Lead Reliability Engineer

Solstice Advanced Materials; Colonial Heights (VA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k) match

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Solstice Advanced Materials seeks a Lead Reliability Engineer and Area Leader for Utilities & Solvent Recovery in Virginia. You will lead a team of engineers, maintenance coordinators, supervisors and hourly technicians to ensure safe, reliable operation of boilers, chillers, HVAC, and solvent recovery systems to support production.

You will collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and HSE to minimize downtime, energy use and environmental impact while guiding capital projects and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or an industrial setting.
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, chemical, electrical, reliability engineering or related field.
• Demonstrated experience in reliability/maintenance engineering or industrial operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets.
• Identify bad actors and recurring equipment failures and develop sustainable corrective actions.
• Utilize reliability data, downtime and maintenance metrics to identify improvements and reduce production downtime.
• Provide engineering support for equipment modifications, replacements and capital projects.
• Serve as the Area Leader for Utilities & Solvent Recovery department.
• Lead Maintenance Coordinators, area Supervisors and Process Engineers.
• Provide technical/leadership oversight for site utility infrastructure and emission controls.

Skills

Leadership

Reliability engineering

Project management

Communication

Crisis management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

This position serves as both the site’s Lead Reliability Engineer and the Area Leader for Utilities & Solvent Recovery, providing technical leadership and organizational direction to a team consisting of engineers, maintenance coordinators, supervisors and hourly technicians. This role has overall accountability for the safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant operation of critical site utility systems, including boilers, compressed air systems, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC systems, and associated utility infrastructure, as well as the site’s solvent recovery operations. The role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE, and other functional leaders to ensure the site’s critical infrastructure supports production requirements while minimizing unplanned downtime, energy consumption, environmental impact, and operating cost. Management of the solvent recovery area includes ensuring regulatory compliance with a number of pollution control units and their associated emissions management.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets.
• Identify bad actors and recurring equipment failures and develop sustainable corrective actions.
• Utilize reliability data, failure history, downtime information, and maintenance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and ensure utilities equipment is properly maintained to avoid production downtime
• Provide engineering support for equipment modifications, replacements, upgrades, and capital projects.
• Serve as the overall Area Leader for the Utilities & Solvent Recovery department
• Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for the Maintenance Coordinator, area Supervisor, and Process Engineer supporting the area.
• Provide technical and leadership oversight for the site’s utility infrastructure and emission controls devices and equipment, including off-hour support (by phone or in person as needed) to ensure avoidance or minimization of production losses associated with equipment and process failures
• Coordinate daily between site Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and HSE to ensure alignment and action on priorities and threats

Qualifications

YOU MUST HAVE

• 5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or an industrial setting
• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations.
• Experience with industrial utility systems
• Ability to effectively communicate technical information to both hourly and salaried personnel
• Strong project management and organizational skills
• Ability to function clearly and safely in crisis conditions and work under pressure

WE VALUE

• Experience with boilers, steam systems, compressed air, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC, or similar industrial utility systems.
• Experience with solvent recovery, distillation, evaporation, or related chemical processing systems.
• Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM).
• Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance reliability programs .
• Experience leading capital projects and equipment installations.
• Experience managing or leading maintenance and engineering personnel.
• Experience with energy management and utility optimization.
• Advanced manufacturing knowledge focusing on Maintenance and Operational Excellence.
• Experience in Reliability Engineering.
• Familiarity with predictive maintenance techniques.
• Understanding of mechanical integrity program management.
• Experience in Process Safety Managed sites; knowledge of OSHA 19.10 PSM Elements.
• Proficiency in using SAP or similar systems.
• Significant leadership experience and a proven track record of leading teams to successful product delivery.
• Experience improving team performance through coaching and team building.
• A commitment to raising standards annually to drive organizational excellence.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence and interact effectively at all organizational levels.
• Leadership that demonstrates sound and timely judgment in ambiguous environments.

U.s. Person Requirements

Due to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.

Compensation

The annual base salary range for this position is $125760k -$157456k. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice Advanced Materials considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.

Benefits Of Working For Solstice Advanced Materials

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit:

Solstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. Learn more about inclusion and diversity :

About Solstice Advanced Materials

Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials .