Reliablity Engineer

Hydrite

Terre Haute (IN)

On-site

USD 80,000 - 100,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Up to 10% Retirement Contribution

$600 per Year Wellness Incentive

Two-Three Weeks Starting Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental, and Vision - Eligible first day of the month following hire date.

Job summary

Hydrite is seeking a Reliability Engineer for their Terre Haute plant in Indiana. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of facilities and equipment, developing maintenance strategies and procedures to enhance performance and reliability. A Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering and 5-10 years of relevant experience are required. Additional benefits include retirement contribution, wellness incentives, and comprehensive medical coverage.

Qualifications

5-10 years of experience in a technical field.
3-5 years of experience in chemical/food processing or manufacturing.
Experience with PSM/RMP or Calarp methodology.

Responsibilities

Ensure the reliability of facilities, equipment, utilities, processes, and systems.
Develop and implement a reliability strategy.
Monitor effectiveness of maintenance strategies.

Skills

Expert-level knowledge in one or more areas

Strong computer skills

Ability to effectively communicate

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering

Tools

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (Maximo preferred)

Job description

Who We Are

We are a company where people matter. We are family driven. We are financially strong. And we are looking for problem-solvers to join our growing team.

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Benefits

Up to 10% Retirement Contribution
$600 per Year Wellness Incentive
Two-Three Weeks Starting Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental, and Vision - Eligible first day of the month following hire date.

RELIABLITY ENGINEER

The purpose of this position is to ensure the reliability of facilities, equipment, utilities, processes, and systems at the Terre Haute plant. You will create programs and procedures to support reliability and mechanical integrity. This role oversees safe, reliable, and cost-effective maintenance in a manufacturing setting, focusing on improving reliability, safety, and environmental compliance. The engineer also develops maintenance resources and drives continuous improvement initiatives.

Safety

Champion safety principles, job planning, and process safety initiatives.
Ensure assets operate within design parameters and meet regulatory standards.
Maintain robust safety practices and assist with hazard assessments to prevent future

Maintenance And Reliability

Develop and implement a reliability strategy for critical equipment or systems by utilizing maintenance best practices and KPIs to improve equipment reliability to enhance operational safety and performance.
Develop design, installation, test, and inspection criteria for equipment and suppliers.
Inspect new installations to ensure they meet specifications and make recommendations to modify current installations when needed.
Define, develop, and maintain an asset maintenance plan and Mechanical Integrity.
Support site Mechanical Integrity element owners and other PSM/RMP/Calarp programs.
Develop Continuous Improvement opportunities to remove waste and control cost around plant maintenance.
Become knowledgeable on the functionality of the CMMS (Maximo) and historian software (ex. Delta-V PI) to better utilize these systems to improve overall maintenance.
Develop, implement, and maintain a process to communicate the plant maintenance/reliability KPIs based on the maintenance program to ensure quality information is available to evaluate equipment life, performance, and issues.
Investigate equipment failures and ‘bad actors’ to determine root cause and implement the necessary corrective actions to eliminate failures.
Develop preventative maintenance schedules to ensure the correct level of activity to successfully maintain equipment. Monitor effectiveness and update as needed.

Leadership And Development

Collaboration with facilities maintenance and operations teams to drive safety, quality, reliability, and performance.
Provide technical and operational support for site regarding plant equipment and operation.
Assist in training and development of Maintenance personnel around technical and procedural practices.
Identify and attend regular training to improve department knowledge and capabilities including membership in relevant organizations.

Competencies:

REPORTING STRUCTURE

This position reports to the Maintenance and Reliability Manager

Experience And Educational Criteria

A Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Chemical Engineering and work within a technical field, with 5-10 or more years of experience.
Three to five years of chemical/food processing or manufacturing experience with supervisory or management experience.
Serves as leader of authority with expert‑level knowledge in one or more areas. Makes authoritative decisions and recommendations that are backed in data and experience.
Plans, organizes, guides projects and consult with others at the facilities.
Able to collect, manipulate data and build tools/dashboards to report MI and Reliability. Experience with PSM/RMP or Calarp methodology.
Experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, design, function, and process. Maximo preferred.
Ability to effectively communicate, both verbal and written, with employees and management.
Strong computer skills and knowledge of Power Point, Word, and Excel required. (Business Intelligence not required, but preferred)
Must have communication and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to read, write, and speak English.

Additional Benefits

Benefits and perks include 401k and profit sharing, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, adoption assistance, legal services insurance, scholarship awards for children of employees, summer picnic, community giving events, free family wellness coaching including nutritionist and fitness coach.

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