Reliability Engineer

Line of Business: Service & Support

About Us
Heidelberg Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials. Heidelberg Materials North America operates over 450 locations across the U.S. and Canada with approximately 9,000 employees.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and apply regional reliability engineering strategies to improve equipment performance, uptime, and maintenance cost effectiveness across multiple cement plants.

• Monitor equipment health using condition monitoring technologies (vibration, thermography, oil analysis, and other predictive tools), analyze reliability data and KPIs, and translate insights into actionable maintenance plans.

• Facilitate root cause and reliability failure analyses for equipment, process, quality, and production issues, ensuring sustainable corrective actions are implemented and tracked.

• Collaborate with plant maintenance teams to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs, outage planning, and asset performance strategies.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and support facilities in implementing Heidelberg Materials maintenance and reliability programs.

• Develop and implement effective spare parts management strategies across the plants supported, ensuring identification and availability of critical spare parts, optimizing inventory levels and minimizing costs.

What Are We Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

• Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering within a cement, heavy industrial, or continuous manufacturing environment.

• Strong working knowledge of reliability principles, condition-based maintenance, and root cause analysis methodologies.

• Proficiency with predictive maintenance technologies and computerized maintenance management systems (preferably SAP).

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills with the ability to support multiple sites remotely.

• Willingness to travel to the plant and corporate sites supported for inspections, meetings, and project implementation.

Work Environment

This role is based in a central location and provides remote support to multiple cement plants within a designated region. Travel to plant and corporate sites is required for inspections, meetings, and project implementation.

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary of $107,480 - $143,307 and participation in our annual incentive plan

• 401(k) retirement savings plan with an automatic company contribution as well as matching contributions

• Highly competitive benefits programs, including:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision along with Prescription Drug Benefits

  • Health Saving Savings Account (HSA), Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

  • AD&D, Short- and Long-Term Disability Coverage as well as Basic Life Insurance

  • Paid Bonding Leave, 15 days of Paid Vacation, 40 hours of Paid Sick Leave and 10 Paid Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority / Female / Veteran / Disabled

As part of our hiring process, we may use AI-assisted tools to support the screening and evaluation of candidate applications and interviews. These tools help streamline the initial assessment, but all decisions about candidate advancement are made by human recruiters and hiring managers. While technology supports early steps, every interview will be handled by experienced recruiters and hiring managers to provide a personal touch.