Senior Equipment Reliability Engineer

Honda South Carolina Manufacturing; Marysville (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Honda South Carolina Manufacturing is seeking a North America Senior Regional Reliability Engineer to guide reliability strategies for local plants. You will analyze data to identify failure modes, develop preventive maintenance plans, and optimize total cost of ownership in a collaborative environment.

You will lead workshops, work with Production Engineering, and benchmark best practices to continuously improve reliability and asset performance across sites.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 2+ years in Manufacturing.
• Experience analyzing equipment data and determining root causes.
• Familiarity with reliability processes and asset management practices.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute reliability strategies for local plants to optimize TCO.
• Analyze equipment performance and identify failure modes to guide PM and spares.
• Lead workshops to teach reliability methods and processes to teams.
• Collaborate with Production Engineering to assess equipment performance and design.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Data analysis

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical/Electrical/Industrial)

Tools

Maximo

MS Office

Job description

What Makes a Honda, Is Who Makes a Honda

Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one. We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success. We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

Serve as a North America Senior Regional Reliability Engineer within the Reliability Group of the PEBU Equipment Reliability and Stability Dept. (ERS) responsible for assisting in the development and execution of reliability strategies, processes, and methods for local sites (plants) to use to ensure the total cost of ownership (TCO) viewpoint is captured and equipment is maintained at the economic optimum.

Key Accountabilities

• Help develop and execute methods and processes for Reliability Engineering and asset management strategies for new and existing equipment. Analyze equipment design from an engineering and maintenance perspective to identify failure modes/mitigate risk and suggest Preventative Maintenance (PM) plans and Spare Parts requirements to achieve the economic optimum.
• Analyze data from an equipment’s running condition and understand the root cause of any deficiencies from an equipment, process, or maintenance viewpoint. Execute implementation strategy with the help of regional/local reliability engineers. Make engineering assumptions as needed to fill in missing data gaps. Utilize engineering judgment to decide the best solution considering the economic optimum.
• Assist in development and delivery of Reliability Engineering processes and methods workshops to teach the methods and processes using the tools available at Honda.
• Work effectively within the Production Engineering team in the use of the tools, methods, and processes to evaluate Production Equipment performance and design.
• Benchmark best practices in Reliability Engineering and incorporate into the processes and methods that will be used at Honda.
• Generate Maximo Change Requests to align Maximo to support the Reliability Engineering processes and methods to make a sustainable data driven tool.
• Support the development and execution of Business Planning process and budgeting for Reliability Engineering Process and Methods.
• Present improvement proposals, process, and method changes to the ERS Committee meeting for feedback, support, and consensus.

Qualifications, Experience, And Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Eengineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial) or related equivalent experience.

Minimum Experience

• 2+ years of technical/engineering work experience in Manufacturing (focus in specialized area a plus)

Other Job-Specific Skills

• Desired - Current industry certification minimum CRL (Certified Reliability Leader) or equivalent. (i.e. CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional), CMRT (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Technician), CAMA (Certified Asset Management Assessor))
• Maximo, MS Office, Understanding of Asset Management practices and metrics.

Visa Sponsorship

• Sponsorship for employment visa status for these positions is unavailable. Applicants requiring sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future (e.g., F-1 CPT/OPT, H-1B, TN, etc.) will not be considered.

Working Conditions

• 90% office, 10% production floor (go to the spot)
• Travel to plants for training and support
• Hybrid position, located in Ohio

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx)
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs

Additional Offerings

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.