Technology Architect | Business Intelligence - Visualization | MSBI (Power BI)

Description: Job Details:

Job title: Reliability Engineer

Work Location with Zip code: Lafayette, IN 47905

Duration of the project: 6 Months

• This role requires any travel (Yes/No): NO
• Please confirm if this would be onsite from day one OR Initial remote for 2-3 months, and then expect the candidate to work from the office OR 100% Remote: Onsite from day one
• Is this a 100% remote role? NO
• Vendor rate range: ***-***
• Minimum years of experience required: Minimum 10 years of experience
• Would you require the candidates to meet you for an in-person interview?: Video/Virtual Interview
• Education Qualification required: BE

Must have skills:

• CNC machining Centers & misc. assets maintenance operation experience
• Statistical & reliability data analytics, & root cause analysis
• Microsoft O365 / Power BI

Soft Skills (Required):

• Clear and fluent English with both oral and written communications
• Growth mindset, aggressive and outgoing to learn processes at Caterpillar
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Work with a sense of urgency but must be balanced with priorities given to Safety & Ergonomics as well as Quality.

Good to Have Skills (Desired)

• Black Belt certified
• Llumin CMMS+
• Project Management, New Capital Introduction (NCI)
• Hands-on CNC experience, including machine setup
• Operation / Programming / Coaching

Detailed Job Description:

Typical task breakdown:

• Perform data analysis & support maintenance team to improve machine availability.
• Lead data driven reliability initiatives for critical assets, with a primary focus on increasing machine uptime and MTBF.
• Analyze Llumin downtime data to identify recurring issues and find reliability gaps.
• Initiate RCCA efforts for chronic failures, ensuring PCAs are put in place to address true root causes.
• Evaluate preventive maintenance activities against actual downtime drivers. Identify gaps and ineffective PMs.
• Propose data-driven PM improvements, frequency/interval changes, and new PM tasks.
• Coordinate with Maintenance, Operations, and OEMs/Integrators on inspections, diagnostics, and corrective actions on critical assets.
• Track machine health indicators such as MTBF, MTTR, availability, and PM compliance.
• Put together clear one-pagers, detailing failures and what must change to stop them.
• Develop repeatable reliability analysis processes that can be duplicated across multiple machines and value streams.

Position’s Contributions to Work Group:

• Black Belt certification (optional) with a focus on machining centers maintenance operations, reliability data analytics (Statistical Data Analysis / Llumin maintenance data / Power BI) and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) activities.
• Experience in manufacturing operations, RCCA on maintenance repairs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure compliance with safety and reliability standards.
• Improve machine availability & OEE through loss analysis & corrective actions.
• Analyze maintenance data to identify trends, diagnose issues, and develop actionable recommendations for improvement.
• Manage critical spares and obsolescence strategy.
• Lead root cause investigations and implement permanent fixes.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Deploy TPM and operator care on constraint machining centers.
• Influence reliability in new equipment design and commissioning.
• Implement predictive maintenance (vibration, lubrication, thermal monitoring) initiative.
• Coach operators and technicians on defect tagging and basic care.

Interaction with team:

• Daily

Work environment:

Office / Shop floor

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, Industrial) and/or
• Minimum 10 years of experience