Division Reliability Engineer – Multi‑Site Mills

Greif; Austell (GA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 221,000; Full time

Job summary

Greif is seeking an experienced Division Reliability Engineer to enhance equipment reliability across its six mills within Sustainable Fiber Solutions. You will assess maintenance practices, identify opportunities, and implement durable improvements that reduce unplanned downtime.

You will partner with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations teams to lead root-cause investigations, develop KPIs, and build standardized reliability processes across the network.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• Typically 12+ years of relevant engineering, reliability, or industrial maintenance experience.
• Proven reliability engineering experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, equipment criticality, condition monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance work processes.
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems, industrial instrumentation, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to analyze equipment and downtime data and translate findings into practical improvement actions.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, training, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multiple sites and functions.
• Ability to manage multiple reliability initiatives and priorities.
• Willingness to travel regularly to supported mill locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop reliability improvement plans across multiple facilities.
• Analyze downtime and maintenance data to identify recurring failures.
• Troubleshoot chronic equipment issues and implement corrective actions.
• Strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance and condition monitoring.
• Develop reliability KPIs, reports, and dashboards.
• Support CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance processes.
• Lead reliability assessments and root cause problem solving.
• Provide hands-on reliability support at mill locations when needed.
• Share reliability standards and best practices across mills.
• Evaluate reliability technologies and support capital planning decisions.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Downtime analysis

Root cause analysis

Predictive maintenance

Data analysis

Cross-site collaboration

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS/EAM systems

Job description

Greif is seeking an experienced Division Reliability Engineer to enhance equipment reliability across its six mills within Sustainable Fiber Solutions. You will assess maintenance practices, identify opportunities, and implement durable improvements that reduce unplanned downtime.

You will partner with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations teams to lead root-cause investigations, develop KPIs, and build standardized reliability processes across the network.