Senior Reliability Engineer – Mill Network Improvement

greif; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Greif is seeking an experienced Division Reliability Engineer to enhance equipment reliability and maintenance performance across its Sustainable Fiber Solutions mill network. You will assess equipment and maintenance practices, identify opportunities, and drive sustainable improvements with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations teams across six mills.

You will lead reliability assessments, root cause solving, and implement corrective actions, building stronger reliability practices, KPIs,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Typically 12+ years of relevant engineering, reliability, or industrial maintenance experience.
• Proven reliability engineering experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance, root cause analysis, equipment criticality, condition monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance work processes.
• Strong technical understanding of mechanical and electrical systems, industrial instrumentation, and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to analyze equipment and downtime data and translate findings into practical improvement actions.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, training, and facilitation skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multiple sites and functions.
• Ability to manage multiple reliability initiatives and priorities.
• Willingness to travel regularly to supported mill locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support reliability improvement plans across multiple manufacturing facilities.
• Analyze downtime, maintenance, and equipment performance data to identify recurring failures and improvement opportunities.
• Partner with site teams to troubleshoot chronic equipment issues, determine root causes, and implement sustainable corrective actions.
• Strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment criticality, condition monitoring, lubrication, and outage planning practices.
• Develop reliability KPIs, reports, and dashboards to track performance and prioritize improvements.
• Support CMMS/EAM systems and maintenance work processes, including preventive maintenance, asset data, failure coding, reporting, and data quality.
• Lead reliability assessments, Root Cause Problem Solving activities, and follow-up improvement plans.
• Provide hands‑on reliability and troubleshooting support at mill locations when needed.
• Develop and share reliability standards, tools, training, and best practices across the mill network.
• Evaluate reliability technologies and support equipment upgrade, replacement, and capital planning decisions.

Skills

Preventive maintenance

Predictive maintenance

Root cause analysis

Condition monitoring

Troubleshooting

Data analysis

Cross-site collaboration

Communication

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Greif is seeking an experienced Division Reliability Engineer to enhance equipment reliability and maintenance performance across its Sustainable Fiber Solutions mill network. You will assess equipment and maintenance practices, identify opportunities, and drive sustainable improvements with Maintenance, Engineering, and Operations teams across six mills.

You will lead reliability assessments, root cause solving, and implement corrective actions, building stronger reliability practices, KPIs,