Engineering - Maintenance & Reliability Engineer

Lakeside Book • Warrenville, IL

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role leads enterprise-wide maintenance and reliability initiatives aimed at enhancing asset performance, minimizing unplanned downtime, prolonging equipment lifespan, and reducing maintenance expenses across various manufacturing sites. The position involves analyzing equipment failures, maintenance data, and operational trends to pinpoint reliability enhancement opportunities, conduct root cause investigations, and ensure corrective actions are implemented effectively. The engineer will also develop, standardize, and refine preventive and predictive maintenance programs using technologies like vibration analysis, thermography, and oil analysis. Additionally, this role serves as the central expert for CMMS strategy, data governance, maintenance processes, KPI reporting, spare parts management, and best practices in maintenance. Collaboration with plant leadership, engineering, and maintenance teams is crucial for supporting capital projects, mentoring site reliability personnel, and leading training and continuous improvement efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline
• 7+ years of maintenance, reliability, or plant engineering experience within a manufacturing, industrial, or process-driven environment, including experience leading reliability improvement initiatives
• Strong knowledge of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), preventive and predictive maintenance programs, and equipment reliability strategies
• Experience with CMMS platforms (such as SAP PM, MVP-One, or similar systems), maintenance KPI reporting, and data analysis tools including Excel and Power BI
• Proven ability to influence and collaborate across multiple sites, mentor technical teams, communicate effectively with all organizational levels, and drive continuous improvement in complex manufacturing environments

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise-wide maintenance and reliability initiatives that improve asset performance, reduce unplanned downtime, extend equipment life, and lower maintenance costs across multiple manufacturing facilities
• Analyze equipment failures, maintenance data, and operational trends to identify reliability improvement opportunities, facilitate root cause investigations, and drive corrective actions to completion
• Develop, standardize, and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs, leveraging technologies such as vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, and other condition-monitoring tools
• Serve as the enterprise subject matter expert for CMMS strategy, data governance, maintenance processes, KPI reporting, spare parts optimization, and maintenance best practices
• Partner with plant leadership, engineering, and maintenance teams to support capital projects, mentor site-level reliability resources, and lead training, workshops, and continuous improvement initiatives

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior