Reliability Process Engineer

Shaw Industries

About The Position

Shaw Industries is seeking a Reliability Process Engineer for Plant SI to join our team in driving operational excellence and equipment performance. In this role, you will leverage your engineering expertise to enhance reliability, optimize processes, and lead continuous improvement initiatives that support safety, productivity, and quality. As part of a global leader in flooring and surface solutions, you’ll collaborate with plant leadership and maintenance teams to implement innovative strategies that maximize efficiency and maintainability across operations. Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide.

Requirements

Four-year degree in Engineering (mechanical or electrical) or related field; or a minimum of 4 years of progressively responsible experience in a similar engineering or reliability role.
Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical and problem-solving skills

Nice To Haves

Manufacturing experience
1-3+ years of leadership experience
Experience with preventative machinery maintenance program
Previous experience with AutoCAD and certified project management training
Six Sigma certification
CMMS experience

Responsibilities

Support interpretation and understanding of company safety policies and assist in implementing and enforcing them.
Provide engineering perspectives and skills to manage projects/activities of plant and contract personnel, including capital projects assigned to them.
Serve as an engineering resource for plant manufacturing and safety leadership on daily issues.
Manage a crew of reliability associates.
Responsible for recommending measures to improve production methods, equipment performance and quality of a product as maintenance representative.
Provide guidance and support to all Department Managers and Supervisors.
Act as Engineering resource to Maintenance Supervisors/Leads/Personnel as required.
Act as Reliability representative to all EIT/RPT meetings and follow up on action items.
Responsible for facilitating engineering continuous improvement efforts that improve the efficiency, capacity, productivity, and capabilities of the equipment and Plant and communicating to respective maintenance departments.
Coordinate engineering projects related to the installation of new equipment or facilities and the improvement, modification, replacement, or repair of existing equipment.
Plan and manage capital and expense projects, prepare specifications, obtain vendor proposals, as well as schedule and manage contractors on job sites.
Analyze problems, investigate design, coordinate engineering aspects of projects, and develop solutions.
Analyze assigned projects to assure the proper identification of objectives, problems, and opportunities focusing on addressing operability, reliability, & maintainability.
Collaborate with purchasing in obtaining and evaluating bids.
Must be able to writhe project proposals - CPM certification is required.
Must initiate purchase requisitions.
Must work closely with plant/divisional management & plant maintenance personnel.
Fill in for Plant Engineer as necessary.
Fill in for Area Maintenance Supervisor's/Engineers as required.