Reliability Specialist

Position Details
Location: South Bend, Indiana or Nevada, Iowa. Job Type: Full-Time. Pay: $90,000-$115,000. FLSA: Salary Exempt. Schedule: Monday-Friday day shift; occasional evenings, weekends, holidays required. Travel: 30%.

What We Will Expect From You
This position is responsible for supporting the overall reliability, mechanical integrity, and process safety performance of the plant. The role works closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Reliability teams to coordinate planning activities, support equipment inspections and maintenance programs, assist with troubleshooting and root cause analysis, and help ensure critical plant systems operate safely and efficiently. The ideal candidate is organized, technically driven, safety-focused, and capable of managing multiple priorities in a fast‑paced industrial environment. This position reports directly to the Reliability Manager.

Essential Functions Of The Job

Coordinate and support reliability planning, scheduling, and maintenance execution activities to support safe and efficient plant operations.

Develop and maintain inspection, preventative maintenance, and mechanical integrity programs for critical plant assets and equipment.

Support process safety, troubleshooting, root cause failure analysis (RCFA), and reliability improvement initiatives.

Assist with outage planning, work prioritization, and cross‑functional coordination with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, and Reliability teams.

Analyze equipment, inspection, and reliability data to support asset performance, compliance, and continuous improvement efforts.

Responsibilities

Support reliability workflow processes, outage planning activities, and work order execution.

Maintain critical reliability lists, rotating equipment programs, vibration monitoring routes, lubrication schedules, and inspection records.

Coordinate and support required inspections, testing, auditing, and repair activities for plant safety and protection systems.

Support mechanical integrity programs for vessels, piping systems, pressure relief devices, boilers, and rotating equipment.

Ensure LOTO, MOC, PSSR, and related process safety requirements are completed prior to work execution.

Participate in process hazard analyses (PHA), incident investigations, troubleshooting efforts, and corrective action development.

Track reliability KPIs, downtime data, Pareto analysis, and equipment performance metrics.

Support small capital projects and reliability improvement initiatives through planning and execution phases.

Maintain equipment documentation, inspection schedules, and reliability records.

Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

4 Year Engineering Degree or 2+ years relevant experience.

Minimum 3 years of experience in an industrial setting.

Familiarity with critical asset management strategies, RCFA processes, and industry‑standard inspection principles and practices is preferred.

Familiarity with PLC and DCS control systems, including DeltaV, is highly desired.

Ability to clearly document inspections, work orders, maintenance plans, and incident investigations.

Record project progress and technical findings in a concise and professional manner.

Ability to work collaboratively with planners, schedulers, operations, and other engineers to execute inspections, projects, and reliability initiatives.

Strong dedication to safety, compliance, and plant operational standards.

Physical And Work Environment Requirements

This role operates in both an office and manufacturing plant environment. When present in the plant, the employee must be able to wear and maintain required personal protective equipment (PPE), including FR pants, long‑sleeve shirt, safety glasses, hard hat, safety‑toe boots, hearing protection, and gloves.

Physically able to perform the following job essential functions, inclusive of but not limited to: crouching, kneeling, bending, walking long distances, lifting/pushing/pulling/carrying up to 50 pounds, work at heights, continuous work in confined spaces, ascend/descend/work from stairs/ladders/scaffolding.

Must have the ability to work continuously in an environment inclusive of but not limited to: dust, loud noise, uneven or slippery surfaces, outdoors, heat/cold, poorly illuminated areas.

What’s In It For You

Comprehensive benefits package beginning day one, including health, dental, vision, and life insurance.

Company paid short and long‑term disability coverage as well as AD&D.

Generous vacation, holiday, and sick time with additional leave plans

11 paid holidays

5 sick/personal days

Paid vacation time

Company contribution of 3% safe harbor and 2% profit sharing in accordance with the contribution and vesting schedule.

Career advancement and bonus opportunities.

Career Development: on‑the‑job training and skills development.

Verbio North America is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization. Verbio North America makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

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