Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Smurfit-Westrock; New Town (AL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smurfit Westrock in Alabama is seeking a Reliability Engineer to lead and optimize the reliability of mill process equipment, reduce downtime, and improve asset health across the facility.

You will partner with maintenance and production teams, apply RCFA, predictive maintenance, and data analysis to drive cost reductions and uptime, while providing technical leadership and mentorship.

Candidates with 2+ years in reliability in pulp and paper or related manufacturing are preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field required or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of reliability experience in pulp and paper or related manufacturing.
• Strong engineering, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with predictive maintenance, reliability improvement, and RCFA methodologies.
• Effective communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage lubrication, inspection, and condition monitoring programs.
• Lead equipment reliability improvement efforts to increase availability and uptime.
• Reduce maintenance costs through analysis of repetitive failures and predictive maintenance data.
• Drive RCFA process and implement corrective actions.
• Provide leadership and daily technical assistance for reliability-related issues.
• Support outage planning, project implementation, and contractor management.
• Partner with Maintenance and Production teams to strengthen reliability culture.

Skills

Reliability experience

Predictive maintenance

RCFA

Analytical problem-solving

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Job description

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

OPPORTUNITY SUMMARY:

This position provides leadership and support to improve, increase, and optimize the reliability of mill process equipment and eliminate unscheduled equipment downtime. The Reliability Engineer works within the reliability organization to improve asset health, reduce maintenance costs, and increase process reliability across the facility.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT SMURFIT WESTROCK:

• Manage the lubrication, inspection, and condition monitoring programs.
• Lead equipment reliability improvement efforts to increase availability and uptime.
• Reduce maintenance costs through analysis of repetitive failures and predictive maintenance data.
• Drive the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process and implement corrective actions.
• Provide leadership and daily technical assistance for reliability-related issues.
• Support outage planning, project implementation, and contractor management.
• Partner with Maintenance and Production teams to strengthen reliability culture.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 2+ years of reliability experience in pulp and paper or related manufacturing environment.
• Strong engineering, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with predictive maintenance, reliability improvement, and RCFA methodologies.
• Effective communication and leadership skills.

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Candidates are required to undergo a drug screening after receiving a conditional job offer, but before starting employment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.