Reliability Engineer
- Location
- Joplin, MO, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The primary role of the Reliability Engineer (RE) is to apply engineering practices to drive out sources of repetitive failure in equipment and processes. The RE will identify and manage asset reliability risks that could adversely affect plant or business operations. The RE is involved in Early Management (EM) for design and installation stages of Capital projects for new assets and modification of existing assets. The RE conducts and develops various analytical methods for determining reliability of components, equipment, and processes. The RE will be involved in the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Planned Maintenance (PM) Pillar programs.
This role acquires process and equipment data, provides analysis of the data to include preparation of charts, diagrams, drawings, calculations, and reports which define reliability problems and makes recommendations for improvements. The level of reliability required for a particular asset will consider the criticality ranking, the economic limitations for equipment up/down time, repair/replacement costs, availability of materials/equipment, etc. The RE will be accountable for eliminating unplanned equipment downtime and reducing the total life cycle cost of the assets.
Reports to : Joplin Maintenance Leader .
Span of Control : The RE is required to engage with maintenance, operations, and technical teams quickly, to achieve breakthrough results in a workforce of approximately 150.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Live the Owens Corning Safety Stand- Living Safely
- Ensures a safe and environmentally compliant workplace where safety is first priority.
- Sustainability and Environmental Compliance / Stewardship
- Leads and support safety initiatives and processes to drive to zero incidents
- Trains and develops employees to safely perform their jobs
- Safety metrics – RIR, 1st aids, Near Misses, Pre-task safety planning, SAFE / C6, Risk profile reduction, safety training
Drives the elimination of unplanned equipment downtime
- Gathers and examines basic reliability data from data bases, field tests, CMMS systems and other data sources, and correlates the data using well defined engineering techniques and procedures.
- Assist/Learn and eventually facilitate Root Cause analysis/Root Cause Failure Analysis
- Determine “Bad Actors” and Prioritize findings to focus on the largest or most critical opportunities.
- Confer with Subject Matter Experts (SME), Maintenance Leaders, and other Reliability Engineers to develop a plan in partnership with Operations and Maintenance, and effectively and economically improve equipment and process designs.
Improves asset total life cycle cost across the enterprise.
- Partners with Capital Delivery to ensure the EM focus on reliability and maintainability of new and modified equipment installations.
- Teaching and training of PM Pillar and reliability concepts/tools/methodologies
- Defines, develops, monitors and refines asset maintenance strategies.
- Partners with plant PM Pillar/maintenance teams to define, develop and refine the Preventative/Predictive Maintenance program
- Application of Storeroom/MRO best practices
Leading and Developing Talent
- Provides reliability based and precision maintenance training
- Provides feedback on expectations and performance for PdM team members
- In partnership with Maintenance Leader, leads and builds an effective work team to increase plant performance and drive continuous improvement.
- Defines and deploys appropriate reliability knowledge and capabilities for plant Maintenance teams members: Supervisors, Engineers and technicians
- Leads/Manages external resources on projects and programs
JOB REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE :
- 3- 5 years of industrial manufacturing/maintenance or reliability experience
- A Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Engineering, Science, Operations or Business)
- High working knowledge of common CMMS systems, SAP preferred
PREFFERED EXPERIENCE
- Working experience and application of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
- Condition-based monitoring technologies like vibration, thermography, ultrasonic, motor circuit analysis, tribology
• Experience with Reliability practices and processes such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA); Equipment Criticality Ranking (ECR); Failure Modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA); Weibull Analysis; Fault Tree Analysis (FTA); Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP); Pareto Analysis; Etc.
- Experience with Reliability practices and processes such as Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA); Equipment Criticality Ranking (ECR); Failure Modes, effects and criticality analysis (FMECA); Weibull Analysis; Fault Tree Analysis (FTA); Hazard and Operability Analysis (HAZOP); Pareto Analysis; Etc.
From Owens Corning's careers page (Company careers page), checked 29 Oct 2026.
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Posted 14 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job