Reliability Engineer

Century Aluminum

Experience: 5+ yrs
Location: Robards, Kentucky, United States
Job type: Full-time

Required skills

SAP PM
RCFA
RCPE
Vibration analysis
Thermography
Ultrasound
Oil analysis

About the role

Job Description:
This role is ideal for a hands-on professional who has successfully developed reliability systems from the ground up—establishing standards, leading and driving Root Cause Problem Elimination, improving SAP PM utilization, and driving measurable improvements in equipment uptime. The position will focus on critical assets including rotating equipment, belt conveying systems, and hydraulic systems, while helping to refine the structure, processes, and culture necessary for a sustainable reliability-centered organization.
Qualifications/Skills/Knowledge & Education Recommendations:
Required Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent experience 5+ years in reliability or maintenance engineering in heavy industry Demonstrated success building or maturing a reliability program Hands-on SAP PM experience (maintenance plans, master data, reporting) Proven ability to lead RCFA and translate findings into system improvements Preferred Qualifications CMRP, CRE, or similar certification Experience in metals, mining, cement, carbon/anode, or comparable processes Familiarity with PdM technologies and integration with SAP Experience developing lubrication and contamination control programs

Roles and Responsibilities:
	Learn, accept and live Century Aluminum’s Safety Mission Statement
	Review current maintenance and reliability practices and develop an improvement roadmap
	Drive the core elements of an RCM-based program: criticality ranking, PM optimization, failure coding, and defect elimination
	Create equipment standards, inspection routes, lubrication practices, and precision maintenance procedures
	Develop metrics and dashboards to track MTBF, MTTR, OEE, and bad actors.
	Lead improvement of SAP PM master data, equipment hierarchies, task lists, and maintenance plans
	Partner with planners to build accurate job plans, BOMs, and material strategies
	Use SAP data to drive fact-based reliability decisions rather than reactive maintenance
	Provide reliability engineering for: Rotating equipment – motors, gearboxes, pumps, fans, bearings, couplings Belt conveyors & bulk handling – pulleys, idlers, tracking, take-ups, transfer points Hydraulic systems – power units, cylinders, presses, valves, contamination control
	Lead RCPE of chronic equipment problems and recurring failures
	Oversee and expand condition-based maintenance programs using vibration, thermography, ultrasound, and oil analysis
	Integrate modern technologies across the plant to further predictive maintenance
	Facilitate root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for high-impact events
	Support capital projects with maintainability and reliability input
	Mentor maintenance and operations teams in reliability best practices
	Drive cultural change from reactive to planned and predictive maintenance
	EEO/AAP: This position has the responsibility to support and carry out the Company’s policy on Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action.

About Century Aluminum

Produces primary aluminum and value-added aluminum products globally.

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