Hiring: Lead Reliability Engineer Company: Solstice Advanced Materials Location: Colonial Heights, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-15 18:07:29 Target Skills & Keywords : Compliance, SAFe About the job Experience: •5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or an industrial setting Required Skills: •This position serves as both the site’s •Lead Reliability Engineer •Area Leader for Utilities & Solvent Recovery •, providing technical leadership and organizational direction to a team consisting of engineers, maintenance coordinators, supervisors and hourly technicians. •This 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. •The 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. •Key Responsibilities •Develop, implement and maintain reliability strategies for critical production and utility assets. •Identify bad actors and recurring equipment failures and develop sustainable corrective actions. •Utilize reliability data, failure history, downtime information, and maintenance metrics to identify improvement opportunities and ensure utilities equipment is properly maintained to avoid production downtime •Provide engineering support for equipment modifications, replacements, upgrades, and capital projects. •Serve as the overall Area Leader for the Utilities & Solvent Recovery department •Provide leadership, direction, and accountability for the Maintenance Coordinator, area Supervisor, and Process Engineer supporting the area. Qualifications: •YOU MUST HAVE •5+ years of engineering and leadership experience in manufacturing or an industrial setting •Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related engineering discipline. •Demonstrated experience in reliability engineering, maintenance engineering, manufacturing engineering, or industrial operations. •Experience with industrial utility systems •Ability to effectively communicate technical information to both hourly and salaried personnel •Strong project management and organizational skills •Ability to function clearly and safely in crisis conditions and work under pressure •Experience with boilers, steam systems, compressed air, chillers, cooling towers, HVAC, or similar industrial utility systems. •Experience with solvent recovery, distillation, evaporation, or related chemical processing systems. •Experience with Process Safety Management (PSM). •Experience with CMMS systems and maintenance reliability programs . •Experience leading capital projects and equipment installations. •Experience managing or leading maintenance and engineering personnel. •Experience with energy management and utility optimization. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!