Reliability Engineer Service Delivery Office

John Crane; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, seeks a Reliability Engineer to support service delivery across the region. You will consult with customers to identify reliability improvements and collaborate with business development to align value propositions.

The role includes managing project execution with on-site teams, contract managers, and local sales teams, delivering robust reliability solutions and data-driven improvements.

Qualifications

• Requires mechanical or industrial engineering background.
• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience.
• CMMS or equivalent maintenance systems experience preferred.
• Experience applying reliability methods (RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RCA) and reliability data analysis.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Conduct feasibility studies and implement reliability contracts.
• Develop and implement asset reliability vision, strategy and roadmaps for equipment.
• Develop procedures to meet reliability standards.
• Provide technical guidance on reliability methodologies (RCA, FMEA, FTA).
• Develop asset register and install base of mechanical sealed equipment.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to set up seal reliability program infrastructure.
• Support data management using ServiceMax and CMMS data.
• Engage client leadership and technicians to influence outcomes.
• Develop proposals addressing client reliability challenges.

Skills

Reliability engineering

RCA

FMEA/FMECA

RCM

Asset management

Communication

English proficiency

Education

Mechanical or Industrial Engineer degree

Tools

CMMS

ServiceMax

Job description

John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

Job Description

The Reliability Engineer is part of the Service Delivery Office (SDO) and responsible for providing technical support to the organisation in the life cycle (Initiation, Planning, Executing, Monitoring, and Closing) of John Crane’s reliability projects across the region.

The Engineer will consult with the customer to identify needs to improve reliability performance and work alongside the business development team to develop aligned value propositions. The Engineer will manage the execution of each project, working alongside the Contract Manager, on-site teams and local sales teams.

Responsibilities include but no limited to the following:

• Conducts Reliability Contracts feasibility studies and Implementation
• Develop, or facilitate, the implementation of the asset reliability vision, strategy, and roadmap for wet sealed equipment
• Develop procedures that help achieve the desired reliability standards
• Provide expert technical guidance to CREs in the application of reliability methodologies, including Reliability Analysis: Performing root cause analysis (RCA), failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA/FMECA), fault tree analysis (FTA).
• Development of asset register and install base (all mechanical sealed equipment and other JC products)
• Co-ordinate with key internal stakeholders to setup up the infrastructure for a seal reliability program
• Provide data management support i.e. ServiceMax records, utilizing customer CMMS and records data.
• Engaging and Influencing key stakeholders from client leadership teams to technicians
• Develop proposals to address client reliability challenges, including method of work statements.

Qualifications

• Mechanical or Industrial Engineer required.
• Minimum 4 years’ experience.
• Recognised engineering qualification or equivalent experience primarily working with rotating equipment and CMRP is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in the following: Application of Reliability methodologies including prioritization, RCM, FMEA/FMECA, RCA, reliability statistical analysis; Maintenance Management practices and systems, in asset intensive and high hazard industry sectors; and Maintenance Management Systems languages: English (other languages beneficial)
• Preferred knowledge in the following: Inventory Optimisation, Condition Based Maintenance; and ISO 14224 and ISO 55000 series
• Effective communication skills both verbal and written
• Experience working in a diverse environment with a global company is a plus.

Compensation commensurate with experience

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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