{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"d47b485af1cc4f00e9b154df","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d47b485af1cc4f00e9b154df","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/d47b485af1cc4f00e9b154df","title":"Lead Reliability Engineer","description":"This position serves as both the site’s Lead Reliability Engineer and the Area Leader for Utilities & Solvent Recovery , providing technical leadership and organizational direction to a team consisting of engineers, maintenance coordinators, supervisors and hourly technicians.\n\nThis role has overall accountability for the safe, reliable, efficient, and compliant operation of critical site utility systems, including boilers, compressed air systems, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC systems, and associated utility infrastructure , as well as the site’s solvent recovery operations.\n\nThe role partners closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, HSE, and other functional leaders to ensure the site’s critical infrastructure supports production requirements while minimizing unplanned downtime, energy consumption, environmental impact, and operating cost. Management of the solvent recovery area includes ensuring regulatory compliance with a number of pollution control units and their associated emissions management.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDevelop, implement and maintain reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets.\nIdentify bad actors and recurring equipment failures and develop sustainable corrective actions.\nUtilize reliability data, failure history, downtime information, and maintenance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and ensure utilities equipment is properly maintained to avoid production downtime\nProvide engineering support for equipment modifications, replacements, upgrades, and capital projects.\nServe as the overall Area Leader for the Utilities & Solvent Recovery department\nProvide leadership, direction, and accountability for the Maintenance Coordinator, area Supervisor, and Process Engineer supporting the area.\nProvide technical and leadership oversight for the site’s utility infrastructure and emission controls devices and equipment, including off-hour support (by phone or in person as needed) to ensure avoidance or minimization of production losses associated with equipment and process failures\nCoordinate daily between site Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and HSE to ensure alignment and action on priorities and threats\nAbout Solstice Advanced Materials\n\nSolstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials .\nYOU MUST HAVE\n\n5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or an industrial setting\nBachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.\nDemonstrated experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations.\nExperience with industrial utility systems\nAbility to effectively communicate technical information to both hourly and salaried personnel\nStrong project management and organizational skills\nAbility to function clearly and safely in crisis conditions and work under pressure\n\nWE VALUE\n\nExperience with boilers, steam systems, compressed air, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC, or similar industrial utility systems.\nExperience with solvent recovery, distillation, evaporation, or related chemical processing systems.\nExperience with Process Safety Management (PSM).\nExperience with CMMS systems and maintenance reliability programs .\nExperience leading capital projects and equipment installations.\nExperience managing or leading maintenance and engineering personnel.\nExperience with energy management and utility optimization.\nAdvanced manufacturing knowledge focusing on Maintenance and Operational Excellence.\nExperience in Reliability Engineering.\nFamiliarity with predictive maintenance techniques.\nUnderstanding of mechanical integrity program management.\nExperience in Process Safety Managed sites; knowledge of OSHA 19.10 PSM Elements.\nProficiency in using SAP or similar systems.\nSignificant leadership experience and a proven track record of leading teams to successful product delivery.\nExperience improving team performance through coaching and team building.\nA commitment to raising standards annually to drive organizational excellence.\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence and interact effectively at all organizational levels.\nLeadership that demonstrates sound and timely judgment in ambiguous environments.\n\nU.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS\n\nDue to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.\n\nCOMPENSATION\n\nThe annual base salary range for this position is $125760k -$157456k. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice Advanced Materials considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.\n\nBENEFITS OF WORKING FOR SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS\n\nIn addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. For more information visit: click here\n\nSolstice Advanced Materials is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, or veteran status. 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Management of the solvent recovery area includes ensuring regulatory compliance with a number of pollution control units and their associated emissions management.\n\nKey Responsibilities\n\nDevelop, implement and maintain reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets.\nIdentify bad actors and recurring equipment failures and develop sustainable corrective actions.\nUtilize reliability data, failure history, downtime information, and maintenance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and ensure utilities equipment is properly maintained to avoid production downtime\nProvide engineering support for equipment modifications, replacements, upgrades, and capital projects.\nServe as the overall Area Leader for the Utilities & Solvent Recovery department\nProvide leadership, direction, and accountability for the Maintenance Coordinator, area Supervisor, and Process Engineer supporting the area.\nProvide technical and leadership oversight for the site’s utility infrastructure and emission controls devices and equipment, including off-hour support (by phone or in person as needed) to ensure avoidance or minimization of production losses associated with equipment and process failures\nCoordinate daily between site Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and HSE to ensure alignment and action on priorities and threats\nAbout Solstice Advanced Materials\n\nSolstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials .\nYOU MUST HAVE\n\n5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or an industrial setting\nBachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.\nDemonstrated experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations.\nExperience with industrial utility systems\nAbility to effectively communicate technical information to both hourly and salaried personnel\nStrong project management and organizational skills\nAbility to function clearly and safely in crisis conditions and work under pressure\n\nWE VALUE\n\nExperience with boilers, steam systems, compressed air, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC, or similar industrial utility systems.\nExperience with solvent recovery, distillation, evaporation, or related chemical processing systems.\nExperience with Process Safety Management (PSM).\nExperience with CMMS systems and maintenance reliability programs .\nExperience leading capital projects and equipment installations.\nExperience managing or leading maintenance and engineering personnel.\nExperience with energy management and utility optimization.\nAdvanced manufacturing knowledge focusing on Maintenance and Operational Excellence.\nExperience in Reliability Engineering.\nFamiliarity with predictive maintenance techniques.\nUnderstanding of mechanical integrity program management.\nExperience in Process Safety Managed sites; knowledge of OSHA 19.10 PSM Elements.\nProficiency in using SAP or similar systems.\nSignificant leadership experience and a proven track record of leading teams to successful product delivery.\nExperience improving team performance through coaching and team building.\nA commitment to raising standards annually to drive organizational excellence.\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to influence and interact effectively at all organizational levels.\nLeadership that demonstrates sound and timely judgment in ambiguous environments.\n\nU.S. PERSON REQUIREMENTS\n\nDue to compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidate must be a U.S. person, which is defined as, a U.S. citizen, a U.S. permanent resident, or have protected status in the U.S. under asylum or refugee status.\n\nCOMPENSATION\n\nThe annual base salary range for this position is $125760k -$157456k. Please note that this salary information serves as a general guideline. Solstice Advanced Materials considers various factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to the scope and responsibilities or the position, the candidate's work experience education and training, key skills, as well as market and business considerations.\n\nBENEFITS OF WORKING FOR SOLSTICE ADVANCED MATERIALS\n\nIn addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Solstice Advanced Materials employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer-subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. 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