What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at LANXESS and Careers?
Job Highlights
Partner with Engineering and Operations to ensure new and modified installations are reliable, technically compliant, and maintainable, in alignment with the Life Cycle Asset Management process.Support the development of design and installation specifications, commissioning plans, and acceptance/inspection criteria.
Participate in evaluating equipment, MRO suppliers, and technical service providers to ensure compliance with reliability standards.
Conduct final checks of new installations to verify readiness and compliance.
Lead initiatives to improve reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
Develop and refine Asset Maintenance Plans by:
Defining value-added preventive maintenance tasks.
Applying predictive and non-destructive testing methods to identify and mitigate reliability issues.
Contribute to Risk Management planning to anticipate both reliability-related and regulatory risks that could impact plant operations.
Support engineering solutions for repetitive failures and operational issues affecting capacity, quality, cost, or compliance.
Collaborate with Production to analyze asset performance, including:
Asset utilization
Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
Remaining useful life
Other key indicators of operating condition, reliability, and cost
Experience and Skills
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.5 years of relevant experience preferred (candidates with less experience may be considered).
Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate equipment failures impacting plant reliability.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across departments.
Location: El Dorado Central
Employee Type: Regular
Who we are
LANXESS is a leading specialty chemicals company with about 12,000 employees in 32 countries. The core business of LANXESS is the development, manufacturing and marketing of chemical intermediates, additives and consumer protection products. LANXESS has achieved leading positions in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class Index and the MSCI ESG and ISS ESG ratings, among others, for its commitment to sustainability.
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What we offer you
- Compensation: We offer competitive compensation packages, inclusive of a global bonus program and an individual performance bonus program. Please note, the actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, education, and skill level.
- Comprehensive Benefits: We provide a variety of benefits to support your financial security, health and wellbeing including retirement plans, health programs, life insurance and medical care.
- Work-Life & Flexibility: We support you in maintaining a balance between working hours and personal life. With our global “Xwork” program, we offer flexible working arrangements in all countries in which we operate.
- Training & Development: We are committed to your professional and personal development and encourage you in the ongoing pursuit of education, training and knowledge through both formal and informal learning.
- Diversity: LANXESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or attributes, religion, national origin, veteran status and political beliefs.
LANXESS has a value-based performance culture. We are seeking a range of human interests, backgrounds, and experiences that can be engaged to achieve respect, ownership, trust, professionalism, integrity and healing across all sectors.
We are looking to find diverse and talented people to join our team. Studies have shown that some individuals are less likely to apply if they do not meet 100% of the criteria. We are looking to equalize the gap! If you are excited about this role but your past experiences do not align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We will look to assess your talent against our competencies, values and requirements to get the best organizational fit. You might be the right candidate for this or other roles we have available!
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