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# Reliability Engineer

- **Company:** James Hardie Inc.
- **Location:** Reno, NV, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $106,700.0 - $140,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, Computer Maintenance, Microsoft Software, Infor
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d2ffcfa0a8283e0f

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Engineering (mechanical, electrical or chemical) - Degree must be from an accredited institution
 * 3-5 years of experience in an industrial continuous operating (24/7) manufacturing environment
 * Strong communication (written, oral and interpersonal) skills
 * Ability to lead and be part of cross functional teams
 * Advanced knowledge in reliability centered maintenance, failure modes & effects analysis, criticality analysis
 * Demonstrated ability to diagnosis and correct opportunities to improve mean time between failures of assets
 * Experience with computer maintenance management systems (CMMS), INFOR BE or equivalent
 * Advanced skills in basic personal computer software (Microsoft applications)

## Description

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with a solid maintenance reliability and project management background to assist in the development and application of James Hardie's core maintenance strategy., * Assist the manufacturing operations with the execution of the reliability center maintenance activities necessary to eliminate unplanned asset failures.

 * Lead root cause analysis events in the identification and elimination of production losses and high maintenance costs associated with asset failures.
 * Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and all other problems that adversely affect plant operations. These problems include capacity, quality, cost or regulatory compliance issues.

 * Develop and implement best practices for assets to ensure their maximum the mean time between failures.
 * Guide efforts to ensure best practices are being implemented to ensure reliability and maintainability of equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls and safety systems.
 * Assist plant engineers with the analysis of asset utilization, overall equipment effectiveness, remaining useful life and other parameters that define the operating condition, reliability and costs of assets.
 * Provide technical support to production, maintenance management and technical personnel.
 * Assist plant personnel in the classification and development of material lists for assets
 * Review and apply statistical methods to identify reliability trends
 * Establish and track reliability metrics