Reliability Engineer

BENTELER Group; Shreveport (LA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

BENTELER, based in the United States, seeks a Maintenance professional to lead Reliability Centered Maintenance strategies and drive reliability improvements across plant operations. You will collaborate with engineering and operations to optimize asset performance, reduce costs, and implement engineered enhancements.

The role requires 5–10 years of experience in maintenance and reliability, with strong root cause analysis, RBI/RCM knowledge, and proficiency in MS Office.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering or equivalent.
• 5–10 years of technical work experience.
• Experience with root cause analysis and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of maintenance best practices (RBI, PM, RBI).
• Experience in reliability, stationary equipment, predictive/preventative maintenance.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and ability to interact with all levels in the organization.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing and implementing a comprehensive Reliability Centered Maintenance strategy for plant needs.
• Identify and apply best practices to improve reliability across the site.
• Guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety systems.
• Apply reliability tools to drive improvements, optimize costs, and improve asset effectiveness (e.g., FMEA, RBI, RBM, RCM).
• Monitor KPIs and metrics for proactive reliability issue resolution.
• Lead RCFA and corrective actions for complex problems and participate in reliability-related investigations.
• Develop and implement engineered improvements for chronic issues and optimize PM effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure reliability of new installations and assist in scope development.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Root Cause Analysis

Inspection

Testing

Reliability Engineering

MS Office

Communication

Team Collaboration

Education

BS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Industrial Engineering

Job description

Benefits
At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!

Division: BENTELER Steel/Tube
Functional Area: Maintenance
Career Level: Professional
Contract Type: Permanent/Full-time
Weekly Working Hours: 40.00
Required Languages: English
Benefits
At BENTELER, we make it possible. From promoting individual talents to international career prospects, or from generous opportunities for designing your career to personal development opportunities—at BENTELER, we always have answers to your questions about the future, based entirely on your personal needs. Diverse options that makes sure you can be anything and everything. Or, as we like to put it: BENTELER makes it happen!
Core Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and implementation of a comprehensive Reliability Centered Maintenance strategy for plant- based upon business needs.
• Identify and assist in the implementation of best practices related to reliability improvements across site.
• Guide efforts to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
• Apply appropriate reliability tools to drive improvements, optimize costs, and improve asset effectiveness (i.e., Bad Actor Program, FMEA, RBI, RBM, RCM, Reliability Roadmap, etc.).
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics for proactive identification and resolution of reliability issues.
• Track production losses and abnormally high maintenance cost assets to find ways to reduce those losses or high costs through root cause analysis, plan approval, and facilitate implementation.
• Lead Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFAs) and corrective actions for complex and/or repetitive problems. Participate in reliability related incident investigations, prioritize action items, and follow-up on implementation.
• Identify, develop, and implement engineered improvements and projects for chronic or repetitive issues.
• Improve overall plant reliability through PM effectiveness tracking, corrective work orders, and PM process improvements.
• Development of critical equipment list, critical instrument list, and critical spare parts inventory. This includes monitoring and optimizing the store's system considering the needs of the site.
• Provides input to a risk management plan that will anticipate reliability-related and non-reliability related risks that could adversely impact plant operations.
• Support capital projects by supplying historical data, cost analysis, or other information related to reliability during scope development.
• Work with Engineering Team to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
• Participate in the development of design and installation specifications along with commissioning plans.
• Participate in the final check-out of new installations to assure adherence to functional specifications.

Job Requirements

• BS in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering or like area – or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5 -10 years prior technical work experience
• Trouble shooting, root cause analysis, inspection, and testing experience desired.
• An understanding of best practices for maintenance processes including but not limited to Risk Based assessment, Total Productive Maintenance, and Reliability Based Inspections is also an important asset for this position.
• Experience in reliability, stationary equipment, predictive/preventative maintenance and maintenance systems preferred.
• Thermal & vibration analysis, and component evaluation skills.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), MS Outlook calendar and email management, written and oral communication skills.
• Be flexible and available to interact and connect with people at all levels in the organization.

Your contact
Samantha Ann Metoyer
BENTELER Human Resources
Phone: [phone]