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Furthermore, this individual will be responsible for facilitating root cause analysis of plant or business operations failures and helping to prioritize outage work orders based upon risk and criticality.\nDuties\nProviding professional engineering services in partnership with other Teammates and client representatives on projects.\nLeading Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA) teams including the use of the Apollo RCFA method where appropriate.\nAnalyzing mechanical failures and recommending corrective action.\nLead Reliability-Focused Failure Modes and Effects Analysis teams where appropriate.\nMaintain continued education in the vibration, thermography, and lubrication fields to recommend improvements to current practices.\nIdentify and develop work sharing packages for interoffice execution support, providing leadership as appropriate to ensure communication and execution of work.\nAll other duties assigned.\nQualifications\nBachelor or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from an accredited university is required.\nRequires 5 or more years of relevant industrial experience.\nKnowledgeExtensive experience in rotating machinery reliability (pumps, fans, compressors, conveyors, agitators, gearboxes, bearings, mechanical seals, couplings).\nDemonstrated success in the application of advanced reliability tools such RCM, RCA, RBI, FMEA, apportionment methods, etc.\nExtensive knowledge in the use and application of Predictive and Preventive Technologies (vibration, lubricant and fluid analysis, infrared, alignment, balancing, and other NDT technologies as it applies to rotating machinery and fixed equipment).\nExtensive experience with Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) such as Maximo and SAP Maintenance Module.\nKnowledge and understanding of human factors in reliability.\nAbility to plan and schedule routine and shutdown maintenance activities.\nGeneral understanding of corrosion mechanisms, prevention, and materials selection.\nAbility to maintain reliability program management over the entire equipment life cycle.\nAbility to accurately estimate completion of assigned tasks.\nAbility to develop design criteria and scope of work.\nProvide outage QA/QC support to ensure precision maintenance execution.\nProficient in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.\nWorking knowledge of CAD software, either AutoCAD, Microstation or both.\nExcellent communication skills, both verbal and written.\nVirtual team skills.\nAbility to sit, stand, or walk for long periods of time.\nJob Type: Full-time\nPay: $100,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year\nBenefits:\n401(k)\nDental insurance\nHealth insurance\nPaid time off\nVision insurance\nSchedule:\n8 hour shift\nExperience:\nMechanical engineering: 7 years (Required)\nAbility to Relocate:\nSergeant Bluff, IA: Relocate before starting work (Required)\nWork Location: In person","company":"Hargroveengineers","rawCompany":"hargroveengineers","city":"Sergeant Bluff","state":"IA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-06T12:07:46.096Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2141.00","title":"Mechanical Engineers","slug":"mechanical-engineers"},{"code":"49-9041.00","title":"Industrial Machinery Mechanics","slug":"industrial-machinery-mechanics"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"811310","title":"Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment (except Automotive and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance","slug":"commercial-and-industrial-machinery-and-equipment-except-automotive-and-electronic-repair-and-maintenance"},{"code":"333248","title":"All Other Industrial Machinery Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-industrial-machinery-manufacturing"},{"code":"333613","title":"Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing","slug":"mechanical-power-transmission-equipment-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Mechanical Reliability Engineer","description":"Overview\nThe Mechanical Reliability Engineer is generally responsible for typical reliability engineering duties including strategic development and optimization of asset strategies through loss elimination, risk management, and life cycle asset management. 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