Lead Reliability Engineer

About the Position

Lead Reliability Engineer

Minnetonka, MN, United States

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Tech Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning, scheduling, MRO, and CBM personnel for the site
• Drive and conduct Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) analysis across the plant
• Develop and implement maintenance and reliability strategies within Veolia's corporate Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• Define, track, and report on plant reliability KPIs: Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF), Mean Time To Repair (MTTR), Planned Maintenance Percentage (PMP)
• Monitor and track key equipment reliability strategies, such as condition monitoring, equipment mapping, non-destructive testing (NDT), and visual inspections.
• Lead the implementation of predictive technologies, including vibration analysis, ultrasonic analysis, thermography, PdMA, oil analysis, corrosion detection, and dissolved gas analysis
• Perform & document equipment criticality analysis in support of an effective critical spares strategy
• Lead technical incident investigations through Root Cause Analysis (Cause Mapping/Fault Free Diagram/5Whys/Cost Benefit Analysis) and implementation of recommended solutions
• Analyze data to identify reliability trends, forecast risks, and drive improvements in equipment uptime, cost, and safety
• Support in establishing maintenance job plans including shutdowns/outages
• Apply technical knowledge to troubleshoot equipment/production issues across multiple production lines, working cross-functionally with operations, engineering, maintenance, etc.
• Develop, write, and review new process documentation
• Champion and lead the plant's shift toward digitization, owning the implementation of digital reliability tools and technologies
• Lead capital projects aimed at enhancing reliability
• Develop and implement a lubrication program effectiveness and the hydraulics improvement plan
• Support in developing the Asset Register and Hierarchies
• Ability and willingness to wear personal protective equipment, for example, safety glasses, gloves, ear plugs, and safety shoes, as required

Requirements

• Required:

  • B.S. degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or related field)
  • 5+ years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, Operations Engineer, or Maintenance Engineer
  • Experience working in a manufacturing facility

• Preferred:

  • 7+ years of experience as a Reliability Engineer, Operations Engineer, or Maintenance Engineer
  • Possession of a Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional (or similar) certification, such as MMP, CMRP, or CRE
  • Lean manufacturing experience

Skills

• Core Skills:

  • Reliability-Centered Maintenance
  • CMMS
  • data analytics
  • Root Cause Analysis

• Secondary Skills:

  • vibration analysis
  • ultrasonic analysis
  • thermography
  • PdMA
  • oil analysis
  • corrosion detection
  • dissolved gas analysis
  • MS Office
  • Google

We Offer

• Compensation:
  
  The compensation range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $108,000-$120,000 USD.

• Benefits:

  • Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Starting Day 1!
  • Life Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Holidays
  • Parental Leave
  • 401(k) Plan
  • Flexible Spending & Health Savings Accounts
  • AD&D Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • Tuition Reimbursement

About the Company

Join a company that values Responsibility, Solidarity, Innovation, Customer Focus, and Respect. You'll have opportunities for comprehensive leadership development, career advancement, and the chance to make a meaningful impact on sustainability and environmental protection while leading a talented team.

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We offer challenging and meaningful careers. Because our people are our greatest assets, we also offer competitive compensation and benefits.

Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; the employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g., H-1B visa) for this opportunity

Veolia does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles will be deemed the property of the company, and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.