Wastewater Reliability Engineer - Asset Strategy & Optimization

Metropolitan Council; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Council seeks a Reliability Engineer within Environmental Services to lead reliability-centered maintenance across wastewater facilities. You will analyze failure trends, optimize preventive and predictive programs, and partner with operations, engineering, and planning groups to improve asset availability and lifecycle performance.

The role requires experience in reliability engineering, maintenance management, and data-driven decision making, with strong communication across

Qualifications

• Experience in reliability engineering, maintenance management, or asset lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of asset management, predictive maintenance, or condition monitoring.
• Experience with enterprise asset management or CMMS systems.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements reliability-centered maintenance strategies.
• Analyzes failure trends and asset condition data to improve lifecycle performance.
• Collaborates with Operations, Engineering, Asset Condition Monitoring, and planning teams.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Data analysis

Maintenance strategy

Root cause analysis

Stakeholder communication

Education

High school diploma/GED

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree or higher

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Metropolitan Council seeks a Reliability Engineer within Environmental Services to lead reliability-centered maintenance across wastewater facilities. You will analyze failure trends, optimize preventive and predictive programs, and partner with operations, engineering, and planning groups to improve asset availability and lifecycle performance.

The role requires experience in reliability engineering, maintenance management, and data-driven decision making, with strong communication across