Equipment Reliability Engineer (On-site)

Qnity; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Qnity seeks an Area Equipment Engineer to support production reliability in our Newark, Delaware facilities. You will diagnose equipment issues, guide repairs, and drive technical improvements that boost uptime and safety for critical manufacturing lines.

You'll work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, and process engineers, providing mentorship on RCIs, MTBF analysis, and OEE initiatives to sustain world-class performance in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant industry experience (manufacturing, reliability, engineering, etc.).
• The ability to solve problems and prioritize and execute multiple tasks simultaneously is needed.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work closely with operations, maintenance, and other functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a subject matter expert in equipment failures and repair techniques during root cause investigations.
• Provides technical expertise to Unit personnel on troubleshooting failures, repairs, and evaluating whether equipment is designed to meet its intended or existing service conditions.
• Leads/participates in downtime related RCIs
• For equipment that is critical for the process ensures that work requests include engineering input on repair details such as clearances, tolerances, materials of construction, welding procedures, etc. and if necessary provide onsite/offsite technical support for deviations from this data.
• Ensures troubleshooting guides are created as appropriate and kept up to date.
• Provides maintainability input to capital project process
• Support PSM elements as applicable
• During development of turnaround, provides input on development of work orders particularly on critical equipment requiring engineering review or input.
• Reliability reviewer on minor capital projects
• Leads unit level OEE programs and participates in OEE reviews.
• Provides deeper level understanding of MTBF (mean time between failure) and improvement plan.
• Works cross functionally to support continuous improvement efforts.

Skills

Problem-solving

Interpersonal skills

Leadership by influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering

Job description

Qnity seeks an Area Equipment Engineer to support production reliability in our Newark, Delaware facilities. You will diagnose equipment issues, guide repairs, and drive technical improvements that boost uptime and safety for critical manufacturing lines.

You'll work cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, and process engineers, providing mentorship on RCIs, MTBF analysis, and OEE initiatives to sustain world-class performance in a fast-paced, high-tech environment.