Staff Reliability Engineer: Asset Life-Cycle & RCFA Lead

PBF Energy; Oregon (WI, KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

PBF Energy is seeking a Staff Engineer, Reliability to drive plant-wide reliability and lifecycle performance at the Toledo Refinery. The role applies reliability principles across rotating, fixed, electrical, and instrumented assets to reduce downtime and costs.

Responsibilities include RCFA leadership, strategy development, and collaboration with operations and projects to embed reliability across work processes.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree required.
• 10+ years in engineering support role in process industry.
• Advanced Reliability Program training preferred (Lubrication, Vibration, FMEA, RAM).
• Experience in Refining or Petrochemical manufacturing preferred.
• Self-motivated with accountability for quality of work.
• Strong written and verbal communication with partners and peers.

Responsibilities

• Lead reliability improvement initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
• Develop reliability strategies based on asset criticality, risk and lifecycle considerations.
• Perform RCFA and mentor in failure prevention activities across the plant.
• Use maintenance and condition monitoring data to support predictive and preventive maintenance strategies.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and Projects to embed reliability improvements into work processes.
• Provide reliability input to equipment design reviews, TAR/outage scope and capital projects.

Skills

RCFA (Root Cause Failure Analysis)

Predictive maintenance

Reliability engineering

Asset lifecycle optimization

Lubrication knowledge

Vibration analysis

RCM

FMEA

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Vibration analysis

Oil analysis

Ultrasound testing

Infrared thermography

Job description

PBF Energy is seeking a Staff Engineer, Reliability to drive plant-wide reliability and lifecycle performance at the Toledo Refinery. The role applies reliability principles across rotating, fixed, electrical, and instrumented assets to reduce downtime and costs.

Responsibilities include RCFA leadership, strategy development, and collaboration with operations and projects to embed reliability across work processes.