The Role The Reliability Engineer is responsible for designing, leading, and executing the plant’s asset reliability strategy throughout the entire lifecycle of equipment. This role focuses on advanced failure analysis, risk evaluation, and data‑driven maintenance optimization to ensure a preventive, high‑performance, and cost‑efficient operation. The position identifies and eliminates recurring failures, improves asset availability, and reduces total lifecycle cost (LCC) by integrating reliability principles into maintenance, operations, and engineering processes. What You’ll Do Lead and document Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for chronic failures and high‑impact events, ensuring permanent elimination of recurrence. Establish, analyze, and communicate strategic reliability KPIs (availability, reliability, criticality, LCC, failures avoided). Identify and prioritize critical assets based on safety, environmental, production, and lifecycle cost impact. Conduct advanced data analysis on MTBF, MTTR, availability, downtime, and lifecycle cost to identify failure patterns and improvement opportunities. Facilitate and apply optimization methodologies such as RCM, PMO, FMEA/FMECA, Weibull, and RAM analysis, integrating outcomes with Operations and Maintenance. Develop, update, and maintain optimized preventive and predictive maintenance plans in collaboration with Maintenance Engineering and Operations. Propose and drive improvements in equipment design, operation, and maintenance to eliminate failure modes and increase systemic reliability. Ensure alignment of Condition Monitoring routes (vibration, thermography, ultrasound, oil analysis) with asset criticality and reliability strategies. Coordinate with Projects Engineering to integrate reliability criteria into new equipment acquisitions and modifications. Build and present technical and financial business cases to justify redesigns, replacements, or major asset improvements. Consolidate historical data on failures, costs, downtime, and performance for future analysis and strategic decision‑making. Promote a reliability‑driven culture through training, standardization, and documentation of best practices. Serve as technical liaison with OEMs, external consultants, and corporate stakeholders. Participate in risk analyses for critical assets and guide actions to mitigate operational, safety, environmental, and financial risks. What Success Looks Like Reduction of chronic and high‑impact failures. Improved equipment availability, reliability, and lifecycle cost performance. Maintenance plans optimized and aligned with asset criticality. Strong adoption of reliability tools across Operations and Maintenance. Clear, executive‑level communication of findings and recommendations. Reliability criteria embedded into new projects and capital decisions. What You Bring Education: Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or related field; desirable specialization in Reliability, Asset Management (ISO 55000), Maintenance Engineering, or Six Sigma. Experience: 5–8 years in maintenance engineering, reliability, failure analysis, or continuous improvement roles within heavy industry, metallurgical processes, continuous processes, or similar. Technical Expertise: Advanced RCM, PM Optimization, FMEA/FMECA, RCA Weibull analysis, probability of failure, RAM/Monte Carlo simulations Lifecycle cost (LCC) analysis and replacement modeling Mechanical/electrical/power/rotating systems knowledge Experience integrating reliability into CAPEX engineering projects Strong data analytics: Excel, Power BI; Python preferred CMMS expertise (Maximo): criticality, asset hierarchy, PM configuration, failure history, backlog, KPIs Solid understanding of condition monitoring technologies Skills & Competencies: Systems thinking and analytical mindset Strategic orientation and long‑term vision Cross‑functional influence and technical authority Change management and preventive culture mindset Executive communication skills Languages: Technical English – 80% Other Requirements: Travel required; no shift rotation; no relocation required. Work Model & Travel On‑site role at the plant. Travel as needed to support projects, audits, and external technical coordination. About Clarios: Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF). To All Recruitment Agencies: Clarios does not accept unsolicited agency resumes/CVs. Please do not forward resumes/CVs to our careers email addresses, Clarios employees or any other company location. Clarios is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/CVs. Equal Employment Opportunity: Clarios, LLC is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information, please view EEO is the Law, EEO is the Law (supplement), and Pay Transparency Non-discrimination. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please email [email protected]. A Note to Job Applicants: please be aware of scams being perpetrated through the Internet and social media platforms. Clarios will never require a job applicant to pay money as part of the application or hiring process. Clarios is the creator behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands. We are the car battery found in most new vehicles including leading brands such as Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Our 16,000 employees develop, manufacture, and distribute batteries for virtually every type of vehicle. We recover, recycle, and reuse up to 99% of our battery materials, leading sustainability practices in our industry. A Note to Job Applicants: Please be aware of scams being perpetrated through the Internet and social media platforms. Clarios will never require a job applicant to pay money as part of the application or hiring process.

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