What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at RAND-WHITNEY INDUSTRIES CORP?
Bonus Eligible: Yes
SUMMARY
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and sustaining reliability-centered maintenance strategies that improve equipment performance, reduce unplanned downtime, and enhance overall manufacturing efficiency. This role provides technical leadership to maintenance teams, partners with operations to drive continuous improvement, and uses data-driven analysis to identify root causes and optimize asset reliability. The Reliability Engineer serves as a subject-matter expert in preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance practices across the facility.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the development, execution, and continuous improvement of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) strategies aligned with asset criticality and business objectives.
- Serve as the facility’s technical authority for asset reliability, independently assessing equipment performance, identifying systemic risks, and defining engineering solutions.
- Analyze reliability and performance data (e.g., OEE, MTBF, MTTR, downtime trends) to anticipate failures, prioritize risk, and guide engineering decisions.
- Establish standards and best practices for preventive, predictive, and condition-based maintenance programs to ensure effectiveness and long-term sustainability.
- Lead complex root cause investigations and implement permanent corrective actions to eliminate repeat failures.
- Provide engineering guidance to maintenance and operations teams by influencing work prioritization, outage planning, and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Define engineering requirements and provide technical input for capital projects, equipment modifications, and new installations, ensuring reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost considerations are addressed.
- Identify and lead equipment, component, and process standardization initiatives to reduce variability and improve maintainability.
- Govern the accuracy, integrity, and use of reliability and CMMS data, producing meaningful analysis and performance reporting to support leadership decision-making.
- Prepare and present technical evaluations, risk assessments, and business cases to site and reliability leadership.
- Lead cross-functional continuous improvement initiatives that deliver measurable gains in equipment uptime, maintenance cost reduction, and operational stability.
- Exercise independent judgment in managing priorities, balancing production demands with reliability risk, and advancing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Special projects and assignments as business dictates
- Responsible for the maintenance, creation and control of all personally identifiable information or any other information protected by any Confidentiality or Privacy Standards or Company Policies that you have access or knowledge of, including but not limited to any state or federal regulations including HIPAA
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, or Manufacturing) or a combination of relevant education and experience
- 6-8 years of industrial maintenance, reliability, or engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience with corrugated packaging or similar high-speed manufacturing equipment required
- Knowledge of preventative and predictive maintenance practices and reliability tools (RCA, FMEA, condition-based monitoring)
- Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, and automation systems
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, schematics, and technical manuals
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience using a CMMS for maintenance documentation and work order tracking
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced production environment
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced production environment
- Must have attention to detail and focused concentration
- Must be able to learn new tasks and complete tasks independently
- Must be able to make timely decisions in the context of the workflow
- Must possess strong organizational skills, ability to multi-task and responsiveness
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Regularly required to stand and walk, climb, kneel, crouch and crawl; use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and talk or hear
- Lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and ability to adjust focus
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
WORK ENVIRONMENT
- Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and varying temperatures
- Noise level requires hearing protection in production areas
- Manufacturing environment with exposure to paper dust and industrial equipment
- May require work across multiple plant locations as needed
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
- Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (CMRP) preferred
OTHER DUTIES
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
This company is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.
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Salary : $113,000 - $131,000