Plant Reliability Engineer - Predictive Maintenance & Safety

Suncoke; Granite City (IL); On-site; USD 69,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

SunCoke is seeking a qualified Reliability Engineer to maintain compliance with safety and environmental regulations while leading initiatives under the SunCoke Visible Safety Program. The role focuses on predictive maintenance, data analysis, and reliability improvements across plant sites.

You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering, develop RCA and MTBF tracking, use CMMS (Maximo) for asset history, and apply lubrication, vibration, and thermal monitoring to reduce

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering; 5–7 years experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CMRP certification is preferred.
• Background in CMMS usage for preventive and predictive (PdM) maintenance, troubleshooting, failure analysis and reporting.
• Experience with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis, thermographics and lubrication monitoring.
• Experience with fixed equipment codes (API-510, 570, 653) and welding technologies; knowledge of heat transfer systems, boiler systems, hydraulic, pneumatic, power transmission and fire protection systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint); knowledge of Maximo preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintains compliance with federal, state and local safety and environmental regulations and reports deviations.
• Leads in the SunCoke Visible Safety Program including Safety Improvement Plans, 5S, Hazard Identification and Safety Observations.
• Participates in safety incident investigations and implements corrective actions.
• Monitors and analyzes reports to identify trends, root causes, and non-compliance; implements corrective actions.
• Oversees predictive technologies including lubrication, vibration, ultrasound and other technologies; trains plant personnel.
• Identifies best practices and drives improvement projects across plant sites to improve reliability.
• Interfaces between operations, maintenance and engineering to ensure reliability principles are factored into design and purchasing decisions.
• Works with plant personnel to develop repair approaches when usual methods aren’t available.
• Develops and supports reliability tracking methods such as asset utilization, MTBF and MTTR.
• Performs troubleshooting with hydraulic systems, conveyors, and related equipment; recommends actions and coordinates implementation.
• Develops and verifies specifications for equipment design, installation and maintenance.
• Utilizes CMMS and process monitoring systems to track performance and total cost of ownership.
• Performs field audits of vendors and suppliers to validate quality to specifications.

Skills

CMMS usage

Predictive maintenance

Vibration analysis

Lubrication monitoring

API-510/570/653

Maximo

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

CMRP certification (preferred)

Tools

Maximo

Microsoft Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

SunCoke is seeking a qualified Reliability Engineer to maintain compliance with safety and environmental regulations while leading initiatives under the SunCoke Visible Safety Program. The role focuses on predictive maintenance, data analysis, and reliability improvements across plant sites.

You will collaborate with operations, maintenance, and engineering, develop RCA and MTBF tracking, use CMMS (Maximo) for asset history, and apply lubrication, vibration, and thermal monitoring to reduce