Reliability Engineer

Evonik Industries AG; Chester, Northern (Delaware County, KY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik Industries AG is seeking an experienced engineer to lead reliability efforts for our plant equipment, directing maintenance planning and improvements to cut costs while ensuring safety and compliance.

The role requires 5–10 years in chemical processing, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with SAP/CMMS, MS Office and manufacturing tools; the position is on-site at our production facilities and offers growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experienced engineering position with broad-based skills in engineering and maintenance.
• Engineering degree with 5–10 years of chemical process and plant experience.
• Theoretical technical knowledge plus practical problem-solving ability.
• Proficiency in SAP/CMMS, Excel, Word, PowerBI; strong analytical thinking.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and direct reliability for plant equipment.
• Implement technical changes and maintain regulatory documentation.
• Improve technical availability and reduce maintenance costs via root cause analysis.
• Provide daily technical support for equipment and process problems.
• Supervise maintenance team and ensure safety and compliance.

Skills

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Teams

MS PowerBI

Maintenance planning

Root cause analysis

Engineering knowledge

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP (CMMS)

Aspen Manufacturing Suite

Job description

What we offer Explore a world of opportunities with us. Look ahead with us and help shape innovative solutions to make our world more sustainable and life healthier, more vibrant and more comfortable. At Evonik, you have the chance to explore, thrive, and grow alongside 33,000 colleagues. Among attractive career paths and high-quality development programs, we not only offer performance-based remuneration and occupational health benefits but also hybrid and flexible working environments with #SmartWork. Bring your fresh perspective, develop your strengths, break out your mold, and find a career that fits your dreams with us.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position provides organization, planning, and direction for the reliability of plant equipment.
• This position provides the implementation of technical changes/improvements and maintains technical & regulation compliance documentation for a production plant.
• The position provides the technical expertise to maintain and continuously improve the technical availability of the plant as well as work to reduce maintenance costs through statistical review and root cause analysis.
• Additional duties include process troubleshooting/process improvement assignments to support the cost and plant availability objectives.
• Perform failure and root cause analysis and make technical recommendations for repairs and replacements considering economics and plant availability risks.
• Provide daily technical support for equipment and process problems.
• Initiate, plan and implement long term corrective actions to improve the process and plant reliability.
• Supervisory support of maintenance team on a daily basis.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for preventative maintenance of plant equipment and maintenance processes.
• Ensure adherence to the Evonik GPS-PT documents for the maintenance department.
• Maintain the mechanical integrity program for all related devices and equipment including in SAP.
• Maintain records on safety devices, including PSV book with inspection, testing, & calculation methods.
• Support Management of Change process and documentation records.
• Ensure compliance with corporate and OSHA requirements for maintenance contractors performing activities in the plant.
• Support the Contractor Safety Program.
• Plan and participate in the budgeting process for maintenance.
• Prepare outage schedules, shutdown work list and support daily scheduling activities with job Leads maintenance team on plant equipment reliability issues and resolution.
• Maintains management systems including SAP, spare parts, mechanical integrity, maintenance quality management.
• Ensure maintenance processes adhere to the Evonik binding technical documents.
• Scope and execute capital projects to support the plant goals and initiatives.
• Provide plant specific technical expertise on the application of equipment innovations/developments and on state-of-the-art maintenance techniques.

REQUIREMENTS

• This is an experienced engineering position.
• Candidates for this role must possess broad-based skills in engineering and maintenance as well as in planning and organizing.
• An Engineering degree with 5-10 years of extensive progressive chemical process and plant experience is necessary for this position.
• Theoretical technical knowledge combined with analytical thinking as well as the practical experience to solve problems in the process, in maintenance and in technical project work.
• Software knowledge: MS Excel, MSWord and SAP (or related CMMS experience), MS Teams, MS PowerBI, Aspen Manufacturing Suite

The Evonik Group adopts an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) approach.

This is your opportunity to join a thriving global organization that combines cutting-edge science, technology, and engineering with world-class business services to create solutions that answer real-world problems. If you join us, we'll expect you to take ownership of your work, team up with other great minds, and add your name to creations that make a positive difference for generations. As one of the world leaders in specialty chemicals operating in more than 100 countries with over 32,000 employees, we need your diversity of thought to make us better. In return for your passion, initiative and creativity, you'll enjoy opportunities to improve and to be respected for your contribution.