Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer Elevate Plant Uptime

Perdue Farms; Salisbury (MD); On-site; USD 115,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical / Rx

401(k) with employer match

Critical illness insurance

Accident insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Optional group life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Flexible spending accounts

Paid time off

Job summary

Perdue AgriBusiness in Salisbury, MD, seeks a Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer to lead reliability programs that improve asset performance, reduce downtime, and drive continuous improvement across the facility. You will partner with maintenance, engineering and operations teams to identify risks and deliver practical solutions that boost reliability and efficiency.

This technically strong, results‑driven engineer will develop asset strategies, apply RCFA/RCA, RCMS, and precision

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Reliability, Mechanical or Electrical engineering (advanced degree desirable).
• Minimum five years of reliability experience in industrial manufacturing.
• Experience with RC/Maintenance strategies and RCA facilitation.
• Strong knowledge of precision maintenance techniques and equipment design.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability concepts and maintenance strategies to maximize asset availability.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting to maintenance and operations.
• Act as SME in rotating equipment design and operation and integrity management.
• Develop and implement continuous improvement plans for production equipment.
• Collaborate with operations and maintenance on long-term equipment strategies.
• Mentor maintenance supervisors and craftsmen in reliability techniques.
• Develop asset strategies to improve MTBF and reduce costs.
• Use RCA processes to address significant failures and refine asset strategies.
• Mine data to identify reliability improvements and corrective actions.

Skills

RCM

RCFA / RCA

Root Cause Analysis

Precision Maintenance

Asset strategies

Cross-functional leadership

Lubrication & condition monitoring

Maintenance planning

Data mining

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Reliability/Mechanical/Electrical Eng

Advanced degree desirable

Tools

IBM Maximo

Microsoft Office

Job description

Perdue AgriBusiness in Salisbury, MD, seeks a Senior Maintenance Reliability Engineer to lead reliability programs that improve asset performance, reduce downtime, and drive continuous improvement across the facility. You will partner with maintenance, engineering and operations teams to identify risks and deliver practical solutions that boost reliability and efficiency.

This technically strong, results‑driven engineer will develop asset strategies, apply RCFA/RCA, RCMS, and precision