Reliability Engineer

About the role

The Reliability Engineer will be the site’s technical authority on asset reliability, driving preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, eliminating chronic equipment issues, and improving uptime, safety, and maintenance effectiveness across the plant.

Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability and availability.
• Serve as the site’s reliability subject-matter expert, providing technical guidance and coaching to maintenance planners and technicians.
• Lead reliability improvement initiatives, including bad actor programs, root cause analyses (RCA), and FMEAs to eliminate chronic equipment issues.
• Utilize the CMMS (SAP) to manage maintenance data, equipment files, BOMs, and key reliability and inspection performance metrics.
• Partner with production, maintenance, and storeroom teams to prioritize defects, align operating practices, and ensure timely corrective actions.
• Support maintenance planning, spare parts strategy, and quality standards for repairs, rebuilds, and contracted work.
• Promote plant safety and reliability best practices while staying current on emerging inspection and predictive maintenance technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proven experience in reliability engineering and asset management, including preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies.
• Strong working knowledge of CMMS systems (SAP preferred) and use of maintenance and reliability data to drive decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead reliability initiatives such as RCA, FMEA, and bad actor programs in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Excellent communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and collaboration skills – Able to clearly communicate technical concepts and priorities and work effectively with maintenance, production, and leadership teams.
• Influence without authority – Demonstrates the ability to lead initiatives, drive change, and build consensus in a cross-functional environment without direct reports.
• Analytical and structured problem-solving – Applies data, root cause analysis, and critical thinking to identify reliability issues and implement sustainable solutions.
• Organizational and prioritization skills – Effectively manages multiple projects and competing priorities while focusing on risk, equipment criticality, and operational impact.
• Continuous improvement mindset – Proactively challenges existing practices, stays current on reliability and predictive maintenance technologies, and looks for opportunities to improve safety, performance, and cost.

Skills

• Reliability engineering and asset management
• Preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies
• CMMS systems (SAP preferred)
• Data-driven decision making
• Problem-solving and analytical skills
• Effective communication and collaboration
• Leadership and influence skills
• Root cause analysis and FMEA
• Bad actor programs

Benefits

• Total Rewards Package – Competitive salary and performance-based pay recognizing your contributions to our success
• Comprehensive Benefits & Wellness Support – Health, long-term savings, and resources for your physical, mental, and emotional well-being
• Career Growth – Learning, training, and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement
• Employee Recognition Program – A culture of real-time appreciation, with personalized recognition rewards globally
• Employee Discount Program – Provides exclusive discounts on everyday products, services, and travel

Pay

$84,400.00 - $112,533.33 Annual

Schedule

Onsite