Reliability Engineer

As an S&C Electric team member, you’ll work on projects that have real-world impact. You’ll help transform the grid for resilient and reliable power worldwide. S&C has more than a 100-year history of innovation and has been 100% employee-owned since 2012. We continue this legacy as a trusted, forward-thinking leader in the electrical industry. You will advance a safer, more reliable, and more resilient electrical grid.

Our products help the grid adapt to severe weather and transition to clean energy. We’re big enough to be a respected industry leader but small enough for you to impact our company directly. Our commitment gives you opportunities to impact on and off the job positively.

Join S&C to make an impact on tomorrow’s energy challenges and become an employee-owner.

• 8:00 am – 5:00 pm On-Site (Chicago, IL)

At S&C, we are dedicated to providing competitive and equitable compensation for all our team members, and we are committed to transparency in our pay practices.
The estimated annual base salary range for this position is $85,580 - $113,451.8. Individual pay within this salary range is determined by several compensable factors, including performance, knowledge, job-related skills and experience, and relevant education or training. This role is also eligible for S&C’s annual incentive plan (AIP), subject to eligibility criteria.

Are you passionate about Value Stream Engineering? S&C Electric Company is seeking a dynamic individual to join our reliability function. As a Reliability Engineer, you’ll be crucial in ensuring smooth operations and supporting our diverse team.

The Reliability Engineer performs a variety of tasks, functions equipment reconditioning, predictive maintenance and asset management. Related tasks and functions include providing technical expertise to support equipment troubleshooting and problem-solving, managing reliability improvement programs/projects and asset risk assessment. Major equipment repairs, equipment rebuilds and refurbishments, control upgrades and other major equipment modifications and improvements are coordinated as a result of these evaluations.

This work requires effective interactions with Maintenance, Facilities, Process Engineering, Project leaders and leadership from other areas of the company. Activities also require an understanding of the use of Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS-Oracle eAM) and related asset data analysis.

• Coordinate and implement data collection for reliability from various production machines including PLC controlled process and CNC controlled machine tools.
• Develop and implement preventative and predictive maintenance programs to improve asset reliability and maintainability.
• Perform asset risk assessments, life cycle evaluations and develop reliability improvement and cost savings proposals.
• Utilize available Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) data related to inventory management, asset management, work order histories and project coordination to define reliability gaps and achieve improvement targets.
• Provide troubleshooting and technical problem-solving support for maintenance technicians and project leaders.
• Plan and coordinate multiple reliability improvement projects concurrently to meet budgets and project timetable.

Job Requirements (To select this job at a minimum you must have the following):

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering or strong/in-depth tenure working within an industrial facility as a Reliability Engineer (Advanced Degree and/or Reliability certification a plus.
• 4-5 years of experience working on reliability improvement projects and implementing predictive maintenance and life-cycle extension programs.
• Reliable project planning, coordination and leadership skills, experience completing reliability improvement projects.
• Ability to accurately interpret documentation, equipment assembly drawings, PLC ladder logic and mechanical or electrical schematics for various production equipment/systems.
• Knowledge in CMMS practices, objectives, terminology and metrics with experience in driving…