[4D2] The lubrication engineer is the useful human for the role of the modern reliability engineer
D Shorten
British Engineering Services Asset Reliability, UK
The increased proliferation of reliability-related contract services in the UK general industry reflects the drive towards a change in the way that we maintain our critical assets. No longer do we expect to hold internally the range of skills and behavioural competencies that are required to operate and maintain a modern industrial plant. We now actively chose to identify partner organisations that can offer highly targeted skills but do so as a function of need as opposed to being a full-time employee. This paper identifies the role of the qualified lubrication technician as the basis for developing reliability via a truly modern condition monitoring (CM) service. This paper discusses the emerging need to use external lubrication and CM specialists to assist in the formation and delivery of an optimal maintenance strategy for a given installation and provides an insight regarding the issues and opportunities that may be found. Specific reference is given to ensuring that the contracted service provider has goals that are fully aligned with the organisation procuring them.
Keywords: managing change, sensor versus human, training and certification, strategic mix, reporting and optimising, service provision.
Keywords: managing change, sensor versus human, training and certification, strategic mix, reporting and optimising, service provision.
