Reliability & Mechanical Integrity Engineer

LANXESS Corporation • Woodbridge Township, NJ

2d • $94,700 - $157,800

About The Position

The Reliability & Mechanical Integrity Engineer coordinates and optimizes preventive maintenance activities for existing and new site equipment, ensuring tasks add value. This includes creating equipment lists, determining criticality and importance, identifying failure modes, developing maintenance plans, and defining maintenance frequency and scope. The engineer develops, reviews, and modifies the formal master schedule of preventive maintenance activities and uses the site CMMS (SAP) to manage activities and generate KPIs that measure plant inspection performance.

Serving as a recognized technical expert, the engineer makes technical decisions about plant equipment, advises the Planner, and coaches maintenance practitioners. The role works with production personnel on operating procedures that affect equipment reliability and provides technical direction to the Predictive Maintenance program. It develops reliability strategies using technologies such as vibration analysis, lubrication, and thermography, and communicates the priority of identified defects to the maintenance team.

The engineer owns the plant Bad Actor Program, creates site and unit bad actor lists, and facilitates equipment remediation. The role leads investigations into chronic problems and implements improvements, communicates metrics and corrective-action progress across the site, and leads root cause analyses and failure mode and effects analyses as required by plant triggers. The engineer also owns the site Mechanical Integrity Program, ensures required inspections are completed on time, and reviews findings and recommends corrective actions to support the safe operation of fixed equipment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
• Two to three years of progressive maintenance and reliability experience.
• Understanding of industry codes and RAGAGEP requirements, including API, ASME, ANSI, and PIP.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently, meet deadlines, and communicate feedback clearly.
• Demonstrated experience improving maintenance and reliability performance.
• Experience using a CMMS to execute the work management process.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, electrical drawings, schematics, equipment drawings, and safety procedures, including state and federal guidelines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to build consensus and foster a positive working environment.
• Ability to facilitate meetings effectively.

Nice To Haves

• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) certification.
• Experience with SAP.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and optimize preventive maintenance activities for existing and new equipment.
• Create equipment lists, determine equipment criticality, identify failure modes, develop maintenance plans, and determine maintenance frequency and scope.
• Develop, review, and modify the formal preventive maintenance Master Schedule.
• Use the site CMMS to manage activities and generate KPIs for plant inspection performance.
• Provide technical advice and support on plant equipment, make technical decisions for the Planner, and coach maintenance practitioners.
• Work with production personnel on operating procedures that affect equipment reliability.
• Provide technical direction to the Predictive Maintenance program and develop reliability strategies using predictive technologies.
• Communicate the priority of defects identified through predictive technologies to the maintenance team.
• Own the plant Bad Actor Program, generate site and unit bad actor lists, and facilitate equipment remediation.
• Lead chronic-problem investigations and research, design, and implement improvements.
• Communicate site metrics, progress, and corrective actions.
• Lead root cause analyses and failure mode and effects analyses as required by plant triggers.
• Own the site Mechanical Integrity Program.
• Ensure required inspections are completed on time.
• Review inspection findings and recommend corrective actions to support safe operation of fixed equipment.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including a global bonus program.
• Retirement plans.
• Health programs.
• Life insurance.
• Medical care.
• Flexible working arrangements through the global Xwork program.
• Training and development through formal and informal education, training, and knowledge-building opportunities.

What This Job Offers

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