Reliability Engineer

Eastman•Longview, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Reliability & Maintenance Engineer is based at Eastman’s Longview, Texas manufacturing site and supports efforts to improve process and equipment reliability in manufacturing plants. Assigned to a specific plant area, the engineer works directly with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations to identify, prioritize, and execute improvement opportunities that advance reliability, failure elimination, and cost-reduction goals. The role leads reliability projects and investigations, supports plant outages and shutdowns as requested, and provides technical leadership across the plant organization, particularly in collaboration with maintenance crews. The engineer is expected to work safely and promote Eastman’s safety vision.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering.
At least 4 years of reliability engineering or related experience, including experience in a chemical, petrochemical, or other manufacturing environment.
Strong basic engineering and reliability engineering skills, and a desire to learn advanced reliability engineering principles.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience with root cause analysis (RCA) methodologies.
Experience managing equipment preventive and predictive maintenance plans with asset management software.
Knowledge of common process equipment, including pumps, fans, agitators, motors, valves, and instrumentation.
Basic knowledge of electrical power distribution systems.
Understanding of common predictive and diagnostic technologies for rotating and fixed equipment.
Highly motivated, self-directed, and able to manage an individual project portfolio.
Ability and desire to work in the field with mechanics and operators as needed in response to urgent critical equipment troubleshooting.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
Effective group facilitation and interpersonal skills, and ability to work with and lead cross-functional teams.
Service-oriented, customer-focused, and strong analytical capabilities.
Unwavering commitment to personnel and process safety.

Nice To Haves

Mechanical or Electrical Engineering degree.
5 or more years of reliability engineering or related experience.
Experience with rotating equipment such as pumps, turbines, or compressors, and/or turbomachinery.
Experience with SAP.

Responsibilities

Partner with area Operations and Maintenance to improve equipment availability and process reliability and reduce unplanned production losses.
Lead projects that develop engineered solutions to complex problems and increase equipment and process reliability.
Work with area Maintenance to address reliability and maintainability issues, reduce costs, and improve productivity.
Provide support for plant outages and shutdowns as requested.
Use Lean Six Sigma tools for problem solving and risk elimination.
Support initiatives in the assigned area.
Identify and prioritize reliability improvement opportunities using information from SAP, reliability systems, and production logs.
Lead and manage Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) investigations.
Manage Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for critical production assets.
Provide reliability input to capital projects as requested.
Provide technical leadership throughout the plant organization, with particular emphasis on interfacing with maintenance crews.
Guide problem-solving teams in identifying, designing, and implementing improvements.
Work safely and promote Eastman’s safety vision.