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# Reliability Engineer- heavy industy

- **Company:** Sorting Tab
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $125,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Reliability Engineering, Software Troubleshooting
- **Published:** July 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bf6f9b105e197d39

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
 * 5+ years of reliability, maintenance, or mechanical engineering experience within a chemical, petrochemical, refining, or heavy industrial manufacturing environment.
 * Strong knowledge of rotating and fixed equipment reliability.
 * Experience with RCFA, mechanical integrity programs, maintenance planning, and MOC.
 * Working knowledge of API, ASME, and other applicable engineering standards.
 * Strong troubleshooting, communication, and project management skills.

Preferred

 * Experience managing capital or reliability improvement projects.
 * Turnaround planning and execution experience.
 * Knowledge of predictive maintenance, vibration analysis, condition monitoring, or Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM).
 * Experience within specialty chemicals or refining environments.

## Description

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving equipment failures, leading improvement initiatives, and supporting major turnarounds while making a direct impact on plant performance., * Serve as the site's mechanical reliability resource for rotating and fixed equipment.

 * Troubleshoot equipment failures, perform root cause analyses (RCFA), and develop long-term corrective actions.
 * Support and improve the plant's Mechanical Integrity and Reliability programs.
 * Develop repair strategies, maintenance plans, and equipment specifications.
 * Lead reliability improvement projects from scope development through execution, including managing budgets, schedules, contractors, and commissioning activities.
 * Provide day-to-day technical support to Operations and Maintenance while mentoring maintenance personnel on reliability best practices.
 * Support planning and execution of plant turnarounds and outages.
 * Participate in Management of Change (MOC), incident investigations, and ensure compliance with API, ASME, OSHA, EPA, and other applicable industry standards.


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