As a Reliability Engineer, you will play a key role in maximizing the performance and lifespan of critical equipment by applying engineering principles and data analysis. Your work will focus on minimizing unplanned outages, improving system availability, and ensuring safe, efficient operations through proactive maintenance planning and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and refine preventive and predictive maintenance programs to enhance equipment longevity and performance.
- Investigate failure patterns using performance data to determine root causes and prevent recurrence.
- Lead or contribute to root cause failure analysis for persistent or high-impact equipment problems.
- Collaborate with production, safety, and quality teams to assess and document equipment criticality.
- Advance reliability through standardization, defect reduction, and adoption of proven methodologies.
- Provide reliability expertise during capital projects, equipment upgrades, and new installations.
- Advise on design modifications and operational changes to improve maintainability and reduce failure rates.
- Support Lean, Six Sigma, and other operational excellence initiatives related to asset management.
- Track and interpret key performance indicators to guide decision-making.
- Ensure accuracy in asset records, maintenance schedules, and failure histories using CMMS tools.
- Produce reports and dashboards to share reliability insights with leadership teams.
- Work closely with maintenance, operations, engineering, and safety personnel to drive performance gains.
- Deliver technical training and guidance to field teams.
- Assist in planning outages, shutdowns, and major maintenance activities as required.
- Maintain compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
Qualifications
A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline is required. Candidates should have at least three years of experience in reliability or maintenance engineering within manufacturing, chemical processing, utilities, or similar industrial settings. Demonstrated knowledge of maintenance methodologies—including preventive maintenance, predictive maintenance, and RCM—is essential. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, particularly in root cause analysis, are expected.
Preferred qualifications include professional certifications such as CMRP or CRE, Six Sigma credentials, and hands-on experience with predictive technologies like vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis. Familiarity with industry standards including API, ASME, OSHA, and NFPA is highly valued.
Tools & Methods
- CMMS platforms
- Vibration analysis
- Thermography
- Oil analysis
- Predictive and preventive maintenance (PdM, PM)
- Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)
- Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
- Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
