Reliability Engineer

IKO North America; Bismarck (ND); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401k Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

IKO Industries Ltd. is looking for a Reliability Engineer to minimize downtime and improve overall equipment effectiveness at the Bismarck facility. The role involves analyzing equipment performance data, optimizing maintenance programs, and collaborating with various teams to enhance productivity.

Qualifications include a university degree in Engineering, 3+ years of relevant experience, and proficiency in MS Excel and AutoCAD. This position is not remote and requires a commitment to safety and best practices.

Qualifications

• 3 or more years of experience in process manufacturing or industrial equipment design.
• Experience with plant Planning and Scheduling, shutdown procedures.
• Willing to travel occasionally within North America for training.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Strategies.
• Analyze downtime data to identify trends leading to equipment failures.
• Facilitate RCM using FMECA’s to assess criticality ranking of Failure Modes.

Skills

Proficiency with MS Excel

Proficiency with AutoCAD

Fluent in oral and written English

Problem-solving methodologies

Education

University degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical or Reliability)

Tools

CMMS

Job description

IKO Industries Ltd. is a market leader in the manufacturing of roofing and building materials. IKO is a Canadian owned and operated business with production facilities worldwide and has many years of unparalleled success in the roofing materials industry. Quality, integrity, and trustworthiness are the values that underlie this success, and we have built this company by hiring people who hold these values. People like you!

Job Description

Role: Reliability Engineer

Location- Bismarck Missouri

Reports to-Plant Manager

This is not a remote position

Job Summary:

This role focuses on minimizing downtime, reducing maintenance costs, and improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) through preventive and predictive maintenance strategies. The Reliability Engineer analyzes equipment performance data, identifies root causes of failures, and develops long‑term solutions to improve asset reliability. Additionally, this role collaborates with maintenance, production, and engineering teams to implement best practices, optimize maintenance programs, and drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, product quality, and operational sustainability.

Benefits

• Health Insurance (includes teledoc, virtual health, FSA, HCSA & other benefits)
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Health Spending Account
• Employee Support and Mental Wellness
• Short term disability
• 401k Match
• Paid vacation
• Floating days
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Engagement Events
• Awards and Recognition
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Service Awards
• Employee Perks & Discounts

Job Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize cost justified Predictive and Preventative Maintenance Strategies and Reliability Best Practices at the plant.
• Providing necessary CMMS related training to the end users, adhering to the Maximo SOP.
• Administrating, maintaining and continuously improve the Electrical and Mechanical Preventative Maintenance system to improve safety, product quality, production efficiency and labor/material effectiveness.
• Analyzing the Pareto value of Production Losses due to downtime, rate reduction and waste of specific critical equipment, identifying highest gain for Root Cause Analysis efforts.
• Reviewing downtime data history to identify trends and repeat events leading up to failures as part of the methodology identifying root causes of failures in equipment and processes.
• Facilitating RCM, using FMECA’s to assess criticality ranking of existing Failure Modes, identify and design out the Root Causes of defects and develop Predictive and Preventive Strategies to reduce impact or detect defects early enough to correct before an unplanned failure.
• Assessing and optimizing the spare parts required to support the critical PM tasks developed from the RCM.
• Evaluating justification of new technologies or inspection procedures to replace current instrumentation controls, sensors, drives, and other electrical components and inspection strategies.
• Other related reliability and maintenance responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Completion of University degree in Engineering (preferably in Electrical, Mechanical or Reliability Engineering)
• 3 or more years of experience in process manufacturing or industrial equipment design environments (Preferably with Maintenance)
• Fluent in oral and written English
• Proficiency with MS Excel, AutoCAD, and CMMS
• Proven problem solver with various methodologies
• Experience with plant Planning and Scheduling, shutdown procedures and Best Practices
• Willing to travel occasionally within North America for training and/or assist at other IKO Plants
• Excellent communication and analytical skills
• Self‑directed, takes initiative and is self‑motivated to exceed Roles, Responsibilities and Expectations
• Facilitation of multiple RCM’s using FMECA’s to set Criticality to equipment failure modes

Benefits of Employment:

IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee’s sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO. The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO. We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment:

IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability. IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.