Reliability Engineer

Enviri Corporation•Midlothian, TX

16d

About The Position

The Reliability Engineer improves equipment reliability, reduces downtime, and leads continuous improvement initiatives across steel production and environmental systems. The role leads root cause failure analyses, develops and implements corrective actions, and works with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to improve asset performance, safety, and environmental compliance. The position coordinates reliability efforts across sites, promotes best-practice sharing, assesses equipment condition and maintenance practices, and develops standardized preventive maintenance strategies and technical standards. It maintains reliability records, supports equipment lifecycle and sourcing decisions, and develops a network-wide condition monitoring strategy. The role requires 30%–40% travel, including travel to Mexico for which a passport is required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field; alternatively, 5+ years of relatable engineering experience in an industrial environment.
At least 5 years of reliability, maintenance, or engineering experience in steel, heavy industrial, manufacturing, or environmental operations.
Passport required for travel to Mexico; expected travel is 30%–40%.
Experience with root cause analysis methodologies.
Knowledge of maintenance and reliability best practices, including predictive and preventive maintenance.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, project management, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with CMMS systems and reliability data analysis.
Bilingual in Spanish.

Responsibilities

Build relationships with site maintenance supervisors and coordinate reliability work across sites, partnering with functions such as procurement and IT to develop long-term solutions.
Promote continuous improvement and sharing of best practices across the site network.
Compile and communicate lessons learned, vendor performance data, and component life data, including OEE, MTBF/MTTR, and downtime.
Assess equipment condition and maintenance practices to identify reliability and performance gaps; work with site supervisors on corrective measures and follow up on implementation.
Lead root cause analyses for significant or recurring equipment maintenance needs across the network and drive corrective and preventive actions through to closure.
Help site maintenance supervisors apply root cause analysis methodology, conduct investigations, and manage corrective and preventive action plans.
Maintain reliability files and records, including failure history, root cause analysis documentation, and preventive maintenance standards.
Develop and standardize preventive maintenance strategies across sites and asset classes based on failure history and duty cycle.
Define technical specifications and standards for major components and equipment, and recommend safeguards to prevent recurring failures and unplanned downtime.
Provide technical sourcing support to procurement, including equipment-purchase specification input.
Provide insights for equipment lifecycle decisions, including repair versus replace, refurbish versus new, and in-house versus OEM service.
Develop and maintain a network-wide condition monitoring strategy, including tool coordination, ownership, and scale-up planning.