Reliability Engineer

Job description

About the Role The Reliability Engineer plays a critical role in improving the reliability, availability, and performance of plant assets while supporting the reduction of maintenance costs. Reporting to the Asset Manager, this role drives predictive and preventive maintenance strategies, identifies opportunities to eliminate equipment losses, and optimizes asset lifecycle performance. Working closely with Maintenance, Engineering, and Production teams, the Reliability Engineer supports operational excellence, risk reduction, and continuous improvement at the Tema manufacturing site.

The position is based on-site in Tema, Ghana.

Key Responsibilities

Include Lead reliability, maintainability, and availability studies to improve equipment performance and maximize uptime. Drive predictive and preventive maintenance programs aligned with plant objectives and maintenance strategies. Monitor maintenance execution and ensure preventive and corrective actions are accurately recorded in Maximo. Analyze production losses, maintenance costs, and equipment performance data to identify improvement opportunities and prioritize actions.

Facilitate root cause analyses (RCA) and implement corrective actions to eliminate recurring failures and reduce operational losses. Apply reliability tools, including Reliability-Centered Maintenance (RCM), to identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks. Develop, optimize, and continuously improve maintenance plans using manufacturer recommendations, FMEA analysis, and asset performance data. Support the design, installation, commissioning, modification, and acceptance testing of new and existing assets.

Partner with Engineering and Project teams to ensure reliability and maintainability requirements are incorporated into new installations and equipment upgrades. Provide technical expertise and support to Production, Maintenance, and Technical teams to improve asset performance and lifecycle management. Contribute to technical projects through feasibility assessments, technical proposals, testing, documentation, and process optimization initiatives.

About You

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline. Minimum 3-5 years of experience in reliability engineering, maintenance, asset management, or a related role within food processing or a similar manufacturing environment. Experience conducting reliability, maintainability, and availability studies and implementing preventive and predictive maintenance programs.

Knowledge of reliability engineering principles; formal reliability training or certification is an advantage. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and SAP. Experience with CMMS platforms, preferably Maximo, and continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma. Understanding of safety, quality, HACCP, and environmental standards within a manufacturing environment. Familiarity with predictive maintenance technologies such as vibration analysis and thermography is an advantage.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data, identify trends, monitor KPIs, and analyze maintenance cost drivers. Strong communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Fluency in English.