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IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description

Role: Reliability Engineer

Job Summary: To provide precise and prioritized reliability engineering services to work in a safe and productive manner, minimizing production losses and maintenance cost per unit, while supporting, promoting and demonstrating IKO’s core values and leadership behaviors.

Compensation: $85k to $90k

Benefits

+ Health Insurance (includes teledoc, virtual health, FSA, HCSA & other benefits)

+ Dental Insurance

+ Vision Insurance

+ Life Insurance

+ Health Spending Account

+ Employee Support and Mental Wellness

+ Short term disability

+ 401k Match

+ Paid vacation

+ Floating days

+ Employee Assistance Program

+ Employee Engagement Events

+ Awards and Recognition

+ Tuition Reimbursement

+ Service Awards

+ Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

+ Lead training sessions on Maximo-integrated Maintenance Management System (MMS), 5-Why Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and Troubleshooting to sustain Mechanical, Electrical, and Process FMECA/RCM programs aimed at reducing high-value production losses.

+ Participate in corporate reliability meetings, training, webinars, and SMRP events to stay current on reliability knowledge, tools, and methodologies.

+ Lead corporate surveys, questionnaires, and benchmarking initiatives as part of IKO’s Reliability Assessments and continuous improvement strategy.

+ Analyze Prodac/Maximo interface data on production loss and maintenance cost to identify high-value targets for RCA, FMECA, and RCM efforts with the greatest return.

+ Perform detailed Pareto analyses of downtime, rate reduction, and waste to identify critical assets for reliability improvement and optimize shutdown PMs and spare parts strategies.

+ Champion and mature a self-sufficient Condition Monitoring program—starting with Ultrasonic Precision Lubrication and expanding to ultrasonic and vibration technologies—to reduce production losses and wear part spending.

+ Troubleshoot and design for reliability, oversee contractors for precision installation and commissioning, and monitor equipment modifications, upgrades, and critical parts.

+ Provide support and training to plant Maximo users, ensuring adherence to Maximo best practices and updating numerical criticality rankings per IKO FMECA standards.

+ Standardize PM and PdM task formats to align with FMECA failure modes, emphasizing condition-based inspections and efficient resource planning in Maximo.

+ Collaborate with other plants to develop, network, and optimize PM/PdM programs that enhance safety, quality, efficiency, and total life cycle cost while prioritizing work orders based on production loss Pareto analysis.

Qualifications:

+ Completion of University degree in Engineering (preferably in Mechanical Engineering)

+ 3 or more years of reliability experience in continuous process manufacturing environments.

+ Familiar with condition monitoring tools such as: vibration analysis, Ultrasonic, lubrication, thermography, etc..

+ Experience facilitating dozens of successful RCFA’s.

+ Experience with: FMECA’s, PM recommendations associated with preventing most probable Failure Modes, Production loss analysis, failure mitigation strategies, Spare Parts optimization supporting the PM tasks, etc.

+ Verbal and written fluency in English, effective presentation skills and ability to communicate well at all levels.

+ Proficiency with building standardized PM’s & PdM’s within Maximo or similar CMMS, MS Office, AutoCAD, etc.

+ Willing to travel on occasion to learn and share knowledge with other IKO sites.

+ Analytical skills with high level of accuracy and strong work ethics.

+ Operational and supervisory experience is a plus.

WORK AUTHORIZATIONS AND TRAVEL;

+ This position requires the legal ability to work in the United States

+ Travel is occasionally requested

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Benefits of Employment: IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment: IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.