Vibration and Thermography Specialist

About the role

You will serve as the technical authority on vibration analysis and infrared thermography for a regulated life sciences facility in Rahway, NJ, diagnosing complex failure modes on critical rotating equipment and driving proactive reliability strategies.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose complex failure modes on critical rotating equipment
• Drive proactive reliability strategies
• Perform infrared thermographic inspections across electrical, mechanical, and process systems
• Lead root cause failure analysis and implement failure elimination strategies
• Translate diagnostic findings into actionable engineering recommendations
• Partner with cross-functional teams on capital projects and equipment upgrades
• Mentor junior analysts
• Contribute to long-term reliability strategy and continuous improvement initiatives

Requirements

• ISO Category I, II, III, or IV Vibration Analysis certification
• Minimum 5-10 years of reliability engineering or rotating equipment analysis experience, preferably in pharma, life sciences, or similarly regulated industries
• Fluency in advanced vibration techniques including FFT, waveform analysis, phase analysis, and resonance diagnostics
• Experience with CMMS systems and predictive maintenance software

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on predictive maintenance and vibration analysis experience (10-15 years) required for Category I or II certification
• Category III or IV certification strongly preferred for advanced diagnostics across motors, pumps, compressors, fans, and gearboxes
• Equivalent real-world IR experience for infrared thermography

Skills

• Advanced vibration analysis techniques
• Infrared thermography
• Root cause failure analysis
• Engineering recommendations
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Mentoring junior analysts
• Long-term reliability strategy development

Benefits

• Significant influence over asset performance and uptime in a mission-critical environment

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD