Reliability Engineer (Van Buren)

Reliability Engineer Overview

The Reliability Engineer improves equipment reliability, reduces unplanned downtime, and minimizes maintenance costs in a manufacturing environment. This role analyzes equipment failures, develops preventive and predictive maintenance strategies, supports capital projects, and drives continuous improvement through Total Productive Maintenance (TPM). The position also manages Maintenance Planning and Predictive Maintenance team members.

Reliability Engineer Responsibilities

• Promote workplace safety and lead incident investigations and corrective actions.
• Analyze equipment data to identify recurring failures and prioritize reliability improvements.
• Conduct Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA).
• Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Support capital projects to ensure equipment reliability and maintainability.
• Monitor equipment performance, review predictive maintenance reports, and prioritize maintenance activities.
• Maintain equipment records, bills of materials, and reliability databases.
• Apply vibration analysis, lubrication analysis, and condition-based monitoring practices.
• Support TPM initiatives and train maintenance teams on reliability practices.
• Manage and develop Maintenance Planning and Predictive Maintenance team members.
• Travel up to 15%.

Reliability Engineer Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, preferably Mechanical or Electrical, with 1–3 years of manufacturing experience; alternatively, 7–10 years of industrial maintenance experience without a degree.
• Knowledge of reliability practices, including RCA, FMEA, and equipment criticality assessments, preferred.
• Experience with CMMS systems; SAP preferred.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
• Knowledge of preventive/predictive maintenance and condition-based monitoring preferred.
• Manufacturing and TPM experience preferred; project management experience is a plus.
• Ability to obtain CMRP, Vibration Analysis Level II, and MLT I certifications within required timeframes.
• Strong analytical, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment and travel up to 15%.