What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at FPC of Savannah?
A specialty chemical manufacturing organization is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support equipment reliability, asset integrity, and continuous improvement initiatives within a complex industrial production environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead root cause investigations and implement corrective actions to eliminate recurring equipment failures
- Develop and improve preventive and predictive maintenance programs across critical plant assets
- Analyze equipment performance, downtime trends, and maintenance data to identify reliability improvement opportunities
- Support reliability-focused capital projects, equipment upgrades, and lifecycle cost evaluations
- Provide technical support during outages, turnarounds, and major maintenance activities
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline
- 3 years of experience in reliability, maintenance, or equipment engineering within chemical manufacturing, refining, or similar industrial environments
- Working knowledge of reliability methodologies such as RCA, RCM, FMEA, PM/PdM optimization, and asset management strategies
- Experience supporting rotating equipment, fixed equipment, utilities, and industrial process systems
- Familiarity with CMMS platforms and maintenance planning processes
Preferred Qualifications:
- Knowledge of PSM and mechanical integrity programs within regulated manufacturing environments preferred
- Experience with predictive maintenance technologies including vibration analysis, infrared thermography, or oil analysis
- Exposure to specialty chemicals, polymers, resins, latex, or related continuous/batch manufacturing processes
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000