Reliability Engineer

Phaidon International (U.S.), Inc.
Knoxville, TN, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$80,000.0 - $120,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Failure Mode Effects Analysis Operational Data Store

Job description

  • Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and troubleshooting on recurring failures
  • Develop and improve preventive maintenance (PM) strategies
  • Use CMMS and operational data to identify trends and drive decisions
  • Identify high-risk equipment (“bad actors”) and prioritize improvement efforts
  • Partner closely with maintenance, engineering, and operations teams
  • Support and lead projects aimed at improving uptime, efficiency, and performance
  • Contribute to building a more proactive, reliability-focused culture

Requirements

We’re looking for a Reliability Engineer to support a high-volume manufacturing operation focused on improving equipment performance, uptime, and long-term reliability across the plant.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys digging into equipment issues, identifying root causes, and building sustainable solutions-not just reacting to breakdowns., * Background in manufacturing engineering, maintenance, or reliability

  • Experience troubleshooting equipment and driving long-term fixes
  • Exposure to PM optimization, RCA methodologies, or reliability tools (FMEA, RCM, etc.)
  • Comfortable working with data, systems, and CMMS platforms
  • Ability to work both on the plant floor and cross-functionally with teams
  • Strong communication skills and a hands-on, problem-solving mindset, * Experience in high-volume or continuous manufacturing environments
  • Familiarity with condition-based monitoring or predictive maintenance
  • CMRP or similar certifications, * Opportunity to own reliability vs. just maintain equipment
  • High visibility across operations, engineering, and leadership
  • Ability to make a direct impact on uptime and plant performance

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