Reliability & Equipment Engineer

The Maintenance & Reliability Engineer role exists to improve equipment reliability, maintainability, availability, and overall asset performance while supporting safe, efficient, and cost-effective manufacturing operations. This role serves as a technical resource for maintenance execution and reliability improvement activities, applying engineering principles, reliability tools, and maintenance best practices to maximize equipment life cycle value and support business objectives.

Accountabilities

The Maintenance & Reliability Engineer is accountable for developing and executing equipment reliability and maintenance strategies, identifying and eliminating root causes of equipment failures, improving asset performance, and ensuring the accuracy of maintenance information, procedures, and documentation within the maintenance management system. The role supports both day-to-day maintenance activities and long-term reliability initiatives that enable the Area Business Team to meet business requirements safely and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Root Cause Analysis (RCA) investigations utilizing cause-and-effect methodologies to identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures.
• Provide technical expertise to operations and maintenance personnel for troubleshooting equipment failures, repair methods, maintenance practices, and equipment performance improvement.
• Develop, implement, and continuously improve maintenance and reliability strategies that optimize safety, availability, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
• Create, update, and maintain repair procedures, work instructions, maintenance standards, and job plans to ensure repairs are completed safely, consistently, and accurately.
• Ensure critical repair details including tolerances, clearances, materials of construction, welding requirements, inspection criteria, and quality standards are defined and documented.
• Utilize reliability engineering tools and methodologies such as Weibull Analysis, FMEA, RCA, and reliability-centered maintenance techniques to improve asset performance and capability.
• Monitor, analyze, and report asset performance metrics including availability, utilization, OEE, production losses, and other reliability indicators to identify improvement opportunities.
• Develop strategic asset improvement plans including outage strategies, turnaround planning, rebuild frequencies, inline spares, critical spare strategies, and long-term reliability initiatives.
• Establish, review, and optimize preventive, predictive, and planned maintenance programs to support equipment reliability objectives.
• Provide technical support during major maintenance outages, turnarounds, equipment rebuilds, and capital improvement projects.
• Collaborate with equipment vendors, contractors, and engineering resources to perform failure analyses, obtain technical recommendations, and evaluate replacement or upgrade options.
• Support vessel inspections, repair plans, alterations, and other equipment integrity activities in accordance with applicable standards and site requirements.
• Evaluate corrective actions to ensure improvements deliver measurable reliability and availability benefits and leverage successful solutions across the site where appropriate.
• Review and maintain Bills of Material (BOMs), equipment records, and spare parts inventories to ensure accuracy and adequate support for reliability objectives.
• Apply reliability and lifecycle cost principles to spare parts selection, inventory optimization, purchasing requirements, and equipment replacement decisions.
• Ensure equipment-specific training materials, maintenance procedures, and technical documentation are developed, maintained, and readily available.
• Serve as a technical resource for Maintenance Planners, Maintenance Technicians, Operations personnel, and Area Business Teams.
• Participate in plant health assessments and implement reliability improvement actions to maintain and improve overall asset health.
• Support maintenance budgeting, capital planning, and reliability improvement initiatives aligned with business objectives.
• Provide maintenance and reliability input to CorePD, capital projects, and new equipment installations to ensure reliability is designed into systems from inception.
• Participate in site and corporate reliability networks and share best practices across the organization.

Attributes

• Strong communicator capable of effectively working with personnel at all levels of the organization, from operators and maintenance technicians to senior leadership.
• Well-organized with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple work processes and functional teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities and drive tasks to completion.

Qualifications

Requirements for people in this role:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related discipline).
• Minimum of 3 years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or industrial engineering experience.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to quickly learn new systems and software.
• Demonstrated problem-solving, analytical, project management, and time management capabilities.
• Occasional off-hour and weekend support for plant outages and unplanned events.
• Commitment to all site safety and environmental requirements.

Preferred Experience

Preferred, but not required, experience or qualifications:

• Five or more years of maintenance, reliability, manufacturing, or engineering experience in a chemical processing or industrial environment.
• Experience leading Root Cause Analysis investigations.
• Experience developing detailed maintenance procedures and job plans.
• Knowledge of Reliability Engineering principles including RCA, FMEA, Weibull Analysis, and risk-based decision making.
• SAP Equipment Maintenance experience, including maintenance transactions, equipment records, and planning functions.
• Spare parts identification, optimization, and inventory management experience.
• Experience with turnaround planning, outage management, and asset integrity programs.

Process Safety

Actively support Process Safety Management (PSM) and Asset Integrity requirements by ensuring maintenance and reliability strategies, inspection programs, repair procedures, and equipment integrity practices comply with site and regulatory standards. Ensure appropriate procedures and controls are available and utilized for critical equipment.

Continuous Improvement

This role demands a strong understanding of Continuous Improvement (CI), ranging from basic tool usage to the management and leadership of more complex projects. This role requires completion and comprehension of the Continuous Improvement Foundation courses, as well as relevant CI Plus courses. The Maintenance & Reliability Engineer should consistently promote the use of CI methodologies within their team, particularly in:

• Problem-solving
• Project management
• Data-driven decision-making
• Team leadership, coaching, and development

Emphasizing the importance of CI training for career development and recognizing the application of CI tools by team members is crucial.

The role should be trained in the following areas:

• CI Foundations: Mastery of problem-solving tools including Brainstorming, Fishbone Analysis, Why-Why Analysis, Prioritization, and Project Charter development.
• CI Plus: Training in Value Stream Mapping (VSM), Kaizen facilitation, and other CI workshop methodologies.
• Lean Six Sigma (LSS): Green Belt certification is highly recommended.

The Maintenance & Reliability Engineer should actively support CI initiatives, facilitate improvement efforts, and encourage development of CI capabilities throughout the organization.

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position.

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Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

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Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.