Maintenance and Reliability Engineer

Hargrove Engineers & Constructors•LaPlace, LA

About The Position

The Maintenance Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability and maintenance effectiveness. This role works closely with the Lead Reliability Engineer to identify equipment and maintenance improvement opportunities. The position focuses on evaluating equipment condition, optimizing maintenance strategies, improving repair quality, and implementing reliability improvements. The engineer will maintain a prioritized task list of reliability and maintenance improvement activities and track progress weekly. This role requires strong collaboration with maintenance, operations, planners, vendors, and reliability engineering to ensure safe, cost-effective, and high-quality maintenance execution. Primary responsibilities will include but not be limited to: Technical Support to Maintenance Provide technical support and troubleshooting assistance to maintenance planners, mechanics, and operations. Answer technical questions related to equipment design, operation, and repair. Work with planners to support material selection and identify lower-cost alternate parts or repair options where appropriate. Assist planners with technical clarification for maintenance job plans. Work directly with mechanics to understand equipment issues, defects, and recurring maintenance problems. Equipment Evaluation & Repair Scope Development Evaluate equipment condition and determine appropriate repair scope. Determine whether equipment should be repaired, rebuilt, or replaced. Evaluate off-site repair shops for quality of work, and documentation. Review repair costs and ensure repairs are technically appropriate and cost effective. Evaluate repairs completed both onsite and offsite to ensure quality and compliance with specifications. Review repair reports and documentation to ensure adequate information is provided. Reliability Improvement & Failure Analysis Evaluate equipment failures and work with the Reliability Engineer to determine improvement opportunities. Support RCFA for equipment failures. Track and analyze failure trends and recurring issues. Identify and implement corrective actions to eliminate failures. Monitor and track reliability metrics such as MTBF and MTTR on bad actors. Maintenance Strategy & Planned Maintenance Optimization Review existing planned maintenance tasks and frequencies. Optimize maintenance plans using equipment history, condition monitoring data, and reliability analysis. Work with the Reliability Engineer to review and improve maintenance strategies. Implement changes to planned maintenance (PM) and coordinate with the area scheduler to update SAP. Revise maintenance plan frequency based on incident investigations, equipment history, and PHA findings. Condition Monitoring & Predictive Maintenance Review oil analysis results and recommend improvements or corrective actions. Review vibration monitoring results and determine required repairs or corrective actions. Evaluate additional predictive maintenance such as thermography and ultrasound. Create notifications in SAP to address identified deficiencies. Review findings with the Reliability Engineer to determine improvement actions. Equipment Operation & Maintainability Study equipment operation and determine how operators interact with equipment. Evaluate how equipment is operated and identify opportunities to improve reliability or reduce wear. Assess maintainability of equipment and identify improvements that reduce maintenance effort. Work Process Discipline & Task Management Work with lead reliability engineer to maintain a prioritized reliability task list and improvement backlog. Review and update task list weekly with progress status. Work from a shared tracking spreadsheet or system to ensure visibility of reliability work. Maintain focus on prioritized work and avoid distractions from non-prioritized activities. Maintenance Work Quality Assurance Review site overhaul reports and ensure mechanics complete forms and documentation correctly. Verify repairs meet technical specifications and quality standards. Evaluate completed work for improvement opportunities. Identify gaps and training needs when workmanship issues are observed. Spare Parts & Equipment Management Evaluate spare equipment and spare parts inventory. Verify spare parts are correct for the equipment and properly specified. Evaluate condition and storage methods for spare equipment and parts. Identify and eliminate obsolete, unused, or unnecessary spare parts. Vendor & Contractor Evaluation Evaluate outside repair vendors and service providers. Identify and qualify new vendors capable of supporting equipment repairs or services. Set up meetings with vendors to review capabilities and quality expectations. Develop repair specifications and expectations for outsourced work. Review vendor performance based on quality, documentation, cost, and reliability outcomes. Maintenance Data & System Improvement Ensure accurate equipment information in SAP. Work with Area Planners to maintain accurate equipment BOMs. Review maintenance history and verify accurate data. Improve quality of maintenance data to support reliability analysis. Tracking metrics for maintenance performance. Design Improvements & Obsolescence Management Implement design changes to replace obsolete equipment. Review equipment designs for maintainability and reliability improvements. Continuous Improvement & Maintenance Process Optimization Identify opportunities to improve maintenance work processes. Improve job plans by ensuring maintenance plans and procedures are well defined. Reduce repeat maintenance work through permanent corrective actions. Standardize maintenance procedures and best practices. Safety, Risk, and Compliance Support and lead incident investigations involving equipment failures. Collaboration & Communication Review findings and improvement opportunities regularly with the Lead Reliability Engineer. Communicate reliability concerns and improvement opportunities to maintenance and operations teams. Present improvement ideas developed from job improvement forms submitted by mechanics. Evaluate suggestions, develop viable improvements, or reject ideas with clear technical justification. Turnaround & Shutdown Support Support preparation and planning for major equipment overhauls, shutdowns, and turnarounds. Provide technical support during major maintenance events. Evaluate post-shutdown performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university is required.
5+ years of experience in maintenance engineering or reliability engineering
Experience working with rotating equipment, mechanical systems, and maintenance planning
Experience working with CMMS systems (SAP preferred)
Experience analyzing equipment failures and implementing reliability improvements
Equipment troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Maintenance strategy development
Predictive maintenance interpretation (vibration, oil analysis, etc.)
Repair scope development and vendor evaluation
Maintenance data analysis
Mechanical systems knowledge (pumps, compressors, motors, rotating equipment)
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
Strong communication with mechanics, planners, and operations
Ability to prioritize work and manage multiple initiatives
Ability to drive technical improvements across teams
Ability to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.