Reliability Engineer - Manufacturing Plant Maintenance

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer - Manufacturing

Position: Full Time, Salaried, (Exempt role with annual bonus incentive)

Schedule: Days - With possible on call for troubleshooting

Location: Spruance Manufacturing Plant Site
5401 Jefferson Davis Highway, Richmond, Virginia 23234
www.ARCLIN.com

As the Reliability Engineer, you turn reliability opportunities into measurable plant performance.

The role

The Reliability Engineer facilitates development of the site maintenance and reliability strategy and resolves reliability and availability losses through the application of reliability technologies, data and tools. The role focuses on opportunities affecting measured asset capability and high-risk items identified through risk assessments, reliability models and plant health studies. The engineer quantitatively evaluates Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PPM) effectiveness, develops equipment reliability strategies and leads corrective actions that enable the plant to meet its business plan and customer commitments.

What you will own

RELIABILITY STRATEGY & PRIORITIZATION

• Facilitate development and implementation of the site maintenance and reliability strategy in alignment with Arclin business objectives.
• Create equipment reliability strategies using the Bad Actors List, Critical Equipment List, plant health findings and identified business needs.
• Develop and maintain models that identify unit operations, equipment and processes with the greatest value opportunity for improvement.
• Analyze asset utilization and cost data to develop and prioritize reliability opportunities.
• Evaluate and quantify how equipment reconfigurations, design changes, equipment quality and projects affect the plant’s ability to meet customer needs.

ROOT CAUSE & CORRECTIVE ACTION

• Facilitate and implement the site Root Cause Investigation process, including cause-and-effect methods where reliability opportunities or investigation triggers are met.
• Define reliability and availability assessment requirements, investigation scopes and measurable corrective actions.
• Evaluate and validate the impact of actions that affect availability and reliability, and leverage successful solutions across the site or business where appropriate.
• Participate in plant health studies and lead implementation of corrective actions that maintain or improve plant health.

PPM & RELIABILITY PROGRAMS

• Evaluate individual elements of the Preventive and Predictive Maintenance program by quantifying the impact of failures and PPM tasks.
• Facilitate proactive PPM optimization that improves reliability, productivity and maintenance effectiveness.
• Establish, improve and sustain condition-monitoring and predictive-maintenance programs, including required use of Emerson AMS, Lube-It and other approved reliability platforms.
• Apply Six Sigma tools and methodologies, process simplification, value engineering, maintenance strategy and reliability modeling to improve performance.
• Convert reliability-program findings into prioritized work orders, equipment strategies, corrective actions and measurable results.

LIFECYCLE VALUE, SPARES & NETWORKS

• Apply total cost of ownership and reliability engineering principles with discipline teams and technical networks to build reliability into purchasing requirements.
• Provide equipment reliability, vendor-performance and modification data to technical resource networks.
• Optimize spare-parts stocking levels with MRO and discipline resources using critical-spare, slow-moving and ABC-category principles.
• Participate in reliability network activities and share proven solutions across the organization.
• Support applicable Activity Coordination objectives and links to project and technology-implementation processes.

What you bring to the role

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor of Science degree in an engineering discipline or equivalent relevant experience required.
• Five+ years of maintenance or reliability experience required.
• Five years of Process Safety Management or high-hazard process experience required.
• Arclin line-of-business, process or site technology experience preferred.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & SYSTEMS

• Demonstrated experience using Emerson AMS for machinery health, asset monitoring, vibration analysis or predictive-maintenance workflows.
• Demonstrated experience using Lube-It or comparable lubrication-management software and lubrication reliability programs.
• Experience with other reliability programs and technologies, such as vibration analysis, oil analysis, ultrasound, infrared thermography and condition monitoring.
• Working knowledge of PPM data and maintenance information systems, including SAP or other CMMS.
• Knowledge of risk assessment, environmental impact analysis, reliability metrics, RCA triggers, economic evaluation and scope development.
• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles, including statistical analysis and reliability modeling.
• Ability to measure the effectiveness of implemented solutions and connect reliability work to maintenance cost, asset utilization and site goals.

How you will work

INTELLECTUAL CURIOSITY

Invest in learning, test assumptions and pursue better ways to understand equipment risk and reliability performance.

FUNCTIONAL SKILL

Apply reliability methods, data and systems with technical rigor to deliver practical, measurable outcomes.

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILL

Use knowledge of Arclin systems, procedures and culture to identify opportunities and act in ways that increase customer and business impact.

COLLABORATION & ACTIVE LISTENING

Welcome input, seek clear understanding and engage Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Procurement and suppliers in value-driven solutions.

Success in this role looks like

• Reliability opportunities are prioritized using risk, asset capability, plant health and economic value.
• Root-cause investigations produce validated corrective actions that reduce repeat losses.
• PPM and condition-monitoring programs demonstrate measurable improvement in reliability and availability.
• Equipment strategies, purchasing requirements and spare-parts decisions reflect lifecycle reliability and cost.
• Reliability data and proven solutions are shared and leveraged across the site and technical network.

VITAL BEYOND MEASURE | This role converts equipment risk, reliability data and technical insight into sustained plant performance.

With ~4,000 team members across more than 30 global manufacturing facilities, we operate with the scale to make a global impact and the agility to solve complex challenges at the molecular level. Rooted in scientific discovery and innovation, Arclin’s materials redefine performance across industries—from Firepoint®’s patented intumescent technology that helps stall flames and save lives to the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands trusted to protect those who serve, strengthen aerospace and industrial systems, and perform where reliability and safety are top of mind.

As we expand our mission-critical materials portfolio and shape the next era of performance technologies, we’re looking for people who want to grow, lead, and solve the challenges others can’t. Together, we’ll advance the innovations that keep the world moving. Because at Arclin, our people are truly Vital Beyond Measure.

Arclin is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability or any other protected class. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search or apply for a position, please contact our Talent Acquisition team for additional information.

Learn more about Nomex, Kevlar and Kevlar EXO by clicking on these links. www.Arclin.Com

Arclin offers a comprehensive pay and benefits package and is proud to offer a comprehensive, integrated total rewards package, which includes competitive pay and benefits.