Senior Reliability Engineer

The Senior Reliability Engineer is responsible for ensuring the safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance of physical assets while leading and developing the Reliability Engineering team. This role combines advanced reliability engineering expertise with people leadership, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration to improve asset performance, reduce risk, and support long-term business objectives.

The position serves as the technical authority for reliability practices and the people manager for reliability engineers, setting standards, priorities, and development plans across the function.

In this role you will:

Reliability Engineering & Technical Leadership

• Act as the site or business reliability authority for asset performance, life-cycle management, and failure elimination.

• Lead development and deployment of reliability strategies, including:

• Asset Criticality Analysis

• Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)

• Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM)

• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance (PM/PdM) development & optimization

• Spare Parts (critical and non-critical) reviews and inventory updates

• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

• Analyze equipment performance data, KPIs, and trends to identify improvement opportunities.

• Track and report reliability metrics (e.g., MTBF, MTTR, OEE impact, bad actor elimination) to leadership.

• Support Capital Projects by ensuring reliability and maintainability principles are integrated into design, installation, and commissioning.

• Develop and execute the Reliability Roadmap aligned with site and business objectives.

• Partner with Maintenance, Operations, Engineering, and Manufacturing leaders to drive equipment availability and risk reduction.

• Translate reliability improvement opportunities into business cases, cost savings, and risk mitigation strategies.

• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and internal governance requirements.

• Follow all applicable RAGAGEPs and PSM/RMP requirements & recommendations.

• Foster a strong safety culture and strive for continuous improvement.

People Management & Team Leadership

• Serve as the direct manager for all Reliability Engineers, providing leadership, coaching, development planning, and performance management.

• Define clear roles, responsibilities, and technical expectations for the reliability team.

• Mentor engineers in reliability tools, data analysis, and problem-solving methodologies.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Chemical, or related discipline required).

• 8+ years of progressive experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset management required.

• 3+ years of leadership experience required, with team leadership in maintenance and reliability preferred.

• Demonstrated experience leading or managing engineers or technical professionals required.

• Strong working knowledge of:

• Reliability engineering principles and tools

• Reliability Centered Maintenance strategies

• Root cause analysis methodologies

• Experience working in industrial, manufacturing, energy, or asset-intensive environments.

• Experience implementing reliability programs in CMMS/EAM systems.

• Experience using PdM tools and techniques

• PSM/RMP experience preferred

• Technical training in PdM practices (ultrasound, vibration analysis, thermography, oil analysis, lubrication principles preferred

• SAP experience preferred

• CMRP or CRL certification preferred

Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions.

ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees., At BASF ECMS you get more than just compensation, Medical & Dental. Our total offer includes a wide range of elements you need to be your best in every stage of your life.