What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at Hunter Recruiting?
Reliability Engineer Overview
The Maintenance Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability and performance of critical plant equipment and assets to support safe, efficient, and continuous plant operations. This role leads predictive maintenance programs, drives root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives, and partners with area owners and maintenance personnel to optimize equipment performance. The position also provides leadership to approximately two hourly Electromechanics and promotes a culture of zero accidents, zero defects, and zero losses.
Reliability Engineer Responsibilities
- Promote a zero-incident environmental, health, and safety culture by participating in incident investigations, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective and preventive actions.
- Lead, develop, and train Electromechanics, including performance reviews, skills development, scheduling, and overtime management.
- Partner with Maintenance Planners to develop weekly maintenance schedules, maximize workforce availability, and ensure work orders are completed and accurately documented.
- Lead predictive maintenance programs using industry best practices and technologies to identify and prevent equipment failures.
- Support Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives by optimizing preventive maintenance plans and identifying autonomous maintenance opportunities for critical equipment.
- Identify and resolve recurring equipment failures through root cause analysis and structured problem-solving methodologies.
- Provide technical support to maintenance personnel, including after-hours assistance with complex equipment issues.
- Conduct routine audits of safety compliance, work order accuracy, housekeeping, and maintenance procedures.
- Coordinate maintenance activities, contractors, staffing, and training to support reliable plant operations.
- Monitor maintenance performance metrics and implement continuous improvement initiatives to reduce downtime, waste, and equipment losses.
- Communicate effectively with plant personnel, contractors, and vendors regarding safety, quality, equipment, and operational issues.
Reliability Engineer Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
- Minimum of 5 years of maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Experience developing maintenance plans and strategies, identifying spare parts requirements, creating maintenance training, and conducting root cause analysis.
- Experience with predictive maintenance technologies, including thermography, ultrasonics, vibration analysis, and oil analysis.
- Experience in people leadership, maintenance planning and scheduling, and contractor management.
- Strong mechanical aptitude and knowledge of electrical systems, mechanical equipment, PLCs, and controls preferred.
- Experience working with a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS); SAP preferred.
- Knowledge of maintenance metrics, spare parts management, preventive maintenance, and predictive maintenance strategies.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, communication, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to lead, motivate, and develop personnel while maintaining a hands-on approach.
- Glass or paper manufacturing experience preferred.
Salary : $80,000 - $120,000