Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. American Sugar Refining, Inc. is the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar, producing a wide range of sweetener products. They are seeking a Principal Engineer, Reliability who will define and advance the company’s global reliability strategy, develop standards for predictive maintenance, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership in enhancing equipment reliability and asset management.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the global technical authority for reliability engineering standards, methodologies, and best practices
- Define, maintain, and govern enterprise reliability standards, tools, and frameworks
- Lead the technical deployment and sustainment of Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM) across critical asset classes
- Ensure critical equipment has documented failure modes, risk-based maintenance strategies, and performance expectations
- Provide expert guidance on predictive maintenance, condition monitoring, and data analytics applications
- Analyze performance data to identify systemic failure patterns and recommend permanent corrective actions
- Lead or support Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) for complex or high-risk equipment failures
- Support capital projects by embedding reliability and maintainability requirements into design, specification, and asset handover
- Mentor and influence site reliability engineers through technical coaching and knowledge sharing
- Partner with site, regional, and corporate leaders to improve OEE, MTBF, MTTR, and asset availability
Skills
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering from an ABET-accredited university
- 20+ years of experience in industrial or large-scale manufacturing environments
- 10+ years of advanced experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, or asset management
- Recognized expertise in Reliability-Centered Maintenance, failure elimination, and predictive maintenance
- Demonstrated experience influencing reliability practices across multiple sites or regions
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical communication skills
- Experience supporting global manufacturing operations with diverse asset profiles
- Familiarity with digital reliability platforms, advanced analytics, and Industry 4.0 concepts
- Professional engineering licensure or relevant reliability certifications (e.g., CMRP, CRE)
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