Information about #32565 Reliability Engineer
Work Location: Wooster, OH USA Shift: Office 8hrs
Formulated to Care
For more than 75 years, GOJO, Makers of PURELL has been powered by people who are energized by helping the world experience greater health and well-being.
The positive impact of our PURELL hand and surface hygiene solutions is driven by our global community of highly collaborative and talented team members who love to learn, innovate, care for each other, and deliver our Purpose of Saving Lives and Making Life Better. Role Objective
The Reliability Engineer is responsible for improving the reliability, availability, and lifecycle performance of manufacturing, logistics and/or plastics assets by applying reliability engineering principles across equipment, automation, controls, and integrated manufacturing systems. This role proactively identifies and mitigates equipment and system-related losses, drives reliability-centered maintenance strategies, and partners cross-functionally to ensure stable, predictable operations across packaging, process, plastics molding, and/or logistics automation environments. This role ensures high reliability of both (1) the physical equipment and (2) the integrated ecosystem of controls and manufacturing systems (e.g., WCS, MES, SAP, PLC/SCADA, industrial networks), enabling safe, compliant, predictable, and cost effective operations.
This position leads reliability strategy across the asset lifecycle-design through endoflife-reducing chronic losses, improving uptime and throughput, and strengthening organizational capability through standards, governance, and coaching. Essential Functions and Responsibilities
- Own and execute reliability strategy for assigned assets and systems across the full lifecycle-from concept and design through procurement, commissioning, sustainment, and end of life-ensuring reliability, maintainability, safety, and total cost of ownership objectives are met.
- Develop and maintain asset reliability strategies, including criticality rankings, failure modes, maintenance approaches, performance standards, spare parts strategies, and lifecycle risk management aligned to business priorities.
- Lead reliability improvement and loss elimination using proven methodologies (RCM, FMEA, RCA, Pareto, Weibull, statistical analysis) to eliminate chronic failures, improve MTBF/MTTR, increase availability and throughput stability, and reduce unplanned downtime.
- Define, optimize, and sustain preventive, predictive, and condition based maintenance strategies; partner with maintenance to improve job plans, PM optimization, precision maintenance practices, and feedback loops that drive continuous improvement.
- Implement and scale condition monitoring and diagnostic technologies (e.g., vibration, thermography, oil analysis, ultrasonic, motor health, automation diagnostics) where value adding and risk based.
- Ensure reliability and resilience of integrated equipment and automation ecosystems, including PLC/SCADA, WCS, MES, SAP/ERP, industrial networks, and device communications; diagnose and mitigate integration related reliability losses.
- Partner with Controls/Automation and IT/OT teams to define and uphold standards for system architectures, backups, patching and validation, cybersecurity alignment, recovery procedures, and technology lifecycle management.
- Influence equipment and system design upstream by defining reliability requirements for specifications and URS (e.g., redundancy, maintainability access, diagnostics, standard components, spares, data availability); support FAT/SAT, commissioning, and ramp up with reliability acceptance criteria and performance verification.
- Build and maintain asset health dashboards, risk registers, and performance reporting to proactively surface reliability risks, prioritize work, and guide decision making.
- Partner with suppliers, OEMs, and integrators to hold them accountable for reliability outcomes; lead performance reviews, support warranty and corrective action processes, and drive design or systemic improvements tied to measurable results.
- Ensure reliability strategies and work execution support EHS, regulatory, and site quality requirements; embed safety and quality into maintainability, LOTO effectiveness, guarding, hazardous energy controls, and documentation readiness.
- Develop and deploy reliability standards, playbooks, and best practices; participate in and/or lead governance routines (e.g., loss reviews, bad actor councils, outage planning, risk escalation) to institutionalize reliability capability.
- Coach and develop reliability capability within maintenance, operations, engineering, and technical teams through training, facilitation, and hands on partnership.
- Quantify reliability opportunities and benefits (downtime cost, waste, labor, materials, service spend) and translate them into prioritized roadmaps delivering measurable cost reduction, waste elimination, and optimized total cost of ownership.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Industrial, Controls/Automation, or related) required OR
- 5+ years experience in reliability/maintenance/asset engineering in a high-volume manufacturing and/or automated logistics environment.
- Demonstrated experience with:
- Packaging/process/molding equipment reliability and/or logistics automation (ASRS/Multishuttle, conveyors, sortation)
- Controls/automation fundamentals (PLC/SCADA, drives, sensors) and IT/OT integration concepts
- Reliability tools: RCM, FMEA, RCA, Pareto, Weibull, maintenance strategy optimization
- Data analysis and performance management (OEE/loss analysis, CMMS/EAM data, dashboards) Other skills needed for this job: Presentation Skills in front of Sr. Management, MS Office Suite expertise, Power Point, Mentoring & Coaching skills, Minitab, Visio, Process Mapping & Organizational flow understanding
Preferred certifications:
- CRE (Certified Reliability Engineer)
- CMRP (Certified Maintenance & Reliability Professional)
- Six Sigma Green Belt/Black Belt
Preferred technical exposure:
- CMMS/EAM (e.g., SAP PM) and work management systems
- MES/WCS/WMS integration concepts, industrial networking (EtherNet/IP, Profinet, OPC UA), and alarm management
- Condition monitoring technologies and predictive maintenance programs
Supervision/Coordination
Coordinates work across Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Controls/Automation, IT/OT, Quality, EHS, Planning, and external OEMs/integrators.
Supports enterprise/site leadership through clear communication of risk, priorities, performance, and ROI of reliability initiatives.
Role Type
Mostly On-Site - 80%+ on-site work Physical Requirements
Office Worker - Physical Requirements Travel Requirements
Overnight Travel - sporadic - required.
Travel between campus locations in Northeast Ohio as needed Compensation & Benefits
The expected starting pay for this role is between 92,200.00 - 126,800.00 per year. Within this range, an offer will depend on factors such as level of experience and technical competencies relevant to this specific role, as well as internal equity considerations. In addition to base pay, all GOJO team members are bonus eligible. Click Here for a comprehensive list of benefits we offer including 401(k) match, parental leave, and onsite well-being care. To Apply: To apply for this position, please complete the online application process. You will have an opportunity to include your resume and a cover letter. GOJO is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or status as an individual with a disability. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States. Recruiters, Search Agencies or others referring candidates to GOJO Industries, Inc. without written authorization from GOJO Industries, Inc. Human Resources will not be compensated in any way for their online referral even if GOJO Industries, Inc. hires the candidate. GOJO does not seek or respond to unsolicited resumes for positions that are not listed in the Careers section.
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GOJO Industries
parental leave, 401(k)
Mar 09, 2026