The Reliability Engineer supports the reliability, availability, and safe performance of plant equipment by partnering with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other site teams to troubleshoot equipment issues, improve maintenance strategies, reduce unplanned downtime, and support reliable execution of maintenance, turnaround, and equipment improvement work across LSPI manufacturing locations. This is a safety sensitive position.
Responsibilities:- Develops and maintains reliability and sustainability engineering projects that improve equipment performance, reduce costs, extend asset life, and support safe plant operations.
- Provides engineering support to Maintenance and Operations by troubleshooting equipment issues, evaluating repair needs, and recommending corrective actions.
- Investigates equipment failures, recurring issues, and reliability concerns using root cause analysis and other reliability tools to prevent repeat failures.
- Supports preventive and predictive maintenance programs by reviewing routines, evaluating effectiveness, and identifying improvements to reduce equipment risk.
- Analyzes downtime, failure history, maintenance trends, and reliability metrics to identify improvement opportunities and communicate insights to plant leadership.
- Provides technical input for maintenance scopes, turnarounds, repairs, overhauls, replacements, capital improvements, and project execution.
- Supports equipment design, specification, installation, inspection, repair, upgrade, and startup to ensure assets are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with applicable standards.
- Partners with site teams to document repair practices, equipment guidance, procedures, JSAs, MOCs, and lessons learned to improve consistency and long-term reliability.
- Identifies cost reduction and reliability improvement opportunities through spare parts strategy, lubrication practices, oil analysis, repair techniques, and reduced rework.
- Promotes safe and compliant maintenance practices by ensuring reliability recommendations, equipment changes, and improvement efforts support site requirements.
Skills & Competencies:- Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, preventive and predictive maintenance practices, and equipment performance improvement methods.
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to evaluate complex equipment issues and recommend practical solutions.
- Working knowledge of fixed and rotating equipment used in chemical, manufacturing, refinery, pipeline, or similar industrial environments.
- Ability to apply root cause analysis, failure analysis, FMEA, and continuous improvement methods to maintenance and reliability issues.
- Understanding of condition monitoring and predictive maintenance practices, including vibration analysis, thermal scanning, lubrication programs, or oil analysis.
- Strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and improvement activities.
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to explain technical information to Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and plant leadership.
- Ability to collaborate across functions and provide technical guidance or equipment-specific support to maintenance and operations personnel.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and maintenance, reliability, or enterprise systems; SAP or CMMS.
Education & Experience:- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 5+ years of experience in reliability engineering, plant engineering, maintenance engineering, or a related role within a manufacturing, chemical, refinery, pipeline, or industrial environment.
- Experience supporting plant maintenance, equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, or maintenance improvement initiatives.
Preferred Education & Experience:- Experience with fixed and rotating equipment in a chemical manufacturing, refinery, pipeline, or similar process-industry environment.
- Experience with predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, lubrication programs, oil analysis, or related reliability tools.
- Experience applying root cause failure analysis, FMEA, PM optimization, or similar methods to improve reliability and maintenance effectiveness.
- Experience supporting equipment repairs, overhauls, turnarounds, capital projects, installation, or startup activities.
Physical & Work Requirements- Works in a plant, manufacturing, maintenance, and office environment, with regular interaction with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and other site personnel.
- Must be able to access plant operating areas and work in environments that may include heat, cold, noise, outdoor conditions, confined spaces, elevated work areas, or uneven walking surfaces.
- Must be able to walk, stand, sit, climb stairs and ladders, stoop, bend, and move through plant and maintenance areas as needed.
- Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment and follow applicable site safety requirements.
- May be required to support critical maintenance work, off-shift equipment issues, plant outages, turnarounds, or emergency repairs based on business and plant needs.
