Reliability & Maintenance Lead for Mission-Critical Systems

UT-Battelle; Oak Ridge (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

UT-Battelle, with ORNL's SNS, seeks a Reliability and Maintenance Coordinator to oversee maintenance planning, reliability improvement, and operational readiness for SCL systems. You will work closely with engineers, technicians, operations, and safety professionals to ensure safe, effective maintenance and documentation.

The role emphasizes coordinating activities, analyzing performance, and leading or supporting root-cause analyses, with a focus on continuous improvement and safety culture.

Qualifications

• BS degree in engineering or related field with 5+ years in reliability/maintenance.
• Experience coordinating maintenance across multiple organizations or functional disciplines.
• Experience developing or reviewing maintenance plans, work packages, procedures, permits, hazard analyses, or comparable work-control documentation.
• Experience analyzing equipment or operational performance for improvements.
• Experience preparing clear technical, operational, or maintenance documentation.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate preventive, predictive, corrective, and emergent maintenance activities for SCL systems and associated support infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain maintenance plans, work packages, procedures, and hazard analyses.
• Apply reliability practices to improve availability, performance, and readiness.
• Monitor performance, trends, and failures to identify improvement opportunities.
• Coordinate maintenance schedules with owners, operations, engineering, and planners.
• Support readiness for outages, startups, and complex evolutions.
• Lead root-cause analyses and corrective actions as needed.
• Ensure activities comply with procedures, safety, and quality expectations.
• Review closeout docs for accuracy and maintainability.
• Support PM tasks, spare-parts strategies, and equipment histories.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Reliability improvement

Cross-functional coordination

Data analysis

Safety compliance

Technical documentation

Education

BS degree in engineering or related field

MS degree (preferred)

Tools

CMMS

Excel

Job description

UT-Battelle, with ORNL's SNS, seeks a Reliability and Maintenance Coordinator to oversee maintenance planning, reliability improvement, and operational readiness for SCL systems. You will work closely with engineers, technicians, operations, and safety professionals to ensure safe, effective maintenance and documentation.

The role emphasizes coordinating activities, analyzing performance, and leading or supporting root-cause analyses, with a focus on continuous improvement and safety culture.