Principal Field Reliability Engineer, Multi‑Site RCM

ATS•Greenville, SC

About The Position

Step into a day on the road with ATS Morning in a pharmaceutical plant, afternoon in a metals facility, evening flight across the country—your calendar reflects a career built on movement and impact. As a Principal Field Reliability Engineer with ATS, you champion our safety culture while guiding customers toward proactive, reliability-centered operations across diverse industries.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from an ABET-accredited program.
8+ years of reliability experience spanning two or more manufacturing sites.
Fluency across the full reliability toolkit: FMEA, cause-and-effect methods, root cause failure analysis, life-cycle costing, and risk analysis.
Strong mechanical or electrical systems expertise, with the ability to research and apply new equipment technologies and trends.
Exceptional problem-solving, quantitative analysis, and decision-making capability.
Comfort with CMMS/maintenance systems and common software tools (including Microsoft Office); strong reporting and technical writing skills.
Outstanding verbal communication, facilitation, and presentation; proven relationship builder.

Nice To Haves

Leadership ambitions and a track record of influence without authority.
Experience with data trend analysis, vibration analysis, motor current analysis, oil analysis, lubrication and hydraulic testing, laser alignment, nondestructive testing, infrared thermography, ultrasound and acoustic reliability technology, Weibull analysis, and Lean or Six Sigma methodologies.
Working knowledge of cGMP, NETA, EPA, and OSHA.
Certifications such as CMRP, Green Belt, or STS.
Drive & Motivation
Interpersonal Skills
Task Management
Strategic Skills
Customer Focus
Self-awareness
Management & Leadership

Responsibilities

Lead reliability-centered maintenance initiatives in a variety of customer environments—driving cultural change toward proactive manufacturing.
Coach and mentor plant teams, embedding reliability best practices and building capability in root cause and reliability analysis.
Surface the top drivers of lost production and avoidable maintenance costs; brief site and enterprise leadership on findings and priorities.
Design and justify corrective actions that address true root causes, clearly articulating the economic impact of each recommendation.
Own and accelerate equipment improvement projects—from concept through implementation—using both current and emerging technologies to boost uptime and asset performance.
Analyze performance trends, failure histories, and corrective maintenance data to develop engineered solutions, optimized PM strategies, and reliability techniques tailored to each asset’s risk profile.
Provide hands-on technical support to operations and maintenance personnel for complex equipment troubleshooting.
Apply predictive, preventive, and precision maintenance methods (e.g., vibration, MCE, oil analysis, infrared, ultrasound) to identify and control risk before failure.
Partner with maintenance leaders to prioritize assets and actions using failure probabilities and risk dimensions (compliance, supply, strategy, cost).
Drive corrective action tracking and follow-through, ensuring all RCA projects are documented and sustained.
Ensure alignment with regulatory obligations and ATS policies and procedures at all times.