What are the responsibilities and job description for the Reliability Engineer position at Spectra Tech, Inc.?
Spectra Tech, Inc. is hiring for a Reliability Engineer (RE) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Spectra Tech, Inc. is seeking a Reliability Engineer to optimize asset performance across production, engineering, projects, and maintenance-reducing downtime and failure rates while increasing equipment reliability. You'll provide recommendations and technical expertise that enhance equipment design, reliability, and maintainability, and lead proactive maintenance strategies and RAMI/RCM analyses.
What You'll Do- Serve as the strategic interface supporting Production, Operations, Infrastructure Management, and Craft personnel with reliability-based technical guidance.
- Define and support implementation of recommendations that improve reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, and safety/security systems.
- Gather, review, and analyze RAMI data (reliability, availability, maintainability, inspectability) for systems and facilities; review manuals, data sheets, and technical basis docs.
- Lead integration of project and plant RAMI deliverables; develop proactive maintenance strategies for structures, systems, and components.
- Perform failure mode identification and root-cause failure analysis; conduct trend analysis of critical assets.
- Define, develop, implement, revise, and monitor Asset Management Plans; deploy condition-based/predictive and other NDT methodologies to surface issues before failure.
- Complete and present RAMI and Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analyses, including labor distributions, critical spares, proactive plans, failure rates (MTBF/MTTR), and life-cycle cost analysis.
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering or physical-science discipline from an ABET-accredited program.
- Must meet DOE O 426.2 qualification requirements (Baccalaureate in Engineering/Related Science, 2 years job-related experience, and 1 year nuclear experience, or DOE-approved alternative). Note: 426.2 experience may be satisfied after hire; in the interim, no duties impacting the safety basis of nuclear facilities will be assigned.
- BS 5 years of Reliability Engineering experience or MS 2 years of Reliability Engineering experience.
- MUST have the ability to obtain a Q Clearance and HRP
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively; strong interpersonal skills; effective oral/written communication.
- Site-wide collaboration skills; proven problem-solving/analytical ability; capacity to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Spectra Tech’s policy is to give equal opportunity to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, individuals with a disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.