Lead Reliability Engineer

Solstice; Colonial Heights, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 157,000; Full time

Job summary

Solstice Advanced Materials in Colonial Heights, VA, seeks a Lead Reliability Engineer to drive reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets and to serve as Area Leader for Utilities & Solvent Recovery.

You will lead engineers, maintenance coordinators, supervisors and hourly technicians, partnering with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and HSE to minimize downtime, energy use and emissions while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or industrial settings.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline is required.
• Proven reliability, maintenance or industrial operations experience with utility systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and maintain reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets.
• Identify recurring equipment failures and develop sustainable corrective actions.
• Use reliability data and downtime metrics to identify improvement opportunities and prevent downtime.
• Provide engineering support for equipment modifications, replacements, upgrades, and capital projects.
• Serve as Area Leader for the Utilities & Solvent Recovery department and lead the maintenance team.
• Coordinate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and HSE to align priorities and actions.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Leadership

Industrial utilities

Maintenance engineering

Communication

Project management

Crisis management

SAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related engineering discipline

Tools

SAP

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 Us

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 .

Job Info

• Job Identification 107732
• Job Category Integrated Supply Chain
• Posting Date 08/24/2026, 09:21 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 15801 Woods Edge Rd, Colonial Heights, VA, 23834, US
• Hire Eligibility Internal and External
• Relocation Package None
• Pay Transparency $125760k -$157456k
• US Person Due to U.S. export control laws, candidates must be U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status under asylum or refugee.