Senior Manufacturing Reliability Engineer
Salary: $100,000 - $130,000 per year
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posted: July 17 2025
Minimum Degree:
Relocation Assistance: Available
Position: Senior Manufacturing Reliability Engineer
Your Unique Role:
Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will ll play a key role in
strengthening reliability-centered maintenance program and driving continuous
improvement across the plant. This role is all about using smart, strategic reliability
methods to boost equipment uptime and reduce repeat issues. You’ll be hands-on—
monitoring equipment, gathering data, and using engineering tools to identify potential
failures before they happen. The goal is to improve machine performance and build a
strong, proactive maintenance culture. You’ll help shape and roll out effective reliability
strategies that make a real impact on our day-to-day operations.
• Develop and coordinate maintenance reliability practices and initiatives to
improve equipment performance
• Identify and eliminate chronic/repetitive equipment failure points using
reliability-centered maintenance tools
• Analyze equipment data using CMMS software to identify trends and
opportunities for improvement
• Work cross-functionally with the engineering, maintenance and
production teams
• Improve equipment inspection and preventative maintenance processes
• Provide technical advice and troubleshooting on equipment and
machinery. Hands-On approach.
• Develop work procedures/Troubleshooting guidelines for sustaining
equipment reliability
• Implement new systems requiring lean & continuous improvement
techniques applied to the manufacturing operations
• Conduct FMEA, Safety risk analysis, KAIZEN Blitz and similar activities
Your Unique Role:
Reporting to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will ll play a key role in
strengthening reliability-centered maintenance program and driving continuous
improvement across the plant. This role is all about using smart, strategic reliability
methods to boost equipment uptime and reduce repeat issues. You’ll be hands-on—
monitoring equipment, gathering data, and using engineering tools to identify potential
failures before they happen. The goal is to improve machine performance and build a
strong, proactive maintenance culture. You’ll help shape and roll out effective reliability
strategies that make a real impact on our day-to-day operations.
• Develop and coordinate maintenance reliability practices and initiatives to
improve equipment performance
• Identify and eliminate chronic/repetitive equipment failure points using
reliability-centered maintenance tools
• Analyze equipment data using CMMS software to identify trends and
opportunities for improvement
• Work cross-functionally with the engineering, maintenance and
production teams
• Improve equipment inspection and preventative maintenance processes
• Provide technical advice and troubleshooting on equipment and
machinery. Hands-On approach.
• Develop work procedures/Troubleshooting guidelines for sustaining
equipment reliability
• Implement new systems requiring lean & continuous improvement
techniques applied to the manufacturing operations
• Conduct FMEA, Safety risk analysis, KAIZEN Blitz and similar activities
What we are looking for:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5+ years of related experience.
• Previous experience in plastics manufacturing, extrusion
or injection molding preferred
• TPM program experience
• Knowledge and experience using reliability
methodologies such as FMEA and Root Cause analysis
to mitigate equipment issues
• Experience using CMMS software system to manage
equipment tasks, costs, parts, etc.
• Experience using Kaizen events to evaluate and improve
critical assets
• Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing Certificate a Plus