Reliability Engineer

Integrecruiting; Carrollton (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrecruiting is seeking an experienced Reliability Supervisor to provide leadership for mechanical and electrical systems in a heavy industrial manufacturing environment. The role focuses on improving equipment performance, reducing downtime, and strengthening maintenance effectiveness through preventive and predictive maintenance, RCFA, CMMS data integrity, and risk-based reliability strategies.

The supervisor will partner with Maintenance Planner-Schedulers, engineers, and plant leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in industrial maintenance or reliability.
• Experience in heavy industrial, process manufacturing environments.
• Strong mechanical and electrical reliability knowledge.
• Experience with RCFA and preventive/predictive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance Planner-Schedulers alignment.
• Develop and optimize Preventive Maintenance programs.
• Adjust maintenance frequencies based on data.
• Support RCFA investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain CMMS data integrity and asset hierarchy.
• Collaborate across maintenance, engineering, and operations.
• Promote reliability best practices across the plant.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical skills

CMMS competency

RCFA experience

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Condition Monitoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial maintenance or reliability

Tools

CMMS / EAM

Data analysis tools

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Reliability Supervisor to provide reliability engineering leadership and support for mechanical and electrical systems within a heavy industrial manufacturing environment.

This role is focused on improving equipment performance, reducing repetitive failures, and strengthening maintenance effectiveness through preventive maintenance, condition-based maintenance, root cause analysis, equipment criticality, CMMS data integrity, and risk-based reliability strategies.

The Reliability Supervisor will work closely with Maintenance Planner-Schedulers, mechanical and electrical maintenance personnel, storeroom teams, engineering, and plant leadership to improve asset reliability, equipment availability, and long-term maintenance performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and support Mechanical and Electrical Maintenance Planner-Schedulers, ensuring maintenance strategies, job plans, and schedules align with reliability and operational objectives.
• Develop, refine, and optimize the area Preventive Maintenance program, including equipment-specific failure mode mitigation strategies.
• Adjust preventive maintenance frequencies using equipment history and performance data to improve reliability while avoiding unnecessary or excessive maintenance.
• Collaborate with Condition Monitoring personnel to support implementation of mechanical and electrical predictive / condition-based maintenance strategies.
• Ensure corrective work identified through condition monitoring is properly planned, scheduled, and executed.
• Lead the area Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) program, facilitating investigations and ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
• Track and report the progress and effectiveness of corrective actions associated with equipment failures.
• Conduct Bad Actor Analysis using maintenance history, equipment performance, failure rates, and other available data to identify recurring equipment problems.
• Develop and oversee improvement plans for chronic equipment issues, including equipment redesign, maintenance strategy changes, repair improvements, or replacement recommendations.
• Monitor and analyze production equipment reliability data using modern analytical techniques to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of CMMS equipment data, including functional locations, equipment structures, and master data.
• Support effective maintenance planning, asset management, and reliability initiatives through strong CMMS practices.
• Ensure critical spare parts are properly identified, specified, and maintained.
• Collaborate with maintenance and storeroom personnel to align spare-parts inventory with equipment reliability strategies and operational needs.
• Support development of maintenance strategies, equipment structures, and spare-parts requirements for new or modified equipment prior to commissioning.
• Coordinate with engineering, maintenance, installation teams, storeroom personnel, and other departments during equipment implementation and improvement projects.
• Promote open communication among Planner-Schedulers, maintenance teams, reliability personnel, engineering, and operations.
• Help standardize reliability and maintenance practices across the assigned area.
• Conduct compliance and process audits and identify opportunities to improve maintenance efficiency and reliability performance.
• Stay current with emerging reliability technologies, maintenance software, equipment technologies, and industry best practices through professional development, vendors, technical resources, and continuing education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and/or at least 5 years of experience in an industrial maintenance or reliability role
• Experience working in a heavy industrial, process manufacturing, metals, automotive, chemical, mining, paper, cement, power generation, or similarly demanding manufacturing environment
• Strong understanding of mechanical and electrical equipment reliability
• Experience developing and improving Preventive Maintenance programs
• Familiarity with industrial Condition Monitoring / Predictive Maintenance technologies
• Experience conducting Root Cause Failure Analysis
• Experience identifying and correcting recurring equipment failures
• Ability to navigate and utilize standard CMMS functions
• Experience working with equipment hierarchy, functional locations, master data, work orders, and maintenance history
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Advanced and versatile computer skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively across maintenance, engineering, operations, reliability, and storeroom functions

Preferred Experience

Strong candidates may have experience with:

• Reliability Engineering
• Mechanical Maintenance
• Electrical Maintenance
• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
• Condition Monitoring
• Vibration Analysis
• Oil Analysis
• Thermography
• Failure Mode Analysis
• Bad Actor Analysis
• Equipment Criticality Ranking
• Risk-Based Maintenance
• Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
• CMMS / EAM systems
• Spare Parts Optimization
• Equipment commissioning and startup

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on reliability professional who is comfortable operating in a large-scale heavy industrial environment and understands the relationship between equipment reliability, maintenance execution, production performance, and operational risk.

This person should be capable of looking beyond individual equipment failures and identifying the underlying patterns driving downtime. They should be comfortable analyzing maintenance history and equipment data, facilitating RCFA investigations, challenging existing maintenance strategies, and working with maintenance teams to turn findings into measurable improvements.

This role requires someone who can combine technical reliability knowledge with strong leadership, communication, and follow-through.

This is an on-site heavy industrial manufacturing position requiring regular presence in production and maintenance areas.

The position requires:

• Regular mobility throughout the plant
• Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods
• Frequent use of hands for technical tasks
• Ability to occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds
• Compliance with all plant safety requirements
• Use of required PPE, which may include safety shoes, safety glasses, hearing protection, hard hat, respirators, fire-resistant clothing, and other task-specific protective equipment
• Compliance with Lockout/Tagout, environmental, and other applicable safety procedures