Reliability Engineer: Drive Plant Uptime & Improvement

Jobot; Mosheim (TN); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobot is a global manufacturer with over 100 years in business and a focus on meaningful work and growth. We seek a Maintenance Engineer to lead equipment maintenance strategies, optimize PM programs, and reduce downtime.

You will develop overhaul intervals, manage spare parts inventories, and drive reliability projects across plant mechanical systems in a collaborative environment with operators and engineers. A strong TPM/RCM background is preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred but not required.
• Familiar with TPM, RCM, Six Sigma, or other maintenance improvement concepts.
• Possesses strong organizational and communication skills.
• Possesses complex problem solving, critical thinking, strong mathematics skills, systems evaluation, and operation analysis.
• Experienced in RCFA, RCM, or equivalent methodology.
• Competent computer knowledge - CMMS, Excel, Word, analysis software, etc.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain equipment overhaul/replacement intervals, oil analyses and change frequencies.
• Standardize and optimize spare parts inventories.
• Develop equipment breakdown, maintenance, and spare parts / back-up strategies.
• Develop and implement equipment maintenance-improvement initiatives, such as reducing equipment repair durations and optimizing routine PM work.
• Establish equipment PMs to be performed by operators.
• Discuss equipment conditions with field operators daily to understand if they notice any changes in how the equipment is performing.
• Track plant down times, their causes, and identify equipment "bad actors" and develop strategies for reducing plant outages.
• Determine the root causes of breakdowns to develop PMs or suggest equipment changes to decrease the frequency or eliminate the breakdown issues.
• Participate in safety and environmental initiatives to ensure overall employee safety and regulatory compliance.
• Assist in planning and execution of turnaround activities.
• Lead root cause failure investigations for equipment failure related incidents.
• Assist in developing and maintaining plant mechanical engineering / safety standards.
• Complete engineering design and documentation for small plant improvement and modification projects.
• Develop and manage reliability projects for plant mechanical systems.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

TPM

RCM

Six Sigma

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Excel

Word

CMMS

Analysis software

Education

BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Excel

Word

Analysis software

Job description

Jobot is a global manufacturer with over 100 years in business and a focus on meaningful work and growth. We seek a Maintenance Engineer to lead equipment maintenance strategies, optimize PM programs, and reduce downtime.

You will develop overhaul intervals, manage spare parts inventories, and drive reliability projects across plant mechanical systems in a collaborative environment with operators and engineers. A strong TPM/RCM background is preferred.