Reliability Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, preventive and predictive maintenance practices, and equipment performance improvement methods.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex equipment issues and recommend practical solutions.
• Working knowledge of fixed and rotating equipment used in chemical, manufacturing, refinery, pipeline, or similar industrial environments.
• Ability to apply root cause analysis, failure analysis, FMEA, and continuous improvement methods to maintenance and reliability issues.
• Understanding of condition monitoring and predictive maintenance practices, including vibration analysis, thermal scanning, lubrication programs, or oil analysis.
• Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and improvement activities.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and plant leadership.
• Ability to collaborate across functions and provide technical guidance or equipment-specific support to maintenance and operations personnel.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and maintenance, reliability, or enterprise systems; SAP or CMMS.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, plant engineering, maintenance engineering, or a related role within a manufacturing, chemical, refinery, pipeline, or industrial environment.
• Experience supporting plant maintenance, equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, or maintenance improvement initiatives.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with fixed and rotating equipment in a chemical manufacturing, refinery, pipeline, or similar process-industry environment.
• Experience with predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, lubrication programs, oil analysis, or related reliability tools.
• Experience applying root cause failure analysis, FMEA, PM optimization, or similar methods to improve reliability and maintenance effectiveness.
• Experience supporting equipment repairs, overhauls, turnarounds, capital projects, installation, or startup activities.

Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains reliability and sustainability engineering projects that improve equipment performance, reduce costs, extend asset life, and support safe plant operations.
• Provides engineering support to Maintenance and Operations by troubleshooting equipment issues, evaluating repair needs, and recommending corrective actions.
• Investigates equipment failures, recurring issues, and reliability concerns using root cause analysis and other reliability tools to prevent repeat failures.
• Supports preventive and predictive maintenance programs by reviewing routines, evaluating effectiveness, and identifying improvements to reduce equipment risk.
• Analyzes downtime, failure history, maintenance trends, and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities and communicate insights to plant leadership.
• Provides technical input for maintenance scopes, turnarounds, repairs, overhauls, replacements, capital improvements, and project execution.
• Supports equipment design, specification, installation, inspection, repair, upgrade, and startup to ensure assets are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with applicable standards.
• Partners with site teams to document repair practices, equipment guidance, procedures, JSAs, MOCs, and lessons learned to improve consistency and long-term reliability.
• Identifies cost reduction and reliability improvement opportunities through spare parts strategy, lubrication practices, oil analysis, repair techniques, and reduced rework.
• Promotes safe and compliant maintenance practices by ensuring reliability recommendations, equipment changes, and improvement efforts support site requirements.