Reliability Engineer – Dillard Lumber Position Available In Rabun, Georgia
Tallo's Job Summary: The Reliability Engineer position at Dillard Lumber involves identifying and recommending maintenance and reliability practices in the Forestry/Wood Industry. Responsibilities include enhancing key performance indicators, standardizing reporting processes, and improving asset reliability through data-driven insights and innovative technologies. Requirements include a Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience, along with strong interpersonal, analytical, and project management skills. Compensation is dependent on experience, with benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and retirement offered.
Job Description
Job Listing ID:
4268683
Job Title:
Reliability Engineer•
Dillard Lumber Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled
Job Location:
Dillard
Date Posted:
05/09/2025
Hours Worked Per Week:
40
Shift:
Day Shift Duration of Job:
Full Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly.
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Job Summary:
Purpose:
The Reliability Engineer will be responsible for identifying and recommending maintenance and reliability practices in a Forestry/Wood Industry manufacturing operation. The goal is to enhance key performance indicators, standardize reporting processes, and improve asset reliability through data-driven insights and innovative technologies.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Engineering, Business, Manufacturing, OR an equivalent amount of experience in an industrial craft (Millwright, Electrician, or Automation) accepted in lieu of a degree
- Two (2) or more years of experience in maintenance, reliability, or a related field; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that demonstrates the knowledge to perform the key responsibilities of this position
- Understanding of effective and efficient production and manufacturing methods
- Knowledge of mill processes and equipment
- Working knowledge of industry technological developments and best practices
- Working level knowledge in Preventative & Predictive Maintenance techniques
- Proficient knowledge of CMMS & other computer software
- Strong interpersonal skills
Excellent verbal, listening, and written communication skills - Facilitate meetings
- Prioritize multiple tasks and projects to meet schedule and project requirements
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Demonstrated problem solving skills
- Strong analytical and mathematical knowledge
- Champion for change management
- Effectively manage conflict
Key Responsibilities:
- Identify and recommend maintenance & reliability best practices and procedures to ensure equipment assets & processes operate at optimal levels; this includes:
- In coordination with the Maintenance Manager, conduct Reliability & Maintenance assessments on their sites current position in the progression to Strategic Asset Management
- Participate in creating a clear reliability improvement action plans that balance short term, midterm (1-year), and strategic long term (5-year) needs
- Work with Operations & Maintenance Team to create and execute action plans using the DMAIC process improvement methodology
- Drive results in OEE & other key performance indicators in accordance with maintenance & reliability best practices
- Utilize company standard reporting tools (Roseburg Data Management System and/or Oper8) to ensure standardization of downtime coding, and reporting
- Analyze downtime, decline in production rates, and/or abnormally high maintenance costs to recommend solutions for performance improvement
- Manage the sites Root Cause Analysis program to investigate events that adversely affect plant uptime, efficiency, quality or regulatory compliance issues using data analysis techniques that can include: Statistical Process Control, Reliability modeling and prediction, Six Sigma (6s) / Lean Methodology, and/or Root-cause Analysis (5 Why’s, Fault Tree/Cause Mapping Analysis, Fish Bone, Pareto Analysis, FMEA etc.
)
- Implement standard computerized maintenance management system at the site
- Additional Responsibilities available on company website
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INCLUDING DISABILITY AND VETERANS
Job Classification:
Industrial Engineers Access our statewide or regional occupation report for more information about wages,
employment outlooks, skills, training programs, related occupations, and more. Compensation
Salary:
Depending on Experience
Benefits Offered:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Retirement
Additional Benefit Information:
Company offers an excellent benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and matching 401(k). Job Requirements
Experience Required:
None
Education Required:
None
Minimum Age:
18
Major:
Bachelors¿ degree in a classical engineering discipline
Gender:
N/A
