Senior Reliability Engineer — Lead Plant Reliability

HTI; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical, dental, and vision coverage (

401(k) with generous company match

Company-paid disability insurance

Generous paid time off & 13 holidays

Lead high-impact reliability projects

Job summary

HTI is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to join a global manufacturing company opening a state-of-the-art operation in Augusta, GA. You will identify and resolve high-impact equipment reliability and availability issues and lead reliability-improvement projects.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 7–10 years of experience in reliability or maintenance engineering, plus experience with RCA, RCM, SPC, preventive maintenance, and CMMS/SAP Plant Maintenance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• 7–10 years of reliability/maintenance engineering experience.
• Experience improving reliability and availability of complex manufacturing equipment.
• Knowledge of RCA, RCM, SPC, and preventive maintenance.
• Familiarity with predictive technologies (vibration analysis, thermography, lubrication, motor analysis, ultrasonics, or alignment).
• Experience with SAP Plant Maintenance or another CMMS.

Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve high-impact equipment reliability and availability issues.
• Use maintenance and operating data to prioritize improvement opportunities.
• Lead root cause analyses and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Develop engineering solutions for recurring equipment failures.
• Improve preventive maintenance tasks, procedures, spare-parts strategies, and operating standards.
• Support equipment troubleshooting and planned shutdown activities.
• Partner with production to establish operating parameters that maximize equipment life.
• Collaborate with suppliers and technical partners to improve equipment maintainability.
• Lead reliability-improvement projects from identification through implementation.
• Provide technical guidance to production, maintenance, and engineering teams.
• Track results and replicate successful solutions across similar equipment.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Maintenance engineering

Root cause analysis

Statistical process control

Preventive maintenance

Predictive technologies

CMMS

CMMS/SAP familiarity

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

SAP Plant Maintenance

Job description

HTI is seeking a Senior Reliability Engineer to join a global manufacturing company opening a state-of-the-art operation in Augusta, GA. You will identify and resolve high-impact equipment reliability and availability issues and lead reliability-improvement projects.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree and 7–10 years of experience in reliability or maintenance engineering, plus experience with RCA, RCM, SPC, preventive maintenance, and CMMS/SAP Plant Maintenance.