Reliability Engineer

Minor Hotels Europe and Americas

Reliability Engineer managing asset reliability and maintenance activities in a chemical manufacturing facility. Leading PSM and technical support roles within a team-based environment.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeDayton • Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for supporting maintenance activities to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable maintenance in all departments of the Vandalia, Ohio plant.
Identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant, utility, or business operations.
Lead the mechanical integrity program of PSM and provide technical support to production, maintenance, and technical personnel.
Support value analysis to repair/replace or make buy decisions.
Develop engineering solutions to repetitive issues and other problems that adversely affect daily operations.
Develop analysis methods to determine maintenance demands for equipment, components, and processes.
Develop and maintain all utilities including but not limited to boilers, generators, HVAC, vacuum pumps, compressors, DI-water banks, process critical equipment, and facility equipment in accordance with industry standards and facility needs.
Responsible for like for like equipment replacements.
Develop preventative maintenance programs and routinely audit for compliance to provide continuous improvement of the program.
Conduct analysis of reliability problems, 5Y or fishbone.
Analyze KPIs (MTBF, MTTR, OEE) to identify performance gaps and recommend data-driven solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce downtime.
Utilize SAP and operations management software to support maintenance planning, procurement, and workflow optimization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering is required.
Ten years of site reliability engineering experience is preferred.
Experience in a chemical manufacturing facility is preferred.
Strong work ethic required.
Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines as well as manage change and work independently.
Self-starter with an attention to detail.
Strong written and oral communication skills required.
Ability to analyze and interpret data to replace equipment required.
An engineer with sound technical skills, analytical ability, high integrity, good judgment and strong operational focus.
A well organized and self-directed individual who is a team player.
SAP experience preferred.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

mechanical integritypreventative maintenancedata analysisreliability engineeringengineering solutionsKPI analysisasset reliability managementvalue analysisprocess improvementequipment replacement

Soft Skills

strong work ethicattention to detailability to manage changestrong written communicationstrong oral communicationanalytical abilitygood judgmentoperational focusself-starterteam player

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering