Reliability and Maintenance Leveraged Engineer (Manufacturing)

Location: Wilmington/Newark, Delaware, United States; occasional travel required

Company

hirify.global develops materials and solutions for advanced electronics and high-tech industries.

What you will do

• Apply reliability tools and structured problem-solving methods to reduce downtime, improve equipment performance, and optimize maintenance costs.
• Develop and improve critical equipment lists, equipment strategies, preventive maintenance plans, and spare parts strategies.
• Participate in Root Cause Failure Analysis investigations and implement corrective actions for recurring or high-impact equipment issues.
• Provide reliability and maintenance input for capital projects, including equipment specifications, design reviews, installation, commissioning, and turnover.
• Improve work execution, troubleshooting, job plans, and CMMS data quality with maintenance, operations, engineering, and supplier teams.
• Monitor reliability data and support predictive maintenance and condition monitoring using vibration, lubrication, infrared, ultrasonic, and related technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Industrial, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Typically 2–5 years of experience in manufacturing, reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, plant technical support, or related industrial operations.
• Basic understanding of industrial equipment, maintenance practices, troubleshooting methods, and mechanical or electrical systems.
• Familiarity with reliability methods such as FMEA, Root Cause Analysis, preventive maintenance optimization, or reliability-centered maintenance.
• Experience with or willingness to learn CMMS platforms such as SAP-PM, MaintainX, or similar systems.
• Must be willing to work in the Wilmington/Newark, Delaware area and travel occasionally as business needs require.

Nice to have

• Curiosity, initiative, and willingness to learn reliability and maintenance engineering practices.
• Practical problem-solving skills with attention to safety, detail, and follow-through.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a manufacturing environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with plant operations, maintenance, engineering, suppliers, and contractors on practical reliability improvements.
• Support urgent plant needs, continuous improvement initiatives, and local site capability development.
• Operate within EH&S policies, safe work practices, machine safety requirements, and applicable engineering standards.
• Comprehensive pay and benefits package.