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Master of Advanced Studies in:
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS
Edition 2014/2015
The Master prepares Specialists that must be able to integrate and extend to a wider scenario the skills that traditionally are covered by:
Among the benefit of Asset
Integrity Management:
1. Understand the risk profile
associated with an
asset portfolio and how this changes over time
2. Understand business
consequences of enhancing /
reducing your capital investment or maintenance budgets
3. Justify planned asset
expenditures to external
stakeholders
4. Identify which investment
project to defer in
case of funding or cash flow constraints
5. Have appropriate and effective asset data and information to support AM decision making
The didactic methodology is
strongly orientated
to the “training on the job”: it guarantees to the company a concrete
feedback
highly orientated to a practical application, with the development of
immediately
working solutions.
UP RAMS Engineers
The RAMS analysis [Reliability, Availability, Maintainability
and Safety] is today a fundamental step in the processes of design of
complex technological systems.
The primary role of the RAMS Analyst is to identify and manage
asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business
operations. This broad primary role can be divided into three smaller,
more manageable roles: loss elimination, risk management and life cycle
asset management (LCAM).
The RAMS Analyst shall track the production losses and abnormally high maintenance cost assets, then find ways to reduce those losses or high costs. These losses are prioritized to focus efforts on the largest/most critical opportunities. The RAMS Analyst (in full partnership with the operations team)
develops a plan to eliminate or reduce the losses through root
cause analysis, obtains approval of the plan and facilitates the
implementation.
Moreover, he/she manages risk to the achievement of an organization’s strategic objectives in the areas of environmental health and safety, asset capability, quality and production.
Responsibilities and duties commonly found in the job description are:
Works with project engineering to ensure the reliability
and maintainability of new and modified installations. The reliability
engineer is responsible for adhering to the life cycle asset management
(LCAM) process throughout the entire life cycle of new assets.
Participates in the development of design and installation
specifications along with commissioning plans. Participates in the
development of criteria for and evaluation of equipment and technical
MRO (maintenance, repair, and overhaul) suppliers and technical
maintenance service providers. Develops acceptance tests and inspection
criteria.
Participates in the final check-out of new installations.
This includes factory and site acceptance testing that will assure
adherence to functional specifications.
Guides efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability
of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and
safety/security systems.
Professionally and systematically defines, designs, develops, monitors and refines an asset maintenance plan that includes:
Value-added preventive maintenance tasks
Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent Effective utilization of predictive and other non-destructive testing methodologies designed to identify and isolate inherent reliability problems.
Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
Develops engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues. To fulfill this responsibility, the reliability engineer applies:
Data analysis techniques that can include: Statistical process control, Reliability modeling and prediction, Fault tree analysis, Weibull analysis, Six Sigma (6σ) methodology
Root cause analysis (RCA) and root cause failure analysis (RCFA)
Failure reporting, analysis and corrective action system (FRACAS)
Works with Production to perform analyses of assets including:
Asset utilization
Overall equipment effectiveness
Remaining useful life
Other parameters that define operating condition, reliability and costs of asset
Provides technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel.
Applies value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign and make/buy decisions.
UP Maintenance Engineers
Maintenance
engineers are responsible for the continuous running of equipment and
machinery. They use computerized systems to oversee routine maintenance
and organize repairs. They are also involved in control and monitoring
devices and occasionally in the manufacture of items that will help in
maintenance.
Maintenance engineering plays a vital role in
the efficiency, development and progress of manufacturing and
processing industries. Maintenance engineers work with other
professionals in order to improve production facilities, reduce the
incidence of costly breakdowns and develop strategies to improve
overall reliability and safety of plant, personnel and production
processes.
Responsibilities and tasks may vary from role to role but typical work activities include:
designing maintenance strategies, procedures and methods;
planning and scheduling planned and unplanned work;
diagnosing breakdown problems;
carrying out quality inspections on jobs;
liaising with client departments and customers;
arranging specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings or components;
controlling maintenance tools, stores and equipment;
monitoring and controlling maintenance costs;
dealing with emergency and unplanned problems and repairs;
writing maintenance strategies to help with installation and commissioning guidelines.
UP Operations Engineers
Operations Engineer shall be able to support plant operations by
identifying and solving operational problems.
His/her duties are as follows:
identifies operational problems by observing and studying system functioning and performance results; investigating complaints and suggestions; interviewing process supervisors and operators; completing troubleshooting procedures;
identifies operational priorities by assessing operational objectives; determining project objectives, such as, efficiency, cost savings, energy conservation, operator convenience, safety, environmental quality; estimating relevance, time, and costs;
develops operational solutions by defining, studying, estimating, and screening alternative solutions; calculating economics; determining impact on total system;
anticipates operational problems by studying operating targets, modes of operation, unit limitations; monitoring unit performance;
improves operational quality results by studying, evaluating, and recommending process re-design; implementing changes; contributing information and opinion to unit design and modification teams;
maintains safe and healthy work environment by following and enforcing standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations;
provides operational management information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing operating and engineering data and trends;
updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations;
accomplishes engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed.
UP Facility Managers
Facilities
managers are responsible for the management of services and processes
that support the core business of an organisation. They ensure that an
organisation has the most suitable working environment for its
employees and their activities. Duties vary with the nature of the
organisation, but facilities managers generally focus on using best
business practice to improve efficiency, by reducing operating costs
while increasing productivity.
This is a wide field with a diverse range of responsibilities, which are dependant on the structure and size of the organisation. Facilities managers are involved in both strategic planning and day-to-day operations, particularly in relation to buildings and premises.
Likely areas of responsibility include:
procurement and contract management;
building and grounds maintenance;
cleaning, catering and vending;
health and safety;
security;
utilities and communications infrastructure;
space management.
