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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Reliability Engineer - **Company:** Storm Search - **Location:** Salisbury, NC, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $83,000.0 - $115,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** AutoCAD, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, SolidWorks (CAD), Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Reliability Engineering, Software Troubleshooting - **Published:** July 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0c798016fad895e9 ## About the Role We are seeking a hands-on Reliability Engineer to improve equipment performance, reduce downtime, and strengthen preventive and predictive maintenance programs at a specialized metals manufacturing facility. This position is ideal for a Mechanical Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, or experienced Maintenance Supervisor who can combine maintenance planning with hands-on equipment troubleshooting. You will spend significant time on the production floor working directly with maintenance, operations, and plant leadership to improve the reliability of furnaces, presses, material-handling equipment, and other critical manufacturing assets. This is not a strictly office-based engineering position. The successful candidate must be comfortable investigating equipment failures firsthand, developing long-term maintenance strategies, and helping execute practical solutions., * Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a closely related engineering discipline * At least 3-5 years of relevant engineering or industrial maintenance experience * Maintenance Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or Maintenance Supervisor experience * Hands-on mechanical troubleshooting experience * Experience developing or improving preventive maintenance programs * Experience supporting predictive maintenance initiatives * Strong understanding of industrial production equipment * Root Cause Analysis experience * Ability to balance maintenance planning with hands-on plant-floor support * Strong mechanical aptitude * Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities * Strong written and verbal communication skills * Comfortable working independently in a small manufacturing facility, * Mechanical Engineering degree * Five or more years of reliability or maintenance engineering experience * Metals, foundry, aerospace, forging, casting, or heavy manufacturing experience * Experience with furnaces, presses, hydraulic equipment, or thermal-processing systems * FMEA experience * Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing experience * Predictive maintenance program implementation * Capital project management * Maintenance budgeting and cost control * Experience developing equipment reliability metrics * SolidWorks experience * AutoCAD experience * CMMS experience Equipment and Systems The Reliability Engineer may support equipment including: * Industrial furnaces * Melting and thermal-processing equipment * Hydraulic presses * Pneumatic systems * Pumps and motors * Gearboxes and bearings * Cooling systems * Material-handling equipment * Production machinery * Mechanical drive systems * Plant utilities and supporting equipment ## Description * Evaluate plant equipment and identify opportunities to improve reliability, availability, and throughput * Develop, document, and improve preventive maintenance programs * Help transition the facility from preventive maintenance toward predictive maintenance * Investigate chronic equipment failures and recurring production delays * Perform root cause analysis and develop corrective action plans * Troubleshoot mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and process equipment * Support production during unplanned equipment downtime * Develop maintenance schedules for repairs, shutdowns, equipment replacements, and upgrades * Create and update preventive maintenance tasks, work orders, equipment assets, and inspections within the CMMS * Maintain a critical spare-parts inventory * Analyze equipment performance, downtime, maintenance, and failure data * Prepare equipment failure reports and determine the impact of corrective actions * Develop cost justifications for equipment upgrades and reliability improvement projects * Support capital projects and major maintenance activities * Assist with process engineering and project engineering assignments * Coordinate outside contractors and service providers * Help develop standard operating procedures for maintenance activities * Monitor maintenance spending and support departmental budget goals * Recommend equipment modifications that improve safety, reliability, quality, and productivity * Lead or participate in continuous improvement initiatives * Develop performance metrics that support long-term equipment reliability * Work closely with maintenance technicians, production employees, engineers, and operations leadership, * Reduce unplanned equipment downtime * Improve furnace and press availability * Strengthen preventive maintenance execution * Introduce additional predictive maintenance practices * Improve maintenance planning and scheduling * Identify and eliminate recurring equipment failures * Improve critical spare-parts management * Increase production reliability and equipment throughput * Build sustainable maintenance systems rather than relying on reactive repairs ## Related Videos - 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