Reliability Engineer

Linde Inc
Beaumont, TX, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Business Software Computerized Maintenance Management Systems Databases Failure Mode Effects Analysis Microsoft Office Operational Data Store Reliability Engineering

Job description

  • You will support commissioning and startup activities for an Air Separation Unit (ASU) and two Autothermal Reformer (ATR) units while ensuring a safe and reliable transition to operations.
  • Establish, implement, and continuously improve preventive, predictive, and reliability-centered maintenance strategies for mechanical equipment across assigned facilities.
  • Analyze reliability, maintenance, and operational data to identify equipment performance gaps, justify improvement initiatives, reduce life-cycle costs, and increase plant profitability.
  • Further, you will perform equipment inspections, condition assessments, troubleshooting, predictive maintenance reviews, and quarterly infrared inspections to evaluate asset health, predict failures, and optimize maintenance activities.
  • Lead failure investigations, root cause analyses, and corrective action implementation to eliminate recurring issues, reduce unplanned downtime, and improve equipment reliability.
  • Develop and maintain Standard Maintenance Procedures (SMPs), equipment maintenance strategies, and reliability programs in collaboration with subject matter experts and site teams.
  • Identify, prioritize, and eliminate equipment bad actors and repeat maintenance issues through reliability improvements and project execution.
  • And you will maintain accurate equipment BOMs, spare parts inventories, CMMS data, and support reliability assessments to ensure effective asset management and maintenance execution.
  • Work effectively in both office and field environments, provide occasional off-hours support, and travel as needed to support reliability initiatives across multiple facilities.

Requirements

  • You have a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Chemical Engineering and a minimum of 5 years of maintenance or reliability engineering experience in an industrial manufacturing environment.
  • Experience supporting the maintenance, reliability, design, specification, and improvement of mechanical equipment and systems, including compressors, heat exchangers, pumps, chillers, cooling towers, piping systems, hydraulic systems, and pneumatic systems.
  • Strong knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance methodologies, reliability engineering principles, and the interpretation of P&IDs, machinery drawings, and technical documentation.
  • You have understanding of machinery installation, commissioning, process optimization, and reliability strategies such as RCM, TPM, FMEA, spare parts management, planning and scheduling, and CMMS optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and effectively lead or participate on cross-functional teams.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive reliability improvements across all levels of the organization.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, email, CMMS platforms, and other standard business software.
  • You have professional certifications or training such as Vibration Institute Certification, MHM database training, International
  • Council for Machinery Lubrication (ICML) Level 1, or Infrared Thermography training are preferred.

About the company

Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet.

Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde’s industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.

What we offer you!

At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you’re looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.

Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level. Build your future with us while making an impact every day!, Linde Inc. acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.

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