Reliability Engineer

Arcadis; Greenville (NC); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support site capital projects and operational readiness for manufacturing assets in Greenville, NC. You will develop lifecycle documentation, maintenance strategies, asset master data, and reliability programs, partnering with engineering, validation, maintenance, and operations.

The role focuses on asset lifecycle management, spare parts risk assessments, and ensuring project deliverables meet GDP, cGMP, and data integrity requirements for successful

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field and 3+ years in reliability/maintenance engineering in regulated manufacturing.
• Experience with asset lifecycle management and calibration programs.
• Knowledge of GDP, cGMP, and data integrity standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop FORM-491/FORM-492/FORM-493 documentation and preventive maintenance strategies.
• Analyze asset data, define maintenance requirements, and support spare parts planning.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Validation, Maintenance, and Operations to ensure turnover readiness.

Skills

Asset management

Reliability principles

Maintenance strategy

CAPEX experience

Documentation review

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related

Reliability/industrial engineering background

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking a Reliability Engineer to support site capital projects and operational readiness initiatives by developing equipment lifecycle documentation, maintenance strategies, asset master data, and reliability programs for new and modified manufacturing assets. This role partners with Engineering, Validation, Maintenance, Operations, and Project Management teams to ensure equipment is accurately documented, maintainable, and ready for successful turnover into routine operations.

The Reliability Engineer will serve as a key contributor during project execution by supporting asset lifecycle management processes, performing maintenance and spare parts risk assessments, and ensuring project deliverables are completed in compliance with site procedures, GMP requirements, and data integrity standards.

Asset Lifecycle & Data Management

• Acquire, analyze, and consolidate asset information from multiple engineering, project, maintenance, validation, and vendor data sources.
• Mine data from approximately 15 project readiness sources to support equipment lifecycle documentation and operational readiness activities.
• Create and maintain equipment and stand-alone instrument birth certificates (FORM-490).
• Ensure asset records are accurate, complete, and aligned with site maintenance and reliability standards.

Maintenance & Reliability Strategy Development

• Develop and complete FORM-491 documentation for equipment and instrument maintenance and calibration strategies.
• Define preventive maintenance requirements based on equipment criticality, reliability principles, manufacturer recommendations, and operational needs.
• Collaborate with maintenance and engineering teams to optimize long-term asset reliability and maintainability.

Asset Modification & Spare Parts Management

• Complete FORM-492 documentation supporting equipment and instrumentation modifications.
• Develop FORM-493 documentation and conduct spare parts risk assessments to ensure proper inventory and maintenance support strategies.
• Evaluate equipment criticality and recommend spare parts requirements to minimize operational risk.

Documentation & Compliance

• Review FORM-718 and FORM-719 documentation packages for accuracy, completeness, and Data Integrity (DI) compliance before approval and routing.
• Ensure all project deliverables comply with Good Documentation Practices (GDP), cGMP requirements, and site procedures.
• Support audits, inspections, and documentation reviews related to asset management and maintenance programs.

Project & CAPEX Support

• Support current and future capital projects through active engagement with project teams and engineering stakeholders.
• Maintain awareness of project schedules, milestones, and equipment turnover activities to ensure timely completion of reliability deliverables.
• Partner with validation teams to remain current on commissioning, qualification, and validation activities impacting project readiness.
• Participate in project reviews and readiness assessments to ensure effective asset handover to operations and maintenance teams.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, asset management, or project engineering within a pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting CAPEX projects and equipment lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of preventive maintenance and calibration programs.
• Strong understanding of equipment reliability principles and risk-based maintenance strategies.
• Experience reviewing technical documentation and engineering records.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to provide legal US work authorization documents required. Will consider US domestic travelers and relocation.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. Salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.