Senior Mechanical Reliability Engineer

Smurfit Westrock

Stevenson, AL

Estimated pay: Est. $17–$24/hr (market estimate, not employer-stated)

Shift: Full time

OPPORTUNITY SUMMARY

This position provides leadership and support to improve, increase, and optimize the reliability of mill process equipment and eliminate unscheduled equipment downtime. The Reliability Engineer works within the reliability organization to improve asset health, reduce maintenance costs, and increase process reliability across the facility.

HOW YOU WILL IMPACT SMURFIT WESTROCK

• Manage the lubrication, inspection, and condition monitoring programs.
• Lead equipment reliability improvement efforts to increase availability and uptime.
• Reduce maintenance costs through analysis of repetitive failures and predictive maintenance data.
• Drive the Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) process and implement corrective actions.
• Provide leadership and daily technical assistance for reliability-related issues.
• Support outage planning, project implementation, and contractor management.
• Partner with Maintenance and Production teams to strengthen reliability culture.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• 2+ years of reliability experience in pulp and paper or related manufacturing environment.
• Strong engineering, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with predictive maintenance, reliability improvement, and RCFA methodologies.
• Effective communication and leadership skills.

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