Reliability Engineer

Evonik; Town of Chester (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Evonik is seeking an experienced maintenance engineer in New York to lead planning and optimization of plant equipment reliability. You will analyze failures, implement long-term corrective actions, and support daily scheduling with a focus on reducing maintenance costs and improving plant availability.

The role requires an engineering degree and 5–10 years of experience in chemical process/plant environments, with strong data analytics and CMMS proficiency.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with progressive chemical process experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for complex maintenance tasks.
• Experience in planning, scheduling, and cost control for maintenance.
• Proficiency in SAP, CMMS, and data analysis tools.

Responsibilities

• Perform failure and root cause analysis to guide repairs and replacements.
• Provide daily technical support for equipment and process problems.
• Supervisory support for maintenance team on a daily basis.
• Ensure regulatory compliance for preventative maintenance and documentation.
• Maintain mechanical integrity program and records including SAP and PSV calculations.
• Lead capital projects and support budgeting and outage planning.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Root cause analysis

Technical troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

SAP (CMMS)

MS Excel

MS Word

MS Teams

MS PowerBI

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.

Click on the link below to learn what our employees have to say about Evonik:

https://careers.evonik.com/en/about/meet-the-team/

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. This position requires a seasoned engineer capable of complex process and maintenance assignments.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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

• 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. Candidates are assessed based on their educational qualifications, experience, job competencies and potential and shall not be discriminated against on the basis of race, ethnicity, age, gender, religion, nationality, disability or sexual orientation or other classifications protected by local, state, or provincial regulations.

Your Application

To ensure that your application is proceeded as quickly as possible and to protect the environment, please apply online via ourcareersportal. Further information about Evonik as Employer can be found at www.evonik.com/en/careers.html.

Please address your application to the Talent Acquisition Manager, statingyour earliest possible starting date and your salary expectations.

Your Talent Acquisition Manager:

Wenda Cenexant [C]

Company is

Evonik Corporation