Reliability Engineer

Southwire Company, LLC is seeking a highly skilled Reliability Engineer to join our team. As a Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for championing the implementation of reliability best practices and evaluating new methods and technologies to continuously improve equipment reliability.

• Collaborate with various plant teams and areas to identify, evaluate, and implement reliability improvement opportunities through changes to operating and maintenance procedures, and equipment upgrades.
• Analyze equipment history to identify reliability improvement opportunities.
• Deploy root cause analysis methods and tools on problems or failures that have resulted in consequential impacts related to machine downtime and/or maintenance expense.
• Participate in new equipment selection and deployment processes to ensure reliability and maintainability principles are included in the design and implementation activities.
• Support the Autonomous Maintenance process by contributing to the design and selection of operator inspections and tasks to sustain equipment condition and performance.
• Promote the following reliability strategies:
  • Planned corrective maintenance is more effective than reactive maintenance.
  • Time-based preventive maintenance is more effective than planned corrective maintenance.
  • Condition-based (predictive) maintenance is more effective than time-based preventive maintenance.
  • Prevention of maintenance is the best comprehensive maintenance strategy.
• Participate in audits to measure and validate progression and performance in the reliability journey.
• Utilize reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) principles to optimize the equipment maintenance strategy.
• Serve as a subject matter expert of the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and assist in end-user training efforts to ensure master and transactional data integrity and accuracy.

• Four-year BS Degree
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a manufacturing environment with focus on reliability and maintainability.
• Thorough knowledge of methodologies including Failure Modes and Effects Criticality Analysis (FMECA), Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), and Total Productive Maintenance (TPM).
• Ability to train others on reliability activities and facilitate analyses that utilize reliability methodologies.
• Familiarity with common condition-based, predictive technologies such as vibration, thermal, ultrasonic, oil, and circuit analyses.

• Nimble Learning
• Customer Focus
• Plans and Aligns
• Collaborates
• Balances Stakeholders
• Action Oriented

• 401k with Matching
• Family and Individual Insurance Packages (Health, Life, Dental, and Vision)
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Long & Short-Term Disability
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Advancement & Professional Growth opportunities
• Parental Leave
• & More

Southwire is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.