Maintenance Reliability Engineer

mitsubishichemicalgroup; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Soarnol is seeking a Maintenance Reliability Engineer to own equipment reliability in a hands-on chemical manufacturing setting in La Porte, TX. You’ll split time between reliability initiatives, field troubleshooting, and supporting reliability and capital projects with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering.

The role emphasizes working with rotating and stationary equipment, applying RCFA, RCM, FMEA, and asset criticality to reduce downtime, while maintaining thorough documentation and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience in a chemical plant.
• Hands-on experience with rotating and stationary equipment.
• Experience with pumps, seals, bearings, piping, valves, tanks, or pressure vessels.
• Knowledge of maintenance and reliability best practices.
• Understanding of Process Safety Management (PSM).
• Experience with reliability methods (RCM, FMEA, asset criticality, RCFA).
• Ability to collaborate across Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and SHE.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot mechanical equipment issues with Maintenance and Operations.
• Improve reliability and performance of rotating and stationary equipment.
• Investigate recurring failures and develop practical solutions.
• Apply RCFA, RCM, FMEA, and asset criticality principles.
• Support MOC activities and reliability-related changes.
• Partner with Engineering on capital projects to include reliability in design.
• Develop concepts and docs for repairs, replacements, improvements.
• Support equipment checkout, commissioning, startup.
• Participate in Process Hazard Analyses, safety audits, and investigations.
• Maintain equipment documentation and drawings.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

RCFA

RCM

FMEA

Asset criticality

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Company: Soarnol

Job Description: Maintenance Reliability Engineer

Are you a Mechanical Engineer who enjoys getting out from behind the desk, troubleshooting equipment, and solving reliability challenges where your work has a direct impact on plant performance?

Mitsubishi Chemical America is looking for a Maintenance Reliability Engineer to join our Soarnol team in La Porte, Texas. This is an opportunity to take ownership of equipment reliability while working closely with Maintenance, Operations, and Engineering in a hands-on chemical manufacturing environment.

This role is ideal for an engineer who combines strong mechanical fundamentals with practical field experience. You'll spend approximately 50% of your time focused on reliability initiatives, 30-40% supporting equipment and troubleshooting in the field, and the remainder supporting reliability and capital projects.

As a key mechanical and reliability resource for the site, you will:

• Troubleshoot mechanical equipment issues alongside Maintenance and Operations, providing second-level technical support when problems require engineering expertise.
• Improve the reliability and performance of both rotating and stationary equipment, including pumps, mechanical seals, bearings, blowers, piping, valves, tanks, and pressure vessels.
• Investigate recurring equipment failures and develop practical, sustainable solutions that improve equipment performance and reduce downtime.
• Apply maintenance and reliability best practices, including Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA), Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), FMEA, and asset criticality principles.
• Support mechanical systems and reliability-related Management of Change (MOC) activities.
• Partner with the Engineering team on capital projects to ensure maintenance and reliability requirements are incorporated into equipment design and installation.
• Develop concepts and technical documentation for maintenance-related equipment repairs, replacements, and improvements.
• Support equipment checkout, commissioning, and start-up activities.
• Participate in Process Hazard Analyses, safety audits, and incident investigations as needed.
• Maintain equipment documentation, engineering files, procedures, specifications, and drawings to support long-term mechanical integrity.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience in a chemical plant environment
• Strong hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, repairing, overhauling, or installing rotating machinery and stationary equipment
• Working knowledge of pumps, mechanical seals, bearings, piping, valves, tanks, and pressure vessels
• Knowledge of maintenance and reliability best practices
• Understanding of Process Safety Management (PSM), particularly as it relates to mechanical and asset integrity
• Experience with reliability methodologies such as RCM, FMEA, asset criticality, or root cause analysis
• Ability to work effectively across Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and SHE teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional (CMRP) or Certified Reliability Engineer (CRE)
• Root Cause Failure Analysis training
• Experience with centrifugal and positive displacement pumps
• Experience supporting mechanical reliability improvements within a PSM-covered chemical or process manufacturing facility

Why This Role?

This isn't a reliability position where you'll spend all day analyzing data from behind a desk. You'll have the opportunity to be visible in the plant, work directly with the equipment, partner with experienced maintenance professionals, and solve real mechanical reliability challenges.

If you're a Mechanical Engineer who enjoys understanding why equipment fails-and figuring out how to keep it from happening again-we'd love to hear from you.

The salary range for this position is $130,000-$140,000. Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary may also be subject to geographic adjustment if authorization is granted to work outside of the posted location.