Reliability & Equipment Engineer

Corteva Agriscience • Valdosta, GA

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About The Position

The Maintenance & Reliability Engineer improves equipment reliability, maintainability, availability, and overall asset performance while supporting safe, efficient, and cost-effective manufacturing operations. The role is a technical resource for maintenance execution and reliability improvement, applying engineering principles, reliability tools, and maintenance best practices to maximize equipment life-cycle value and support business objectives.

The position develops and executes equipment reliability and maintenance strategies, identifies and eliminates root causes of equipment failures, improves asset performance, and maintains accurate maintenance information, procedures, and documentation in the maintenance management system. It supports day-to-day maintenance activities as well as long-term reliability initiatives that help the Area Business Team meet business requirements safely and effectively.

The role also supports Process Safety Management and Asset Integrity requirements, plant health assessments, continuous improvement initiatives, maintenance budgeting, capital planning, outages, turnarounds, and capital projects. It promotes continuous improvement methods and helps build CI capabilities throughout the organization. Occasional off-hour and weekend support is required for plant outages and unplanned events. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related discipline).
• Minimum of 3 years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or industrial engineering experience.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and ability to quickly learn new systems and software.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, project management, and time management capabilities.
• Commitment to all site safety and environmental requirements.
• Occasional off-hour and weekend support for plant outages and unplanned events.
• Completion and comprehension of Continuous Improvement Foundation courses and relevant CI Plus courses.

Nice To Haves

• Five or more years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or engineering experience in a chemical processing or industrial environment.
• Experience leading Root Cause Analysis investigations.
• Experience developing detailed maintenance procedures and job plans.
• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, including RCA, FMEA, Weibull Analysis, and risk-based decision-making.
• SAP Equipment Maintenance experience, including maintenance transactions, equipment records, and planning functions.
• Spare parts identification, optimization, and inventory management experience.
• Experience with turnaround planning, outage management, and asset integrity programs.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification is highly recommended.
• Training in CI Foundations problem-solving tools, including Brainstorming, Fishbone Analysis, Why-Why Analysis, Prioritization, and Project Charter development.
• CI Plus training in Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen facilitation, and other CI workshop methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations using cause-and-effect methodologies to identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures.
• Provide technical expertise to operations and maintenance personnel on troubleshooting, repair methods, maintenance practices, and equipment performance improvement.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve maintenance and reliability strategies to optimize safety, availability, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
• Create, update, and maintain repair procedures, work instructions, maintenance standards, and job plans.
• Define and document critical repair details, including tolerances, clearances, materials of construction, welding requirements, inspection criteria, and quality standards.
• Use reliability engineering tools and methodologies, including Weibull Analysis, FMEA, RCA, and reliability-centered maintenance techniques, to improve asset performance and capability.
• Monitor, analyze, and report asset performance metrics, including availability, utilization, OEE, production losses, and other reliability indicators.
• Develop strategic asset improvement plans, including outage strategies, turnaround planning, rebuild frequencies, inline spares, critical spare strategies, and long-term reliability initiatives.
• Establish, review, and optimize preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance programs.
• Provide technical support during major maintenance outages, turnarounds, equipment rebuilds, and capital improvement projects.
• Collaborate with equipment vendors, contractors, and engineering resources on failure analyses, technical recommendations, and replacement or upgrade options.
• Support vessel inspections, repair plans, alterations, and other equipment integrity activities in accordance with applicable standards and site requirements.
• Evaluate corrective actions for measurable reliability and availability benefits and share successful solutions across the site where appropriate.
• Review and maintain Bills of Material (BOMs), equipment records, and spare parts inventories.
• Apply reliability and lifecycle cost principles to spare parts selection, inventory optimization, purchasing requirements, and equipment replacement decisions.
• Develop, maintain, and make readily available equipment-specific training materials, maintenance procedures, and technical documentation.
• Serve as a technical resource for Maintenance Planners, Maintenance Technicians, Operations personnel, and Area Business Teams.
• Participate in plant health assessments and implement actions to maintain and improve overall asset health.
• Support maintenance budgeting, capital planning, and reliability improvement initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Provide maintenance and reliability input to CorePD, capital projects, and new equipment installations so reliability is designed into systems from inception.
• Participate in site and corporate reliability networks and share best practices across the organization.
• Support Process Safety Management and Asset Integrity requirements by ensuring maintenance and reliability strategies, inspection programs, repair procedures, and equipment integrity practices comply with site and regulatory standards.
• Ensure appropriate procedures and controls are available and used for critical equipment.
• Promote continuous improvement methodologies, support and facilitate improvement initiatives, and encourage development of CI capabilities throughout the organization.
• Apply CI methods in problem-solving, project management, data-driven decision-making, team leadership, coaching, and development.

Benefits

• Health benefits for the employee and family from the first day of employment.
• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays.
• Parental leave including a minimum of 16 weeks for mothers and fathers.
• Competitive retirement savings plan.
• Tuition reimbursement program.
• Development opportunities to build skills.

What This Job Offers

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