About this role
This role is responsible for improving equipment reliability and driving a plant-wide continuous improvement strategy across Maintenance, Operations, Safety, Quality, and Training. The Lead Reliability Engineer uses data and structured problem-solving (RCA and FMEA) to reduce downtime, improve asset performance, and strengthen reliability-centered maintenance practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead RCA and FMEA to eliminate chronic equipment issues
- Develop preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS data
- Analyze equipment performance trends and downtime data to find reliability improvements
- Facilitate cross-functional continuous improvement using lean manufacturing and Six Sigma
- Integrate operator care and autonomous maintenance into frontline training and daily routines
Technical Overview
The engineering scope includes leading RCA and FMEA, building preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS data and condition monitoring tools, and analyzing equipment performance trends and downtime data. It also involves modifying maintenance data collection procedures and codes using computerized maintenance history and production downtime system data.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a reliability engineering leader with strong experience running root cause analysis and FMEA to eliminate recurring equipment issues. They bring expertise in preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS and condition monitoring, and they can drive plant-wide continuous improvement using lean manufacturing and Six Sigma, partnering across Maintenance, Operations, Safety, Quality, and Training.
Must-Have Skills
Conduct root cause analysis on high-cost failures and high-downtime situationsLead root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programsAnalyze equipment performance trends and downtime dataFacilitate cross-departmental initiatives aligned around shared performance goalsChampion lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologiesReview computerized maintenance equipment history data and production downtime system dataIntegrate operator care and autonomous maintenance practices into frontline training and daily routines
Nice-to-Have Skills
experience implementing reliability-centered maintenance practices
Tools & Platforms
CMMS datacondition monitoring toolscomputerized maintenance equipment history dataproduction downtime system data
Required Skills
Root cause analysis (RCA)failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)preventive maintenancepredictive maintenanceCMMS datacondition monitoring toolsequipment performance trends analysisdowntime data analysismaintenance planning and schedulingOEM collaborationlean manufacturingSix Sigmaoperator careautonomous maintenancecomputerized maintenance equipment history dataproduction downtime system datacontinuous improvement
Hard Skills
root cause analysis (RCA)failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)preventive maintenance programspredictive maintenance programsCMMS datacondition monitoring toolsequipment performance trends analysisdowntime data analysismaintenance planning and schedulingOEM collaborationvendor collaborationequipment design improvementmaintainabilityspare parts strategieslean manufacturingSix Sigmawaste reductionprocess stability improvementequipment uptime improvementoperator careautonomous maintenancecomputerized maintenance equipment history dataproduction downtime system datadata collection procedures modificationmaintenance system codes modificationcoordination with maintenance supervisioncoordination with production management
Soft Skills
leadershipcross-functional collaborationchampioning continuous improvementfacilitating cross-departmental initiativesindirect supervision/direct supervisioncommunication and collaboration across MaintenanceOperationsSafetyQualityand Trainingrisk reduction mindsetoperational excellence culture building
Keywords for Your Resume
Lead Reliability EngineerManufacturing Reliability Engineerreliability-centered maintenanceroot cause analysisRCAfailure mode and effects analysisFMEApreventive maintenancepredictive maintenanceCMMScomputerized maintenance equipment historycondition monitoringdowntime dataequipment performance trendsmaintenance planning and schedulingOEMsvendorsmaintainabilityspare parts strategieslean manufacturingSix Sigmaoperator careautonomous maintenancecontinuous improvementdowntime reductionasset performanceoperational excellencedowntime data analysis
Deal Breakers
Must be able to lead root cause analysis (RCA) and failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), Must have experience developing preventive and predictive maintenance programs using CMMS data, Must be able to champion lean manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
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