Utilities Engineer — Reliability & Asset Strategy

Molex; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Educational assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Molex Lincoln is seeking a Utilities Engineer to support safe, reliable operation of critical utility systems across production environments. You will monitor performance, identify improvements, and develop long-term asset strategies to strengthen reliability and cost effectiveness.

Collaborate with operators, maintenance, engineering, and production teams to troubleshoot issues, lead investigations, and drive energy-reduction initiatives.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in industrial utility systems and equipment reliability.
• Strong knowledge of asset management, preventive maintenance, and reliability engineering principles.
• Proven ability to lead continuous improvement and root cause analysis initiatives.
• Experience managing capital projects, contractors, budgets, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of electrical distribution, steam, water, compressed air, and water and waste treatment systems in alignment with production goals and environmental, safety, and quality standards.
• Monitor system and equipment performance, including pressure, temperature, flow, air quality, utilization, efficiency, cost, and other key performance indicators; identify trends, operating risks, and opportunities to reduce variability and improve uptime.
• Develop and implement long-term asset strategies for assigned utility systems, including operating envelopes, operator basic care, spare-parts strategy, condition-based monitoring, and predictive and preventive maintenance activities.
• Partner with operators, technicians, maintenance, engineering, and production teams to troubleshoot utility, process, quality, and equipment issues; identify critical equipment hazards and prioritize actions that reduce risk and the potential impact of human error.
• Lead incident investigations and root cause analysis for equipment failures and process disruptions; implement corrective and preventive actions that improve safety, environmental performance, reliability, quality, efficiency, and cost effectiveness.
• Conduct capacity, efficiency, and leak assessments across compressed air, boiler, chiller, HVAC, and related systems; implement improvements such as load sharing, automation, inverter controls, and other energy-reduction initiatives.
• Evaluate and prioritize equipment repairs, maintenance activities, and scheduled shutdown work; coordinate servicing, calibration, testing, and inspections for utility equipment and systems.
• Plan, design, and execute utility and facility improvement projects, including system upgrades, new equipment installations, utility expansions, and infrastructure enhancements from initial planning through commissioning and handover.
• Prepare technical specifications, evaluate contractor proposals, supervise external contractors and service providers, and manage project budgets, schedules, risks, deliverables, and regulatory and company-standard compliance.
• Review, update, and maintain P&ID drawings, equipment records, operating and maintenance procedures, service reports, inspection records, calibration certificates, statutory documentation, and project files for completeness and accuracy.
• Coach and mentor operators and technicians on safe equipment operation, operating parameters, operator basic care, troubleshooting, procedures, equipment changes, and maintenance best practices.
• Build engagement and accountability across functions, conduct field and GEMBA walks, share progress and technical recommendations with stakeholders, and contribute to broader strategic and long-term capital initiatives.

Skills

Industrial utility systems

Asset management

Continuous improvement

Capital project leadership

Leadership & communication

Job description

Molex Lincoln is seeking a Utilities Engineer to support safe, reliable operation of critical utility systems across production environments. You will monitor performance, identify improvements, and develop long-term asset strategies to strengthen reliability and cost effectiveness.

Collaborate with operators, maintenance, engineering, and production teams to troubleshoot issues, lead investigations, and drive energy-reduction initiatives.