RAMS requirements
• Works with asset owners to evaluate asset performance by examining and trending the results of condition-monitoring activities, reviewing asset failures, analyzing availability / reliability information
• Equips asset owners with the knowledge, concepts, and skills to ensure consistency in analyzing and mitigating equipment / system failures
• Builds relationships with contractors and other third-party suppliers to establish trust and credibility in the delivery of asset reliability and performance expertise and services
• Develops and evaluates key performance indicators (KPI’s) to monitor the effectiveness of the maintenance programs and recommends changes to mitigate negative trends;

recommends KPIs and metrics to assess the present state at any given time for the purpose of increasing performance and reducing life cycle costs

• Maintains professional and technical knowledge in area of RAMS including performance evaluation, diagnostic and predictive analysis
• Proactively seeks to understand failures that affected or could affect reliability, availability, maintainability and safety of Metrolinx’ assets
• Focuses on optimizing asset performance through the championing of reliability engineering best practices and improving predictive and preventive maintenance practices and procedures
• Identifies and recommends engineering solutions to physical asset reliability and performance problems and to meet Metrolinx’ business needs
• Provides recommendations to optimize asset life cycle costs including to prevent or to reduce the likelihood or frequency of failures and reduce repair / replacement costs
• Advises other employees on topics related to the incumbent’s area of expertise and supervises professional staff

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Completion of a degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent
• Demonstrated years of progressive experience in implementing RAMS, which could include Reliability Centered Maintenance Programs, Risk Based Maintenance, Reliability Predictions and Analysis, competency in technical design and fault analysis.
• Valid Professional Engineering ( license recognized by the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) an asset

Don’t Meet Every Requirement? If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply.

You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation : We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment.

We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at : 416-202-5601 or email before submitting your application.

Should it be determined that any background information provided is misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted. WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.

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