Reliability Engineer

Are you ready to accelerate your career with a best-in-class organization that values innovation, dedication, and growth? Our employees at Grede are the key to our success and share our passion for teamwork, customer service, and operational excellence. If you want to join an industry-leading company that focuses on your professional growth and development, we’d love to hear from you!

The Reliability Engineer originates and develops analysis methods for determining reliability of components, equipment, and processes. Acquires data and analyzes the data. Prepares diagrams, charts, drawings, calculations, instructions, and reports for defining reliability problems and investigates to determine the reliability required for a particular situation considering the cost limitations for equipment up/down time, repair/replacement costs, and availability of materials/equipment. Determines the cost advantages of alternatives for developing action plans to comply with internal/external customer demands for reliable processes/equipment to avoid failures.

What You'll Do:

• Act as day-to-day liaison between operations, maintenance and other support departments.
• Plan, analyze, design, specify, prepare estimates and gather other required information for casting processing and automation projects in accordance with accepted engineering principles and practices.
• Review current and potential casting processing equipment and automation suppliers to evaluate application to castings and customer requirements at the plant.
• Ability to diagnose electrical, PLC, pneumatics, hydraulics, etc through trouble shooting processes.

• Analyzing equipment failure data to identify patterns and trends.
• Conducting root cause analysis to determine the underlying cause of problems.
• Designing and implementing new procedures for monitoring and testing equipment.
• Developing and implementing new maintenance procedures.
• Collaborating with other departments to ensure that reliability is integrated into all aspects of the organization.
• Developing and implementing new procedures and processes
• Ability to analyze current work standard, determine if the actions are correct and assist in amending the documents and training operators to the changes.

Why You’ll Love Working for Us:

• Competitive wages
• 401(k) with company match
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Paid holidays and vacation
• Company paid Short Term Disability

What We Need from You:

• Analytical thinking: the ability to think critically and logically, as well as the ability to work with large sets of data and make sense of them.
• Technical aptitude: a strong understanding of the systems, equipment, and processes at hand. This includes knowledge of the engineering principles and specific systems used at an organization.
• Problem-solving: the ability to think creatively and come up with innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Communication: the ability to explain technical concepts in a clear and understandable manner, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with others.
• Project management: the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously and effectively including planning, scheduling, and organizing.
• Bachelor of Engineering.
• CMRP Certification a plus but not required.

Grede is proud to support transitioning service members and current military veterans with career opportunities that are a match for their skills gained while serving our country. Military veterans are encouraged to apply.

Spanish speaking candidates are encouraged to apply. Se anima a los candidatos que hablan español a aplicar.

We recognize the value of second chances. All individuals seeking stable employment as a step in their journey are encouraged to apply.

To learn more about Grede, please visit our website at www.grede.com.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.