Reliability Engineer

About the role

The Reliability Engineer improves the reliability, availability and performance of plant assets while helping to reduce maintenance costs. Reporting to the Asset Manager, the role drives predictive and preventive maintenance strategies, identifies ways to eliminate equipment losses and optimizes asset lifecycle performance. It works closely with Maintenance, Engineering and Production teams at the Tema manufacturing site, which is based on-site in Tema, Ghana.

Key responsibilities

• Lead reliability, maintainability and availability studies to improve equipment performance and maximize uptime.
• Drive predictive and preventive maintenance programs aligned with plant objectives.
• Monitor maintenance execution and ensure preventive and corrective actions are recorded in Maximo.
• Analyze production losses, maintenance costs and equipment performance data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Facilitate root cause analyses (RCA) and implement corrective actions to reduce recurring failures.
• Apply reliability tools such as Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) to identify and mitigate operational risks.
• Develop and improve maintenance plans using manufacturer recommendations, FMEA analysis and asset performance data.
• Support the design, installation, commissioning, modification and acceptance testing of new and existing assets.
• Partner with Engineering and Project teams so reliability and maintainability requirements are built into new installations and upgrades.
• Provide technical support to Production, Maintenance and Technical teams, and contribute to feasibility assessments, technical proposals, testing, documentation and process optimization.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, asset management or a related role in food processing or a similar manufacturing environment.
• Experience with reliability, maintainability and availability studies and preventive/predictive maintenance programs.
• Fluency in English.

Required skills

• Knowledge of reliability engineering principles; formal reliability training or certification is an advantage.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and SAP.
• Experience with CMMS platforms, preferably Maximo, and continuous improvement methods such as Lean and Six Sigma.
• Understanding of safety, quality, HACCP and environmental standards in manufacturing.
• Familiarity with vibration analysis and thermography is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills.