Unilever
Reliability Engineer
Jonesboro, AR
Sponsorship not specified$89k-$133kDetected 81 days ago
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About the role
- JOB PURPOSE The Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving equipment reliability, eliminating chronic losses, and stabilizing production assets through engineering-led maintenance strategies.
- This role sits within the Maintenance Department serves as the technical owner of loss elimination, defining asset reliability strategies and standards to transition the plant from reactive to preventive and predictive maintenance.
- Working closely with Maintenance and Operations, this position ensures asset strategies and improvements permanently eliminate failure modes impacting Safety, Quality, Production, and Cost.
Responsibilities
- Lead root cause analysis (RCA) and implement permanent solutions to eliminate repeat failures
- Develop and maintain reliability strategies for critical equipment
- Use data to validate improvements and track results
- Drive prioritization of reliability efforts based on business impact (Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery)
- Define and optimize maintenance strategies (PM, PdM, run-to-failure) based on failure modes and asset criticality
- Drive continuous improvement of maintenance plans using CMMS data and feedback
- Develop SMPs and standards
- Plant Floor Engagement & Capability Building
- Work directly on the plant floor to validate failures and root causes
- Partner with Operations to reduce misuse and avoidable losses
Requirements
- 5+ years of related experience in FMCG, chemical, oil & gas, pharmaceutical or automotive industry
- Strong understanding of maintenance and reliability fundamentals (breakdown analysis, failure modes, RCA, FMEA, bad-actor analysis)
- Experience with preventive and predictive maintenance
- Familiarity with CMMS systems
- Experience using digital tools or analytics
- Bachelor's degree in engineering: Mechanical, Chemical, or equivalent
Compensation
- The pay range for this position is $88,600 to 133,000.
- Unilever takes into consideration a wide range of factors that are utilized in making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs.
- Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible.
Benefits
- Bonus: This position is bonus eligible.
- If you are an individual with a disability in need of assistance at any time during our recruitment process, please contact us at NA.Accommodations@unilever.com.
Company info
- You'll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters - for people and the planet.
- Long-Term Incentive (LTI): This position is LTI eligible. ------------------------------------ At Unilever, inclusion is at the heart of everything we do.
Equal opportunity
- Unilever is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Persons with Disabilities.
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