Reliability Engineer

A heavy industrial manufacturing operation is seeking a Reliability Engineer to join its Maintenance & Engineering team. This role is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating asset reliability risks that could negatively impact plant operations, safety, cost, or performance. The Reliability Engineer will play a key role in improving equipment availability, reducing unplanned downtime, and driving long-term reliability improvements across the facility.

• Ensure the reliability and maintainability of production equipment, utilities, facilities, control systems, and safety/security systems
• Partner with project engineering to support the reliability and maintainability of new and modified equipment using lifecycle asset management principles
• Track production losses and high-maintenance-cost assets; lead root cause analysis efforts and implement cost-reduction initiatives
• Support the development of equipment design, installation specifications, and commissioning plans
• Participate in equipment acceptance activities, including factory and site acceptance testing
• Contribute to the evaluation and selection of equipment suppliers, MRO vendors, and technical service providers
• Define, develop, and continuously improve asset maintenance strategies, including preventive and predictive maintenance programs
• Support risk management planning related to reliability and operational disruptions
• Develop engineering solutions to recurring failures impacting capacity, cost, quality, or compliance
• Apply data-driven reliability tools and methodologies such as RCA, Six Sigma, Weibull analysis, SPC, and reliability modeling
• Collaborate closely with production teams to analyze asset utilization, overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), and equipment condition
• Define and implement lubrication strategies and lubricant selection to support equipment longevity and cost-effective maintenance

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Electrical Engineering
• 3-5 years of reliability or maintenance engineering experience in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment
• Strong working knowledge of maintenance and reliability methodologies including RCM, FMEA, PM, and PdM
• Experience in metals or rolling-process environments is a plus
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
• Familiarity with continuous improvement principles and tools
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills