Reliability Engineer

Job Summary

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

Education & Work Experience

Education

Work Experience

Skills

Other Requirements

• Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) on high-cost failures, high-downtime, and repetitive issues to identify engineering solutions.
• Lead RCA and failure mode effects analysis (FMEA) to eliminate chronic equipment problems.
• Develop/optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS and condition monitoring tools.
• Analyze equipment trends and downtime data for reliability improvement opportunities.
• Support maintenance planning/scheduling for efficient execution with minimal disruption.
• Collaborate with OEMs/vendors to enhance equipment design, maintainability, and spare parts strategies.
• Facilitate cross-departmental initiatives aligning maintenance, operations, safety, quality, and training goals.
• Champion lean manufacturing and Six Sigma to reduce waste, stabilize processes, and boost uptime.
• Integrate operator care and autonomous maintenance into training and routines.
• Review CMMS/production data; trend performance and modify collection procedures.
• Develop KPIs/dashboards for reliability and improvement progress.
• Conduct life-cycle cost analysis and asset criticality assessments for capital/maintenance strategies.
• Review PPM data vs. histories; adjust frequencies/tasks and verify quality.
• Lead predictive maintenance techniques (vibration, thermography, ultrasound, corrosion, fatigue analysis).
• Participate in capital equipment/modification reviews for maintainability.
• Analyze spare parts for standardization/interchangeability.
• Support skills evaluation/training strategy for plant personnel.
• Improve drawing files and maintenance work productivity analysis.
• Partner with production for reliability improvements.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related field required.

Work Experience

3–7 years in manufacturing or industrial maintenance environment.

Skills

• Technical Skills: Strong reliability engineering principles including RCM, FMEA, RCA, TPM. Proficiency with CMMS platforms and data analytics tools.
• Functional Skills: Equipment performance trending, downtime analysis, maintenance program optimization. Cross-functional collaboration with production, quality, vendors.

Other Requirements

• Onsite in food manufacturing facility.