Reliability Engineer

About the role

The Reliability Engineer supports the reliability, availability, and safe performance of plant equipment by partnering with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other site teams to troubleshoot equipment issues, improve maintenance strategies, reduce unplanned downtime, and support reliable execution of maintenance, turnaround, and equipment improvement work across LSPI manufacturing locations. This is a safety sensitive position.

LiquidPower Specialty Products Inc. (LSPI) is the global leader in the science of drag reduction. In 2014 LSPI was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway, having previously been a wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips 66. LSPI provides flow improver solutions, delivering strategic value to its customers by maximizing the flow potential of pipelines while increasing their operational flexibility, capacity and economic performance. LSPI works with companies in more than 35 countries to solve pipeline flow needs, treating more than 12 million barrels of hydrocarbon liquids a day and providing customers with a total package solution that includes flow improver products and the right injection equipment. LSPI leading brands are LiquidPower™, ExtremePower® and RefinedPower™. LSPI consistently recruits the best and brightest. Put your valuable skills to work and join us!

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains reliability and sustainability engineering projects that improve equipment performance, reduce costs, extend asset life, and support safe plant operations.
• Provides engineering support to Maintenance and Operations by troubleshooting equipment issues, evaluating repair needs, and recommending corrective actions.
• Investigates equipment failures, recurring issues, and reliability concerns using root cause analysis and other reliability tools to prevent repeat failures.
• Supports preventive and predictive maintenance programs by reviewing routines, evaluating effectiveness, and identifying improvements to reduce equipment risk.
• Analyzes downtime, failure history, maintenance trends, and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities and communicate insights to plant leadership.
• Provides technical input for maintenance scopes, turnarounds, repairs, overhauls, replacements, capital improvements, and project execution.
• Supports equipment design, specification, installation, inspection, repair, upgrade, and startup to ensure assets are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with applicable standards.
• Partners with site teams to document repair practices, equipment guidance, procedures, JSAs, MOCs, and lessons learned to improve consistency and long-term reliability.
• Identifies cost reduction and reliability improvement opportunities through spare parts strategy, lubrication practices, oil analysis, repair techniques, and reduced rework.
• Promotes safe and compliant maintenance practices by ensuring reliability recommendations, equipment changes, and improvement efforts support site requirements.

Skills & Competencies

• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, preventive and predictive maintenance practices, and equipment performance improvement methods.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex equipment issues and recommend practical solutions.
• Working knowledge of fixed and rotating equipment used in chemical, manufacturing, refinery, pipeline, or similar industrial environments.
• Ability to apply root cause