Want to know whose is responsible for what in maintenance from Maintenance and Reliability Engineers to Planners and Schedulers. This is the document.

1. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Responsible for
Ensures correct parts and
Ensures failure modes technical accuracy of
consumables are called out
addressed are the job steps
in the procedure
Preventive Maintenance appropriate Resource for the
Responsible for consistency
Procedures Performs cost/benefit Planner to establish
of format and management
analysis to set correct specific equipment
of the PM program on daily
frequency of task(s) tolerances and
basis
specifications
Ensures correct parts and
Responsible for
consumables are called out
technical accuracy of
in the procedure
• the job steps
Ensures that all failure
Responsible for consistency
•
modes have a job plan Resource for the
Job Plans and Job Plan Library of format and management
on file (both proactive Planner to establish
of the Job Plan Library on
and reactive) specific equipment
daily basis
tolerances and
Responsible for verification
specifications
of parts kits
• Supports the
Maintenance Engineer
Alerts Maintenance
with availability Responsible for
Engineer when
simulation to verify accuracy of
discrepancies are identified.
stores adjustments information
Works with Maintenance
•
Bill of Materials Responsible for
Alerts stores function
Engineer to determine
updating BOM after
when stocking
appropriate stores levels for
equipment
modifications are
parts by tracking parts
modifications
warranted based on
usage.
usage and failure
analysis
Responsible for changes
to the Equipment Manages the CMMS output
Resource for the
Maintenance Plan based of inspection schedules for
Reliability Engineer
on analysis of asset the PM and PdM routes.
with assistance in
Engineered Maintenance Strategy failure data Prepares and analyzes
collection and analysis
Alerts Stores to changes reports on inspection route
of machinery failure
in stocking levels to compliance and satisfaction
data
match changes in task of noted action items
frequency
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2. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Completes job plans with
manpower scheduling and
Optimizes the Mean‐ parts verifications per
• Time‐To‐Repair (MTTR) standard
Ensures Condition
Responsible for Responsible to develop the
Monitoring information
Outage/Turn Around Planning
technical accuracy of master plan for outages and
is included in turn‐
the job steps turn‐arounds
around master plan
Prepares outage schedules
and manpower requirement
estimates
Develops equipment
Assists Maintenance modification plans
Engineer with reliability based on failure data,
analysis of proposed crafts feedback and
equipment modifications OEM design
Completes job plans with
Makes specific modifications
manpower scheduling and
Equipment Modifications recommendations to Makes specific
parts verifications per
improve machinery equipment
standard
performance and recommendations to
reliability based on improve machinery
analysis of process and performance,
failure data maintainability and
reliability
Creates plans to
standardize parts
across like machines
taking into account
Assists Maintenance specific component
Engineer with reliability performance and Updates Job Plans to reflect
Parts Standardizations
analysis of proposed maintainability changes in parts
changes Updates BOM to
reflect changes
Works with stores to
delete unnecessary
spares
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Charleston, SC 29405
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Fax (843) 414‐5779

3. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Responsible for analysis
of spares usage and
failure data to determine
proper stocking levels
MRO Adjustments based on failure data,
usage and simulation
modeling of the
Engineered Maintenance
Strategy
Responsible to
maintain current and
correct OEM
Keeps current copy of all
specifications, manuals
OEM specifications, manuals
OEM Specification Materials and procedures for
and procedures as job
plant assets in support
planning reference
of planning functions
and in support of daily
maintenance function
Resource for the
Develops and manages
Reliability Engineer Plans the work and places it
the PdM/NDT function
with specific machine on the schedule in a timely
for the purpose of the
PdM/NDT performance manner such that machinery
early identification and
information and breakdown are mitigated or
elimination of asset
detailed component eliminated
defects
and parts data
Manages the conversion of
Work Requests to Work
Orders
Work Order System
Completes Job Plans
Follows‐up on job plans
completion
Responsible to performs Responsible for ensuring
statistical analysis on Resource for the that all work orders are
machinery failure data Reliability Engineer closed with correct closing
and work order closing with specific machine codes
CMMS Failure Data (FRACAS) codes to determine performance Ensures the “As Found”, “As
whether adjustments to information and Left” fields on the Job Plan
the Engineered detailed component Procedures are completed
Maintenance Strategy and parts data by the craft and entered
are warranted into the CMMS
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4. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Develops new and
innovative methods for
timely repair of assets
Prepares specific job
plans steps with Completes job plan to
Asset Repair Techniques
detailed procedures specified standard
for completion of
repair in the most
effective and efficient
manner
Develops specific
procedures for Converts and maintains
Asset Test Procedures (Return to
verification of an assets procedures in standardized
Service)
fitness for return to format
service
Leads the Root Cause
Leads the Root Cause
Failure Analysis effort
Failure Analysis effort for
for chronic equipment
sporadic equipment
failures (typically uses
failures (typically uses Responsible for ensuring
Cause Mapping
Logic Tree incident that all work orders are
incident analysis)
analysis) closed with correct closing
Catalogues and
Develops specific codes
databases the
operational procedure Ensures the “As Found”, “As
RCA/RCFA results and
changes to help mitigate Left” fields on the Job Plan
Failure Investigation subsequent action
future failures Procedures are completed
RCA & RCFA items
Catalogues and by the craft and entered
Develops specific
databases the RCA/RCFA into the CMMS
maintenance
results and subsequent Facilitates a 5‐Why
procedure
action items discussion with crafts and
modifications to help
Analyzes plant wide supervision for all failure
mitigate future failures
failure data and maintenance activities
Develops specific
downtime scenarios to
machinery
calculate relevant
modifications to help
trigger points for RCFA
mitigate future failures
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Charleston, SC 29405
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5. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Provides technical
Provides technical
assistance to
assistance to
maintenance
maintenance
supervisors, planners
supervisors, planners
Technical Support of Daily and crafts personnel in
and crafts personnel in
Maintenance Effort the form of specific,
the form of specific,
technical data on
technical data on system
machinery
configuration and
configuration and
performance
performance
Responsible to
Responsible for the
Asset Hierarchy and Technical maintain a current and
upkeep of the plant
Specifications correct technical
asset hierarchy
specifications library
Responsible for the Supports the Reliability
upkeep of the asset Engineer with specific,
Criticality Analysis criticality database and detailed failure data and
the failure modes component configuration
criticality database information
Utilizes metrics for Prepares and analyzes
Utilizes specific metrics
system, asset and reports on system, asset and
Metrics for system, asset and
component components metrics
component reliability
maintainability
Develops specific
Develops the
maintenance activities
maintenance strategy for
to ensure spare fitness
spare parts inventory
for duty
Develops a testing
Develops specific
Materials Management strategy incoming new
equipment
and rebuilt spares
preservation
Develops a testing
techniques for pre‐
strategy for OEM testing
commissioning storage
compliance
of equipment
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Charleston, SC 29405
Office (843) 414‐5760
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6. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Applies reliability
analysis methods to new
designs to determine
system, asset and
component reliability
Determines single‐point
failures
Develops commissioning
procedures for new
system, asset and
component design
Develops strategies for
Creates new
OEM warranty issues
equipment purchase
and claims
Reliability Centered Design
specifications around
Develop machinery
improved
modification plans to
maintainability
deal with single‐point
failure scenarios
Develops specific
maintenance and
operational start‐up
procedures for new
installations
Responsible to develop
new equipment
purchase specifications
for reliability and
maintainability
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Charleston, SC 29405
Office (843) 414‐5760
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7. Reliability Task Assignments
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Task Reliability Engineer Maintenance Engineer Planner
Uses reliability analysis
tools to determine
operational reliability of
systems, assets and
components
Helps determine the
QA/QC test points and
procedures to maximize
operational reliability
Operational Reliability
Aides in the
development of alarms
designed to determine
and verify acceptable
operations
Develop assessment
activities centered
around operability and
performance
optimization
Responsible for
performing quantitative Supports the
analysis on new projects Maintenance Engineer
Reliability Economics
and determining project with supporting data
viability based on specific to equipment
corporate values and maintainability
standards
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Charleston, SC 29405
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8. Reliability Task Assignments
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Reliability Engineering Reliability Maintenance
Planner
Tools and/or Techniques Engineer Engineer
Statistical Analysis (Basic) Evaluation Synthesis Comprehension
Statistical Analysis (Advanced) Synthesis Analysis Awareness
Root Cause Analysis Evaluation Synthesis Analysis
Reliability Centered Maintenance Synthesis Analysis Comprehension
Condition Monitoring Synthesis Analysis Comprehension
Reliability Centered Design Synthesis Analysis Comprehension
Availability Simulation Synthesis Analysis Comprehension
Life Cycle Cost Analysis Synthesis Comprehension Comprehension
Criticality Analysis Evaluation Analysis Comprehension
Reference: Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Objectives
Knowledge
Comprehension
Application
Analysis
Synthesis
Evaluation
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