Senior Reliability Engineer

An educational platform on tribology — the science of friction, wear and lubrication

Engineers, researchers, students and industry professionals

Looking to speed the progress of your engineering career? Join a market a leader in ingredient manufacturing that is investing in people, plants, and technologies.

Established yet entrepreneurial: Primient is an industry leader with proven products, six manufacturing plants, 1500+ employees and deep roots in corn wet milling. Yet we’re also a brand-new company that is ready to drive change and create impact.

Inspired by a meaningful purpose: we use renewable sources to produce plant-based ingredients for some of the world’s best-known brands. It feels good to produce safe, high-quality, sustainable products – that go into everything from sodas to hand cream and cardboard to clothing.

Poised for a new era of success: we’re investing in our plants to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Our Engineers will be key to leading impactful projects and programs that help us shape the technical future of our business – guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth.

Maintenance Engineering Key Mission is to enable Equipment Maintainability – provide the parts lists, repair & inspection procedures, methods, and information enabling the success of Maintenance Planners and Skilled Trades

• Seeks Daily interaction with Plant / Area Maintenance Teams
• Develops and improves Equipment Inspection Plans, Predictive Monitoring generating timely discovery of service wear and incipient failure conditions.
• Acquires and applies Intimate Technical knowledge of Plant Equipment via Manuals, Specifications, Drawings, OEM interactions.
• Distills technical information into concise executable Task, Resource, and Procedure documents for Planners and Skilled Tradesmen.

Reliability Engineering Key Mission to prevent Plant Equipment failures, downtime, and cost.

• Improves Reliability of Plant Critical Equipment and Systems though engineered enhancements, improved Operational care & Use, and Improved Asset Care Strategies.
• Leads Process Systems reliability improvement efforts.
• Develops and Executes Small-Med Reliability-focused Cap Ex projects
• Owns Asset Care Strategies
• Owns Lubrication, PdM Technology and Application programs and efforts Develops personal and relevant Team expertise.
• Owns Asset Structure and CMMS utilization
• Supports Plant Equipment Standards creation and evergreen sustainment.
• Provides Reliability focus and support for new Capital Equipment, and integration into Asset Structures, Care Strategies, and Care Plans
• Converts Job Execution Feedback into improved Procedures, Task sequencing, Inspection criteria
• Provides Engineering solutions for component and equipment obsolescence
• Owns the Execution Metrics Criteria, and Generation methods for Operations/Maintenance Team utilization
• Owns the equipment Technical Information Repository
• Supports Capital Project equipment selection and spare parting to align with existing standards and asset base.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Plant Maintenance & Reliability Engineering or similar technical role.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems using formal techniques to evaluate systems, equipment, and processes.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and implement projects, which improve the operational effectiveness of a process.
• Experience using root cause analysis, and predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, infrared, acoustic emissions, tribology, etc.
• Strong mechanical aptitude and…