Staff Engineer, Reliability

 

The Reliability Engineer role at Toledo Refinery is a plant-wide engineering role responsible for improving the long-term reliability, availability, and lifecycle performance of refinery assets. This position is structured to focus on medium- to long-term reliability outcomes and is not intended to provide routine day-to-day operational or maintenance support. The role is designed for engineers with experience across mechanical, rotating, electrical, instrumentation, and/or process engineering disciplines and applies reliability principles holistically across rotating, fixed, electrical, and instrumented assets.

PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, communicate and implement reliability improvement vision and associated initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime and maintenance costs.
• Develop reliability strategies based on asset criticality, risk, vulnerability studies, redundancy, spare parts management and other lifecycle considerations.
• Analyze asset and process chronic under-performance based upon recurring failures, bad actors, and other reliability risks.
• Perform and facilitate Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) and mentor in failure prevention activities and principles across the plant
• Use maintenance, operations, and condition monitoring data to support predictive and preventative maintenance strategies.
• Collaborate with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Inspection, and Projects to embed reliability improvements into work processes.
• Provide reliability input to equipment selection, design reviews, TAR/outage scope and capital projects.
• Monitor and report reliability performance metrics such as availability, MTBF, and failure trends.
• Supports equipment strategy implementation, maintenance, and continuous optimization
• Coaches and mentors other department Engineers in reliability concepts/functions
• Uses measured risk approach and risk-value analysis methods in all business decisions
• Sets high standards for safety, integrity, and operational excellence

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Engineering Degree required
• 10+ years of experience in engineering support role in process industry required
• Advanced Reliability Program training preferred in disciplines of Lubrication, Vibration Analysis, RCM, FMEA, RAM Analysis, Equipment Strategy development, Reliability Analytics, etc.
• Reliability Engineering training or CMRP certification  preferred
• Experience in Refining or Petrochemical Manufacturing preferred
• Working knowledge of predictive technologies, including vibration spectrum analysis, oil analysis, ultrasound and infrared technologies
• Self motivated: Aggressively and constructively pursues improvement – does not wait to be engaged
• Demonstrates and accepts personal accountability for quality of work
• Drives highly productive and mutually beneficial relationships with business partners, suppliers & peers
• Effectively uses written and verbal communications to drive desired results

We thank all respondents for their interest in PBF Holding Company LLC (“PBF Energy”), however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please no phone calls or emails to any employee of PBF Energy about this requisition. Placement agencies or recruiters need not respond. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee of PBF Energy via email, the Internet or in any method without a valid written search agreement will be deemed the sole property of PBF Energy. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by PBF Energy as a result of the referral or through other means.

 PBF Energy is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, reproductive health decision making, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, veteran and military status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation as required by law. 

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