Senior Reliability Engineer (Utilities)

CONAGRA•Russellville, AR

2d•$81,000 - $118,000•Onsite

About The Position

Reporting to the Plant Engineering Manager, you will enhance asset reliability across major utility systems, including ammonia refrigeration equipment, boiler and steam systems, wastewater, facilities, and shipping and receiving. You will provide technical support to the maintenance function with a focus on optimizing time‑based preventive maintenance and condition‑based maintenance processes to improve overall equipment effectiveness. You will analyze equipment history, apply statistical analysis, predictive technologies, non‑destructive testing, and structured problem solving to address repetitive and high‑impact equipment failures. You will use data analytics from historical failures and current asset condition to drive measurable improvements in equipment effectiveness and long‑term reliability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field
Five or more years of maintenance or reliability experience preferred
Experience with preventive maintenance and reliability programs
Knowledge of statistical analysis tools and reliability software
Strong collaboration, facilitation, and cross‑functional communication skills
Willingness to obtain certified maintenance and reliability professional and predictive maintenance certifications

Responsibilities

Own the reliability‑centered maintenance program, including defining, designing, facilitating, monitoring, and continuously improving maintenance strategies based on failure modes, effects, consequences, and risk
Facilitate reliability‑centered maintenance analysis workshops for the top five percent of facility assets based on critical ranking
Apply statistical tools such as Weibull analysis to determine failure rate trends and asset behavior
Partner with maintenance planners to develop failure‑mode‑driven maintenance procedures aligned with reliability‑centered maintenance outcomes
Collaborate with asset owners and maintenance leadership to gain alignment and endorsement of maintenance strategies
Own the root cause analysis program, including program design, facilitation, governance, and continuous improvement
Perform bad actor analysis to identify chronic equipment issues and lead root cause analysis to resolve performance, availability, and quality losses
Own the asset criticality analysis program to support prioritization of maintenance and reliability efforts
Own preventive maintenance evaluation and preventive maintenance optimization programs, including development of human‑factored maintenance procedures
Partner with capital delivery and project engineering teams to support design for reliability and design for maintainability in new and modified installations
Participate in final inspection, functional testing sign‑off, commissioning, and baseline condition assessments for new equipment
Calculate and evaluate asset life‑cycle cost and expected service duration for critical equipment
Ensure assets operate at peak performance through life‑cycle cost analysis and reliability improvement planning
Own the condition‑based maintenance program, including program design, governance, and execution across vibration analysis, infrared thermography, motor circuit analysis, oil analysis and tribology, ultrasonic emission testing, non‑destructive testing, and visual inspection methods