Reliability Vibration Technician

Purple Cow Recruiting•Rahway, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Heartline Staffing, in partnership with Purple Cow Recruiting, is seeking an experienced Reliability Vibration Technician for a highly technical, full-time opportunity supporting a large life-sciences campus in Rahway, New Jersey. This position serves as a technical expert in predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, vibration analysis, rotating-equipment diagnostics, and reliability engineering. The successful candidate will combine deep hands-on vibration-analysis expertise with program ownership, failure analysis, technical leadership, and the ability to advance a developing predictive-maintenance program. The Reliability Vibration Technician performs advanced condition monitoring and equipment diagnostics while helping establish and improve long-term asset-reliability strategies. The position works closely with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations to identify developing equipment failures before breakdown, improve asset uptime, reduce lifecycle costs, and eliminate recurring reliability problems. This role requires substantial hands-on experience diagnosing rotating equipment using vibration data and other predictive-maintenance technologies. The technician will also help organize predictive-maintenance activities, establish best practices, mentor less-experienced technicians, and support continuous-improvement initiatives across a large multi-building campus.

Requirements

10+ Years of Predictive Maintenance Experience REQUIRED
Extensive Hands-On Machine Vibration Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Formal Vibration Analyst Certification REQUIRED
ISO Category I, II, III, or IV Vibration Analysis Certification REQUIRED
Advanced Vibration Data Interpretation and Failure-Diagnostic Skills REQUIRED
FFT / Spectral Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Time-Waveform Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Phase Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Resonance / Critical-Speed Diagnostic Experience REQUIRED
Rotating Equipment Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Experience Diagnosing Motors, Pumps, Fans, Compressors, and/or Gearboxes REQUIRED
Root Cause Failure Analysis Experience REQUIRED
Predictive Maintenance Program Ownership or Leadership Experience REQUIRED
Experience Developing or Improving PdM / CBM / RCM Programs REQUIRED
Experience Leading or Mentoring Reliability / Maintenance Technicians REQUIRED
Ability to Recommend and Drive Corrective Actions REQUIRED
Experience with Vibration / Predictive Maintenance Analysis Software REQUIRED
CMMS / Work-Order System Experience REQUIRED
Strong Technical Documentation Skills REQUIRED
Ability to Work Fully On-Site in Rahway, NJ REQUIRED
Bachelor's or Associate Degree in Engineering OR Equivalent Practical Reliability / Predictive Maintenance Experience REQUIRED

Nice To Haves

Category III or IV Vibration Analyst Certification Preferred
Infrared Thermography Certification or Practical IR Thermography Experience Preferred
Pharmaceutical / Life Sciences / Regulated-Environment Experience Preferred
Large Campus / Multi-Building Reliability Experience Preferred
Integrated Facilities Management Experience Preferred

Responsibilities

Perform advanced vibration analysis on rotating equipment
Analyze motors, pumps, fans, compressors, gearboxes, and related mechanical assets
Interpret FFT / spectral data
Interpret time-waveform data
Perform phase analysis
Evaluate resonance and critical-speed conditions
Analyze vibration trends and condition-monitoring data
Diagnose bearing failures
Diagnose misalignment
Diagnose imbalance
Identify looseness, resonance, and other mechanical failure modes
Identify electrical anomalies affecting rotating equipment where applicable
Determine root causes of abnormal equipment conditions
Recommend corrective maintenance actions
Document findings and communicate technical recommendations to Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations
Support and lead predictive-maintenance activities
Develop and refine condition-based monitoring programs
Support Reliability-Centered Maintenance strategies
Establish equipment-monitoring priorities
Analyze equipment-condition trends
Help define inspection frequencies and monitoring strategies
Improve predictive-maintenance workflows and best practices
Use data to identify developing failures before functional breakdown
Help prioritize corrective actions based on equipment condition and business risk
Support long-term reliability strategy and continuous improvement
Lead and support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)
Investigate recurring equipment failures
Identify underlying mechanical or operational causes
Recommend permanent corrective actions
Support failure-elimination strategies
Track reliability improvements following corrective action
Help reduce repeat failures and unplanned downtime
Support improved asset lifecycle performance
Conducting thermal inspections
Identifying abnormal thermal patterns
Evaluating electrical and mechanical hot spots
Interpreting IR findings alongside vibration data
Documenting thermography findings
Recommending follow-up maintenance actions
Lead or help lead predictive-maintenance program activities
Establish technical standards and best practices
Organize predictive-maintenance workloads
Mentor vibration and reliability technicians
Develop team vibration-analysis capabilities
Support technical training initiatives
Serve as a technical escalation resource
Help build a proactive reliability culture
Partner with Maintenance teams
Partner with Engineering teams
Partner with Operations teams
Support capital projects and equipment upgrades
Provide equipment-condition input during reliability decisions
Communicate technical findings to both technical and operational stakeholders
Support corrective-action planning
Coordinate reliability initiatives across multiple buildings and departments